OC Tide Pooling Tips by OC Mom’s Activity Guide!

This guest blog arrived in my email box last night and I am so grateful it did because I did not have a post ready for today!  Emma got hit with a bad respiratory virus early this week, then baby Morgan got it a few days later.  Awful! The only thing worse than one sick kid is two sick kids!  So thank you Katie from OC Mom’s Activity Guide for saving my day and giving me a fabulous guest post!

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Splashtopia at Rancho Las Palmas

This is Part II of my post on Rancho Las Palmas and their blissful two acre water feature fun area called Splashtopia!  If you missed Part I, click HERE to read about the lovely rooms and our experience staying at this ultra family-friendly resort! Splashtopia was so amazing I had to dedicate an entire post to our pool time FUN!

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Estate Planning: The Simple Facts for Parents

I am so happy to introduce a new Tiny Oranges Sponsor, Bettenhausen Law, a local Orange County law firm that specializes in Estate Planning and Family Law. I am passionate about spreading the word on how important it is to do an estate plan to protect your kids. We just did ours last year when our daughter was 3, and after I learned how much is at stake if you don’t have one, it was, well, downright scary. But it doesn’t have to be! Getting it done will bring you so much peace of mind and will be one of those things you can CHECK off your list.

Here are the reasons WHY it’s so important and some frequently asked questions in a fabulous article written by Baron Bettenhausen to easily break it down for parents.

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Family Fun at Rancho Las Palmas!

This past year was a crazy busy one for our family, so we thought it would be fun to do a special little getaway with our oldest daughter after school was out in June.   Since we wanted to just go for 2 nights, we wanted a destination that met the following parameters: 1. short drive from OC 2. family friendly & kid friendly 3. SUN for swimming  & pool time. My husband did some research and came up with Rancho Las Palmas in Rancho Mirage. He sent me the link, and after one click on Splashtopia, their two acre water feature pool {a.k.a. KID HEAVEN} I said PERFECT, let’s book it!!   So, here is our review of Rancho Las Palmas and our amazing experience having fun in the desert sun!

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Skin So Sweet Sugaring Giveaway

As of a month ago I had never even heard of “sugaring” hair removal – have you?!?

One of my best girlfriends recently “got sugared” by Cheryl Callahan at Skin So Sweet in Huntington Beach and raved about the results. My friend had told Cheryl about me, and she was SWEET enough to invite me in for a sugar service to see what it is all about!

Ironically, when I got the email from her I happened to be getting my hair done by Tera at Tek Salon. Since Tera is in the beauty industry, I asked her if she had ever heard of “sugaring.” Tera flipped because she goes to Cheryl for sugaring! Small world. She told me “DO IT! You will LOVE it!” Equal sugar enthusiasm now by two women – I was intrigued!

If you too are intrigued after this post, make sure to read below on how YOU can win a sugaring too! And, no better sugaring hair removal place in Orange County than Skin So Sweet! …

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