Holidays

Please join us for our 3rd Annual Donuts with Santa Event!  Donuts with Santa  :: 2018 Who :: All Orange County Families When :: Saturday, December 1st, 2018 Where :: Trinity Lutheran School Ticket Sale Date :: 11/1/2018 Family Ticket Price :: $35.00  ***Tickets are all-inclusive...

If you read our previous post about this fabulous indoor water park and hotel resort, Great Wolf Lodge, you know that it's an absolute blast! (And if you haven't read the post, click here to get caught up!) Recently, we...

It's Halloween time and we've got 5 free and Fall-bulous Halloween printables from our partners, The Magical Attic!    The Magical Attic's free Halloween printables are fun and educational!   Need something to keep the kids entertained while you make their costumes? Try...

EVERYONE looks forward to Labor Day, I mean C'mon it's a MONDAY off. Could it get better? What there are fabulous weekend long sales too?! Ok so it's great but why do we really even have Labor Day, and should we...

When you have children you deal with a lot of poop, and the occasional poopmageddon or pooptastrophy if you will.  Let's face it: as parents of small children, we talk about poop a lot.  We smell it, we examine it,...

Looking for super cute and fun 4th of July printables to keep your kids busy this Independence Day? We've got them here for ya! Orange County Moms Blog is teaming up with The Magical Attic and BCP Imagines to bring...

Disclosure:: This guide is brought to you care of our many local & national gift guide sponsors! Thank you to those that supported the creation of this resource. We here at Orange County Moms Blog are thrilled to bring you our...

I'm raising my children without religion.   To me, this is a completely benign statement, as if I had said today was Tuesday. But to some, this can be an extremely polarizing statement that creates gasps or maybe even prayers. I...

Happy Belated Galentine's Day ladies! Thanks to the brilliant geniuses of Parks N Rec, we now have this special (non-federal) holiday on Valentine's Day-eve that offers a reason for us ladies to hang out and share in our friendships...

I started thinking about making positive parenting goals for the new year. I want to think more positive thoughts about my parenting and about being a busy working mom and wife.  The reason this is on my mind is I realized...

If you're like me, and hopefully you aren't, you're still scrambling to get those last minute gifts covered.  You might be looking through your garage hoping to score a present that was purchased and forgotten.  But you've probably come...

As you can guess by the title of this post, I'm Jewish. I was born and raised Jewish, had the Bat Mitzvah, attended Hebrew School, went to Shabbat services.... But, I married a gentile. My husband is half Jewish,...

You know what's not fun? Lying to my kids about Santa and his elves at Christmas when I'm supposed to be teaching them about Jesus. One of the core principles of Christianity is truth. Awesome. I've got Christmas all wrong. When my...

Calling all non-bakers and moms who don't have extra time to spend in the kitchen right now: I have the perfect no-bake holiday treat for you! I stumbled upon this idea when my son was 2 and asked me on...