Just Melanie

Our GoPro Show - The Ridiculous Introduction

So, Sophia and I had this idea. We're pretty goofy when we hang out together, and one of us said, once, a while ago, that it would be funny if we had cameras on us the whole time so we... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: Heritage Horse Show

Day One This past weekend, Sophia entered her first equestrian show in Plantation, Florida. We arrived around 0745 on Saturday for her first five classes in the Hunters division for Beginning Crossrails. [Yeah, yeah, this entry is supposed to be... Read more →

Christmas: Advent Day 10 Video

Yep. We started opening presents on the 9th, five days in advance of our 12 days of Christmas. But so what? We're having fun. The kids are loving it. It's all good. I hope you'll enjoy this video of our... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: Christmas 2015 Starts With A Video

I decided to do a little something different this week for Wordless Wednesday and make a little video representation of our afternoon. I hope you'll watch it and enjoy a little lighthearted fun! Feeling short on words today, too? Make... Read more →

Thanksgiving Week, 2014

So, it's been busy around here, and Thanksgiving was over a week ago, but here I am posting about it just the same. Let's see, what happened? My dad came to visit from South Carolina. Only, instead of arriving on... Read more →

Christmas 2013 - Part The Second

Our photo shoot at Biscayne National Park on Christmas Day. Enjoy! Fin. Read more →

VLOG: Kids Get Kindles

As I told you a few days ago, I ordered Kindle Fire HDs for each of the kids, along with cases, chargers, a stylus 6-pack, and... I think that's it? They were supposed to come Friday by 8 PM, so... Read more →

Party Time With PinyPon & Nenuco!

Disclaimer: I was provided with products from MommyParties, PinyPon and Nenuco to review, distribute to my party guests, and some for my kids to keep. No monetary exchange took place. As always, all opinions in this post are mine alone.... Read more →

Information About Eyecare & Contact Lenses: Zeiss

If you have vision-correction needs and would like more information about getting the most out of your next eyecare visit, please click here to find out more from Zeiss about the right questions to ask, what to expect, and how... Read more →

VLOG: Chloë's Tap Open House

That's a quick one, plus here are a couple more that I don't think I ever showed you (did I?)... and an impromptu song we made up one day recently: Don't listen to that one over and over... it gets... Read more →

Our Corolla!

(Ten points if you can tell me what that's from) Skipping over Halloween for now, though I promise I'll go back... mid-week, the children and I took a mini-working vacation back down to a very, very, nice, nice hotel in... Read more →

My First Vlog

Check it out: Thanks for watching, and thanks again to Teachmama for the Flip minoHD camera! Fin. P.S. I know I'm really queer on this video! I knew it before Rob told me, but he confirmed it. LOL!! Read more →