Just Melanie

Wordless Wednesday: A Mermaid's Tale

Sophia's LONG-awaited mermaid tail blanket has arrived today! She loves it. ♥ Fin. Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: Tapioca Y Paco

In a move of Dogs Imitating Parents, our 5-month-old Chiweenie pup, Tapioca, flops on top of our 2-year-old Chihuahua, Paco, whenever it's time for a nap. She's kind of a pushy, bossy girl, and Paco is very patient and tolerant... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: #SoThatHAPpened! Newest Newsy News...

Link up here if you're feeling wordless today, too! (Or not, like I who am almost never speechless...)☼All of the following happened on Monday, August 1st, which was an AWESOME day for Team Odette: Sophia, who was bucked off her... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: Bucked By Lacey

On Friday night, Rob took Sophia to her riding lesson. She was heading to a jump with her horse, Lacey, when Lacey decided to skip the jump and started bucking. Sophia didn't have her foot properly in the stirrup, and... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: A New Lease On Lacey

Sophia decided she was ready to stop riding Buddy exclusively after five months, and she switched to a more challenging mare instead this past week: Lacey! ♥ Welcome, Lacey! ♥ ~*~*~*~ Feeling wordless today (okay, so it was yesterday; shh!)... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: Gerblets!

So that happened Monday morning: Lucy and Chibbikins are parents! ♥ ~*~*~*~*~*~ Feeling wordless today, too? (Late or not, it's still Wednesday here!) ;) Link up here with 5 Minutes For Mom to join in with the rest of us!... 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 →

Wordless Wednesday: Sophia's First Equestrian Show

So I'm not quite going to be "wordless" today, because I never am. You guys know. Our Sophia, 11, has been taking horse riding lessons at Miami International Riding Club for eight months. This weekend, she will be exhibiting her... Read more →

Sophia Lorelei Is ELEVEN!

(I haven't been around the blogosphere for a while, because I've been in intense pain from Fibromyalgia. I'm trying to rally and come back, though, starting with this post in celebration of our youngest daughter Sophia's 11th birthday today.) ~*~*~*~*~... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: Pinto's Farm Visit

This week, I'm going to be posting pictures from our trip to Pinto's Farm, here in Homestead, Florida, in the agricultural area known as the Redlands. We went for an Easter weekend about 10 days ago, and I've been sadly... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: Morning Glory

I snapped this open Morning Glory on my way to my appointment one morning at Sylvester Cancer Center in downtown Miami. That turned out to be the one bright spot about that morning, and I really needed it! Wordless today?... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: Carrot, Please!

Wordless today? Link up here to share your photos! Fin. Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: Our 15th Anniversary Celebration at WonderWorks Orlando

On January 2, 2016, Rob and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary! To celebrate, we took the kids and headed up north to Orlando, Florida. We spent hours at WonderWorks, a really cool hands-on, science-y museum. We had a great... Read more →

Wordless Wedneday:

{Delicious food we ate at 15th St. Fisheries Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for an early 15th-anniversary dinner recently. Scrumptious!} Wordless today, too? Link up here with 5 Minutes For Mom for more photographic fun! Fin. Related articles Wordless Wednesday:... 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 →

Wordless Wednesday: Jack's Morning Swim

We stayed at the Element hotel in Doral, Miami, last night. Jack was up early, so I took him to the pool for a swim. I played with my camera settings a lot during that outing, so here's what I... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: Taylor Swift 1989 World Tour Miami

This post is going to be not-so-wordless, because the event was so fantastic. You'll survive! ;) Last night, I took my oldest kiddo Chloë, 14, to her first major concert: Taylor Swift! We went to the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: Sophia's Riding Lesson With Cloud Nine

Sophia's fifth lesson at Miami International Riding Club on the beautiful gelding, Cloud Nine, took place on Tuesday afternoon. Her confidence is growing by leaps and bounds! Are you Wordless today, too? Link up here with 5 Minutes for Mom... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: Animal Shelter Donations

I had the children write a Summer Bucket List for this past break, and one of the items on their list was to visit the animal shelter and donate some food to the kitties and poochies. Well, we visited the... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: Sophie's Sumi-e Ink Wash Painting

Sophia adores her Kiwi Doodle Crates so much, she did extra chores when I told her she had to do them in order to open the box right NOW. Anybody who knows Sophia knows this is a HUGE deal. This... Read more →