Author: Julie Meyers Pron

After a break from school, students of all ages should look back over the past several months of learning and evaluate their growth. This family opportunity for discussion can easily occur over a shared meal, a drive in the car, or several snack breaks. Guided by parents with the right questions, students will be led to further goals that will increase their effort, eventually helping them to reassess, re-evaluate, feel confident in their growth and success and, finally, develop new goals. As the conversation continues, families will notice a healthy process of self-improvement. This process doesn’t just work for children…

So, you’ve started your mom blog, your parenting blog, your blog blog (perhaps by reading How to Start a Mom Blog), and you’ve invested some time in Social Media Marketing. You know it takes time, but you also recognize there is so much more you can do with your blog to get it moving along, right? Perhaps it’s time to invest in a conference. Of course, with so many blogging and social media conferences, it’s difficult, even for us seasoned bloggers, to know which is right for you. Look at your schedule and consider your location and then take some time to…

Every now and again, I have friends ask me how I got started in blogging. How they can “live the life”, we bloggers live. They want to “pick my brain.” I know a lot of bloggers are shaking their heads right now—first suggestion: don’t use that phrase when you’re talking to a blogger. We don’t really like to have our brains picked. Brains are a vital part of us, and picking brains is just gross. Many of those friends have already created their blog (if you haven’t, read Mom Blogging: How do I start? first). But now they’re stuck. Things aren’t just…

According to Digital Mom, there are over 3.9 million mom blogs on the internet. Add to that the infinite number of blogs, and it makes you wonder how some of my peers haven’t caught the blogging bug yet. I’ve talked to a few friends who ask, “how do I get started blogging? What tips do you have? What do I need to do to start my blog and get it moving?” How do I get started blogging? Um. You start. No really. If you want to blog to share favorite photos and stories of your family with family and friends, if…

A review of Sesame Place, in Langhorne, PA. Sesame Place is an amusement park for children of all ages. Read about day-trip highlights, adventures, and more. This year, I asked a friend, Rachel, to take her family to Sesame Place and report back on her visit. I love her story and how she compares it to Sesame Place of the 80s. Things have changed! (We were provided with four complimentary tickets to opening day at Sesame Place.) Read about the Count’s Halloween Spooktacular at Sesame Place. With the temperature starting to creep up, the kids can feel the end of school…

Fall festivities and sporting events keep every family busy this time of year, so when I couldn’t attend the Sesame Place Spooktacular this weekend, I asked author and blogger Darla DeMorrow to share it with Julieverse readers. Read about Sesame Place in the Spring and Summer. Romney may plan on putting Big Bird out of work, but everyone’s favorite fowl has a steady gig here at Sesame Place. Big Bird and his pals work through Halloween at the Sesame Place Spooktacular. Sesame Place during the holidays is actually an easier trip than during the summer, which we also love. At the Spooktakular, we…

One of the best things about choosing what to wear to a theme park is that you can get more creative and bring multiple outfits, because you can use efficient luggage storage options to help you. For instance, you might choose to bring multiple outfits, so you have something to wear to the theme park, something to wear whilst you’re in the park, and then something to change into afterward. This allows you to look as glamorous as possible. There are a lot of factors that you need to make the most of when it comes to improving this process,…

PassPorter’s Walt Disney World: The Unique Travel Guide, Planner, Organizer, Journal, and Keepsake! This guide is more than enough information to help you plan and get through each day at Disney. It was my guide for booking, for determining the best place to eat for dinner each night, to learn about rides before going on them, and every single detail in between. It’s updated annually, so you know it’s up to date.I’m not a big Vera Bradley person, but the Vera Bradley Tech Case held my life each and every moment at Disney. I bought it to hold my phone in my diaper bag day-to-day, so…

We returned to Orlando this summer and used the same service, KidsNiteOut.com, for a babysitter while staying at Universal Orlando Resorts. We wished we could take our sitter, Colleen, home with us. Sadly, she’s not that kind of babysitter. Colleen is a flight attendant for JetBlue Airlines who, when she has layovers in Orlando, will make a little extra money and babysit for kids. She doesn’t have kids of her own but loves to play and interact, making this the perfect side-job for her. We felt completely confident in our sitter that night–we knew the kids were safe and would have…

I’ve been watching the weather like a madwoman. Or an obsessed old man who stares at the Weather Channel each and every day. And, wouldn’t you know, the expected highs range from 63 to 80 and we’ll have a day of rain, a day of heavy clouds and two days of sun, interspersed with nearly everything but snow? Because we’re just going to have to roll with it, I’m packing in layers. I’ve been begging Middle to try on shorts from the summer stash and finally gave up and just packed a few different sizes. I expect for lots of changes. And…