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Explore Great Explorations Children’s Museum and Sunken Gardens

Explore Great Explorations Children’s Museum and Sunken Gardens

The Tampa family behind the travel blog, TheGreatEscapePlan.com recently explored Great Explorations Children’s Museum and Sunken Gardens in St. Petersburg so they can share what to expect with you! The Great Explorations Children’s Museum in St. Petersburg is a place your child can truly enjoy being a kid, a place where you won’t find kids…

16 Places in South Tampa Where Kids Eat FREE!

16 Places in South Tampa Where Kids Eat FREE!

Merris Pope of Hula-Frog South Tampa shares her favorite places in South Tampa hwere kids eat free!

Florida Fun: Where to go for that perfect mini vacation!

Florida Fun: Where to go for that perfect mini vacation!

This article is sponsored. It was originally published in the June 2017 issue of Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine. As a traveling mommy, I love exploring new places, but sometimes I also just want to relax. I don’t want to think about cooking, cleaning or really doing anything. I want to sit on a beautiful beach…

How a Stay-at-Home Dad Used His Family Roots to Start Growing Business

How a Stay-at-Home Dad Used His Family Roots to Start Growing Business

  As my high school sweetheart and I prepare to celebrate 12 years of marriage just before Father’s Day, I am honored to shine a spotlight on my hard-working husband, Brooks Boyette, new business owner. For Brooks and me, home was always Tampa. This is where we met, where we grew up and where we…

Functional Playrooms Parents Can Actually Show Off 

Functional Playrooms Parents Can Actually Show Off 

Julianne Hendrickson, a mom of two, teacher and interior designer shares easy playroom ideas that are not only fun but functional!

The Tampa Bay Lightning Wants to Meet You!

The Tampa Bay Lightning Wants to Meet You!

Want the chance to meet the legendary Tampa Bay Lightning team? Mark your calendars for March 19th because you’ll get meet them and more!

Family Travel Review: Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas

Family Travel Review: Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas

Tampa Bay Parenting Social Mom Mandi Mella was recently invited by Royal Caribbean to set sail on Harmony of the Seas. She has one word. WOW!

Enchanted Tree Lighting at Hyde Park Village

Enchanted Tree Lighting at Hyde Park Village

Yes, it’s true! We are a little over six weeks away from Christmas and Hyde Park Village is gearing up for their Annual Enchanted Tree Lighting Ceremony. What better way to kick start the holiday season than bringing the little ones out for an evening of shopping, arts and crafts, live music, balloon animals, and…

Florida in a Day: Tallahassee

Florida in a Day: Tallahassee

My heart was thumping in my chest. I closed my eyes and breathed deeply, the scent of oak and pine trees mingled in my nose. I could hear what sounded like a zipper as my sister whizzed past. This was the end of the course, and I had no way down but through the zipline….

Super Dad: Dr. Mark Mogul

Super Dad: Dr. Mark Mogul

Tampa became his home in 2015 when he moved here to become the Medical Director of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital. He and his wife Marina have three children, Astrid (26), Ingrid (23), and Christopher (18).

Super Dad: Dr. George Jallo

Super Dad: Dr. George Jallo

Dr. George Jallo is a renowned neurosurgeon for All Children’s Hospital John Hopkins Medicine in St Petersburg, but his success wasn’t preordained. “I was born in Bethlehem, and my family (parents and 2 brothers) immigrated to northern New Jersey when I was 5. Our family did not speak any English but we learned fast as young children watching TV and attending school. My grades in first 2-3 years were poor-fair, and teachers had reservations about my potential. There were discussions to hold me back a year, but fortunately I was allowed to stay with my peers.”

Dinosaurs in Motion at MOSI

Dinosaurs in Motion at MOSI

Dinosaurs in Motion at Tampa’s MOSI encourages hands-on STEAM learning.

After School Guide

After School Guide

School is back in session, which means it is time to pick a great after school program. Rather then sending your kids home to an empty house, check out some of these amazing options that can keep your kids moving and get the motivated to learn new things.

4 Simple Ways to Find Mom Friends

4 Simple Ways to Find Mom Friends

Your Mama Village huddles around you, encourages you, builds you up (oh, and takes care of your kids) until you’re ready to go back into that big, stressful, frustrating world.

Evan Brownstein

Evan Brownstein

Meet Evan — Nicholson and Penelope’s dad, Suzanne’s husband, and Howard and Elaine’s son. This senior director of marketing for Checkers and Rally’s Restaurants loves calling the Tampa Bay area home, relocating from NYC 7½ years ago!

Mummies of the World Exhibition at MOSI

Mummies of the World Exhibition at MOSI

Museum exhibits for kids -After well-deserved and highly publicized fanfare, Tampa’s Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) will open the Museum of Science

Madison Cavanaugh

Madison Cavanaugh

At just 7, Madison Cavanaugh has endured more than her youth belies. She battled cancer at age 4, enduring chemotherapy for two years. Now cancer free, she says she is trying to “fit in everything I missed out on when I was sick.” She’s a Girl Scout, and takes dance lessons and plays softball. “I really enjoy being around other people.” While she still visits All Children’s Hospital every other month to “make sure I am OK,” Madison sees a bright future ahead.

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