Smiles + Co Blog

The idea for this post came to me the other day when we went to Universal Studios after 4pm on a very hot and humid Fall day. Living in Orlando and being annual pasholders at both Disney and Universal, I know it is a luxury that we are able to pop into these amazing theme parks for a couple of hours when it's convenient for us. In all honesty, Disney World was the main reason I moved here in the first place but I absolutely despise the weather here most days. The heat, the prices and the crowd volume have...

This post and photos may contain Amazon or other affiliate links for your convenience. If you make a purchase after clicking a link, I will earn a small commission at no extra charge for you. For my niece’s fourth Birthday, we gave her swimming lessons! I thought it might be helpful to share how I did this because giving experience gifts can be more difficult to give than physical gifts. This post is going to cover four ways that you can give experiences as gifts. I originally started coming up with reasons that experiences make good gifts. However, I realized...

I am so thankful that the youths of today do not seem to be as materialistic as my generation. Even though Y2K trends are totally in style right now, the one thing I do not see making a comeback is the "Keeping up with the Joneses (Kardashians)" mentality.   When I asked my niece, Isabelle, what she wanted her for 4th Birthday she responded with "an umbrella!" An umbrella? Like the kind used to shelter from the rain? Yes! Bless. This. Child. Even though I couldn't write lists when I was four, I do remember asking for a Barbie Corvette (not...