Hi friends!! If you’re anything like me, quarantine gave you a major online window shopping habit. I love scoping out fun new items every week and so I figured I’d bring them to you with a new blog series! I’ll be sharing weekly finds from a different retailer each week. These finds will be clothing …
It's day 834882248 of "quarantine" with minimal play dates and eating out. Are you tired of cooking yet? Tired of serving up 7,000 snacks per day? No? Just me? The struggle is getting REAL. I'm here to save the day and give you a few new snack ideas that will not only satisfy the 'starving' …
Over the last week I’ve been given the opportunity to examine my own white privilege and make lasting changes in my own family. With two small children, I know the time is now to make sure they understand just how lucky they are, and learn to be accepting of all people regardless of race. While …
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For my 31st birthday at the beginning of March, we bought a Peloton. Expensive? Yes. But when you are paying over $120 a month for a gym that you never visit, the price tag starts to look more reasonable. Between work, motherhood, marriage, and running a house; I never made time for the gym and …
Mother's Day is a week and a half away. Since it's going to look a little different this year, I thought I'd give you a couple of original ideas for gifts (and gestures) that you can still get in time for May 10th. Gifts Sleep spray - Many moms have trouble sleeping even if their …
As a momma of two, time is one of the most precious things to me. However, I do still like to try to look halfway put together, even while I'm rocking my leggings and ketchup stained shirt. So today, I'm going to let you in on my five favorite hair products that take me from …
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In the next installment of the 'Things I Wish I Knew' series, I'm going to give my (unsolicited) ideas for keeping your marriage thriving during this very difficult time of quarantine. Going from seeing each other five hours a day to seeing each other 18 hours a day is hard enough, let alone adding in …
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I posted on my Instagram stories last week about the extremely tough time Ella (almost 4) has been having with quarantine. She's an overly social girl that adores her friends, school, activities, and normal life. Given her age (and her stubbornness), it's been difficult to explain the Covid-19 situation in a way she understands and …
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Being the lover of holidays that I am, I'm already planning fun things for the kids this Valentine's Day. Connor and I aren't big into exchanging anything more than a card on Valentine's Day, so I try to keep it small for the kids also. The whole point of the day (really more like the …
I am busy. Like most mommas, or busy women in general, I often feel putting makeup on is a colossal waste of time, time I don't have to begin with. But I also like to look and feel my best, hence the every day makeup routine. While I am NO beauty expert, I have found …
I'm not one for setting New Years resolutions. When I call it a resolution, somehow the pressure to complete it by year end skyrockets and I always give up before I've started. This year I'll be setting four main goals instead; one for myself, one for the kids, one for this blog, and one for …
Cole is almost 10 months old now, but in a lot of ways he's acting more like an 18 month old. He's trying to walk, wants to be very independent, and as Ive mentioned before, weaned himself from nursing. I've been so emotional lately with how fast he's growing. In many ways I feel like …
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