Family time
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Halloween Books for Young Kids
To celebrate the beginning of October and the arrival of the official Halloween season, here are some Halloween Books for Young Kids!
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Veer Wagon Review
If I could go back to when I was purchasing our double stroller I would seriously consider skipping it all together in lieu of a Veer. I love that it serves so many purposes and can be so versatile for our family's needs. It is definitely an investment but unlike any stroller we have ever owned, we plan to use our Veer for many years to come.
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Things I’m loving while pregnant that I don’t normally love
As this pregnancy continues I've noticed there are a few things I am really enjoying right now that non-pregnant me would never enjoy. Isn't that funny how our bodies' likes, dislikes, and habits can change so much during this time?
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Organizing with Jillian- New Pantry Edition
There are few things that will still make me actually giddy as an adult, and a freshly organized space turns me into the 7 year old version of myself when I saw a pony at a birthday party. Among the many amazing things Burn Bootcamp has added to my life, it brought my friend Jillian and I together. Jillian owns her own professional organizing company and I have had the honor of having her work on several of our spaces over the years we have known each other. In our old house she overhauled our teeny tiny pantry and made it into a far more functional space. She took care…
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Family Vacation Packing Tips
One of the hardest parts of taking your family on vacation happens before you leave home. Trying to remember everything to pack and making sure it fits can be such a challenge! What if we need this? Or what is someone is sick? Or what if we don’t have a washing machine? Over the last few years I have started keeping a very specific and detailed packing list for our vacations to make packing easier. Every year I refer to the list and modify as needed because as kids grow or we have more kids a few items may change but the basic structure of the list always stays the…
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Reacclimating, Picking Paint Colors and Glucose Test
Oh friends reacclimation to normal life after vacation is so tricky. I feel like I see it more in my kids than anywhere else. They are exhausted. Maggie has been taking two naps a day, and the older kids have had some serious emotions thanks to over tiredness. I usually like to build in a buffer day between vacation and regular life to help transition but this time we didn’t. Yesterday we spent most of the morning cleaning, unpacking, decluttering, and making a donation pile. It was so productive but also so exhausting! It’s getting hard to manage the kids, being pregnant, and trying to be productive. I try to…
