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LIFE

August 14, 2020

Are You sleeping your Best Sleep? 8 easy ways to up level

Sure, I get 8 hours of sleep. Does it matter that it takes me 3 days? Seriously, though -- I’m not going to bore you with anecdotes or reminders that good sleep is an integral part of your overall health, or that quality is as important as quantity, blah blah ;) Fellow parents already know that sleep is Queen, fantasize about it on the regular, but also can’t have it, because kids. What I AM here to share with you is 8 healthy habits that can help you to sleep your best sleep. I suffer from sleep-maintenance insomnia (the inability to remain�[...]

Food & Drink, LIFE

July 27, 2020

How to Make a Smoothie Bowl

Banana Strawberry Orange Pineapple dairy free smoothie bowl

+ Pink Smoothie Bowl Recipe If you have internet, and enjoy food, it’s likely that you’ve seen a beautifully curated smoothie bowl pop up once or twice. As a busy mom of twin toddlers, I make almond beverage based smoothies using Natura dairy-free beverages for the kids pretty much every day – but never thought of trying out a smoothie bowl for them. Smoothies have been a hit and I’ve learned that it’s the only way they will consume most vegetables, for sure anything green. But, for whatever reason, they LOVE a green smoothie. Don’[...]

LIFE, Motherhood

April 13, 2020

Parenting in a Pandemic: Give yourself a break

If you weren't aware, we're in the middle of a pandemic. Full sarcasm alert there because there's no possible way on earth you couldn't be aware of it. Every news station is on a 24hr Covid-19 run, your social media feeds are full of kidless people exclaiming how bored they are to be stuck at home telling you how many new hobbies you should be picking up, and it's likely your parent friends are documenting and sharing their #momgoals lives on a minute-by-minute basis. Parenting in a Pandemic Not only are you just trying to survive this, but you're also tr[...]

Motherhood

September 7, 2019

Today Sucked, Even Though I Really Tried. (I Promise.)

About today...today was a stinker. I did my best to make the most of it, I promise, and it still sucked. And that's fine. It happens. Some days I can laugh off the ridiculous nature of it all (smeared poop everywhere, tantrums because a hair clip is *gasp* put in someone's hair, the fact that the twins eat farm-fresh gourmet meals while I choke down a cold no-name version of Kraft Dinner -- yes it exists, and yes it's terrible.) And other days I'm just like WTF did I do to manifest this shit upon myself, all while I lay in the fetal position, a plethora[...]

LIFE

April 30, 2019

Why Condo-Living is an Awesome Choice for Young Families

“We have to move!” was the 2nd thing I said when I found out I was pregnant with twins. (The first was, “How are we going to afford university??" but that’s another story 😂.) Most of our family and friends thought that surviving newborn twins in an 800 square good 1-bedroom condo couldn’t be done, but staying in the city in our cozy space was one of the best decisions we made for our family. Simplify, Simplify, Simplify It's funny how you might automatically think that space would be an issue with two babies but, honestly, it wasn't. The twins[...]

LIFE, Motherhood

October 2, 2018

Hey Mama, It’s Okay to Have a Bad Day

I meant to write a different post today. Inspired this week by Hunter's fearlessness in learning to take both figurative and literal leaps around his crib -- and the living room furniture -- I wanted to write about his infant tenacity and self-discovery. It's adorable and incredible to watch him figure it out; sometimes making it from (non-sharp) corner to corner, sometimes safely falling, and most times being very excited to try again. That was my plan. But, I didn't. Because today sucked. And you know what? That's okay.read more[...]