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This post is all about easy Easter traditions for toddlers. I’m updating it with a few more ideas and things we’ve been loving over the years. Originally published April 2017. Happy Easter weekend! Growing up, Easter was always such a special holiday and, while my kids are still too young to latch onto traditions, I’ve…
Growing up, Valentines was my favorite holiday behind Easter and Christmas. I always looked forward to the fun family dinner we’d have and the little gifts my mom would have on each of our seats. It usually meant fun family baking and always exchanging notes with friends at school. We aren’t on top of ALL…
This post is all about our favorite holiday and Christmas traditions with toddlers. The magic of Christmas is so fun with kids and I’m so excited for all of these this year as well! This post was originally published in November 2018. This post may contain affiliate links. December is almost here and holidays with…
The Intersection of Style and Function of Modern Motherhood STYLE MOTHERHOOD RECIPES PRODUCT REVIEWS Stages of Motherhood What do you want to chat about today? Just found out you’re expecting? Whether you’re on the hunt for the perfect pair of maternity jeans or tips for surviving your first trimester, I have 3 pregnancies worth of…
Today we’re talking baby’s first Christmas! This post contains affiliate links. First Christmas with a baby can be so magical! Or it can be just like every other day with a baby, filled with diaper changes, missed naps, and lots of traveling. I remember coming down to the tree with our almost one year old…
I’m not sure why I wait until fall + winter to make all of my favorite foods, but something about the cooler weather and the changing leaves always gets me excited to bake. I’m excited to be sharing our favorite fall/holiday treat, a recipe that has been in our family for generations. On the first…
Is it even fall in New England if you haven’t had apple cider doughnuts from Parlee Farms? I love having lived here long enough to be forming traditions with the kids and I hope this is one to stay. We went to this orchard for the first time last year and I’ve been drooling thinking…
Four days past my due date, we fully anticipated we’d be spending our anniversary eating our takeout of choice in pajamas and snuggling a newborn, all while reminiscing over the last 8 years of marriage. Turns out, this baby has other ideas and we found ourselves without plans and without a babysitter on our anniversary….
I never shared these family snaps from our time up in Maine earlier this summer! One of my favorite parts about moving back to New England is having annual traditions with my extended family. This beach in Maine is the same one I’ve been coming to with my cousins since I was a little girl….
Today we’re talking about fun, easy, one hour family dates as a great way to get in more quality time with your favorite people this summer. I’m sharing 20 ideas as well as our last family date on HBS campus: scootering and ice cream . Welcome to summer! A few years ago…
This holiday spritzer recipe post is being sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Can you believe we’re into the holiday season? Soon enough we’ll be putting up Christmas decorations and planning holiday parties. When the kids are in bed, one of our favorite things to do is enjoy a…
We said goodbye to Ohio two weeks ago and had a fiasco moving our stuff to my parents in New Hampshire while we slowly move into our place in Massachusetts over the next few months. Today I’m talking a little bit about goodbyes and the perks + struggles of this in between stage we’re in…
Being a mom is wonderful. And exhausting. And hard. And testing. And wonderful. A lot of the power of motherhood, of raising kind and stable children, comes from repeatedly doing the mundane things with love. It’s a lot of diaper changes, bedtime routines, and laundry. It’s never ending explanations, goodnight kisses, and stray cheerios. And…
Preface 1: A few weeks ago Ben told me out of the blue that he thought we could do a better job making a bigger deal about holidays. And I agreed. I’ll blame it on having tiny babies or being pregnant for the last three years of holidays but we’ve let the small ones slip…
Today I’ve partnered with Prepare/Enrich to bring your my favorite strategies to strengthening your marriage after babies, and they aren’t all what you’d expect. How many times since having kids have you heard the importance of getting out the house with your guy for a kid-free evening and strengthening your marriage? A lot right? The…
I think we’ve found a new Sunday tradition around here and its possibly our tastiest one yet. Now that we’re a real family (to me it always seemed a bit funny calling our marriage a “family” before we had a baby…we were more of a couple than a family – but thats just me), I’m…
