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Australia with Kids: What an Adventure
Where do I even begin when it comes to recapping a magical trip to Australia with kids for Winter Break?
I guess I could pick a single word to encapsulate the experience. And I guess I already did in the sentence above!
Magical.
It was simply magical.
It’s a magical continent, and it’s magical to travel to a different hemisphere (especially to escape winter by heading into summer!) and it’s magical to spend an extended amount of time with my family.
We weren’t very strategic about how we picked where to go on the world’s largest island. I came across an incredible home in the … Read More
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Instapot Bandwagon
I finally jumped on the Instapot bandwagon!It’s been recommended to me in the past, but I wasn’t ready to hear about it. Then I heard about it on my friend’s podcast, Friendlier. Then I was bombarded with articles, posts, and messages about it on Facebook from friends over the holidays.In my 20s, I had an unhealthy obsession with appliances. I finally pared it down to the essentials (our relatively small kitchen forced us to!), so I am always wary about buying something new.Before I bought it, I wanted to make sure we would really use it. I went on Pinterest and pinned a bunch of recipes I… Read More -
DIY: Easy Napkin Rings
I’m still over here obsessing about my new office in my spare time. Ultimate nerd? Most definitely.I’m making a special area for Tate and Henry that includes a couple of toys and some snacks. They’ll be eating snacks on the floor, so I was trying to figure out a way to designate a specific area for eating (versus walking around and eating or spreading crumbs all over the place).I purchased these placemats from IKEA and decided to make napkin rings to go with them.I ordered these wooden napkin rings from Etsy (I got the single size).Then I painted them (I recommend the gold strip part first… Read More
