The Sweeter Side of Mommyhood

With gyms closed and activities limited, kid friendly workout routines are becoming a necessity! I shared our exercise alphabet on Instagram the other day and so many people “saved” the post so they could come back to it for ideas and/or to make their own exercise alphabet. Use the kid friendly exercise alphabet by selecting a word. We chose the word Monday for our first workout. Here is what that looked like: M- 30 second plankO- 50 high knees N- 5 laps (jog around the room or around your house etc)D- 20 glute bridge holdsA- 20 mountain climbers Y- 5 broad jumps You can repeat the word a few times or keep picking new words. My girls each wanted to pick a word so we did ... read more

You know how traveling itself can kind of be a pain in the you know what, and any sort of little tool or hack to make it easier is worth shouting about from the rooftops? This is how I feel about the Adélie Bag from Flyte, a business designed to create bags specifically suited to active lifestyles. When I was hunting around for a carryon to bring with me for a 9 day trip to Hawaii, I kept coming across bags that seemed ok but were shown in use almost exclusively as gym bags. I really needed something with functionality for air travel, specifically suited to fit under the seat in front of you. The Adélie Flyte bag seemed to fit the bill so I was super excited to give it a try. ... read more

Double gauze baby blankets are probably my favorite blankets of all time. Coming from me (self proclaimed blanket connoisseur) that’s saying something! I love how the double (sometimes called “bubble”) gauze crinkles up so snuggly and gets softer and softer with every wash. What’s better than a double gauze baby blanket? A double layer double gauze baby blanket. Perfectly comfy and soft without being super thick and hot. This particular double gauze baby blanket was a gift for my brand new (and first ever!) baby nephew in Hawaii. I wanted to give him something really special that had submarines on it because his Daddy, my brother Nicholas, is a nuclear submarine officer for the ... read more

I’ve been hearing a lot of stories from Mom’s of big kids struggling to get them to WANT to read anything that’s not “required” for school. This always gets me going because I do think kids can learn to love to read with methods and ideas that turn reading into something fun and rewarding. My ten tips below are definitely not a one size fits all guide. Hopefully they spark inspiration and ideas you can implement in your own families to make reading less of a chore and more of a privilege! The power of words and stories and history and imagination and information... these are gifts that will serve our kids for their entire lifetimes. Before reading this list remember the number one way to ... read more