The Sweeter Side of Mommyhood

Easter posts get me all choked up right now so I’m quite literally typing this through tears- with so much uncertainty and stress, anxiety and unknown in our kids lives right now I’m excited to have a holiday to focus on. A deep reminder of our faith, a fun and exciting day to break up the monotony of quarantine and a perfect excuse to treat my favorite girlies with little things I know will make them smile.  I get a huge knot in my chest thinking about Easter this year and how different it will be for so many families (ours included). Precious traditions and ceremonies will be dearly missed or done differently. But I feel incredibly lucky to have the power to still make this holiday ... read more

I have consistently been getting questions about how kids can learn ASL at home while they’re stuck in quarantine. While this blog post isn’t about American Sign Language resources, it IS about a fun supplemental activity your kids can work on while they’re learning the ASL alphabet. I’ve turned my ASL Coloring Book into free printable coloring pages you can use at home with your kids or students to learn the asl alphabet. This post contains letters A through F and my next few blog posts will continue to share the rest of the letters in manageable chunks. I’ve also added printable pages for the whole asl alphabet that you can use as learning resources or just ... read more

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