These little souls, they hold the entire world, unbridled and unharnessed within the chambers of their hearts. Children are as children do. To really understand the napping situation, you have to know our family, and even then it's feels just a bit over the top and unreal,...
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There are fairly few things that contribute to the physical wellness of a child as much as sleep and nutrition do. In our home, and I'm sure in the homes of many toddlers and preschoolers, nap time (clearly) is a sacred ritual. I've always been...
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Evvie and I got back late last night from a very quick and amazing trip to Toronto. I had been anticipating this trip for a couple of weeks, Justin and I even went to San Francisco to order Evvie a rush passport just so we'd be...
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It's been one year since we brought Theo home. Zoe and I drove to the shelter to collect him, just the two of us. She had been asking incessantly for a puppy for as long as she could verbalize it. The entire 20 minute ride...
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It feels like my family's lives have been through constant and aggressive change for a little over a year now since we moved from New York City to California. The shift from one coast to the other couldn't have been more extreme in every way,...
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This week seems to only be getting harder with little Beau and his separation emotional turmoil over baby Evvie joining our family, so I've been spending as much one-on-one time as I possibly can with him. That means having as many adults in our home...
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I've been wanting to share with you the day that we brought Evvie home, but it's been a little raw for me up until recently. That day was so hectic, hardly the kind of serene and sweet "coming home" celebration we had hoped for, but...
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So shopping is a thing for me. It's probably pretty evident that I enjoy looking around for different, wonderful things for my kids and my home. It's a bit of a creative outlet for me-not the spending part, but the actual searching and finding beautiful...
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Some of you may have noticed in your mail delivery today a sweet little visit from out sweet little napping duo, Theo and Beau. A couple of months back, during the Land of Nod & Project Nursery re-design of the boy's room the awesome team over...
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This is an excerpt of the speech I gave at the Mom 2.0 Summit on May 2nd, 2014. Three months after moving to New York City, my two year old landed us in the emergency room with a severe allergic reaction to pistachios. Without any...
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Routines are pretty a pretty crucial part in my parenting methods. I try to create a schedule that is most conducive to everyone in our family as I find that the more predictable the day, the happier the child. The newest member of our family...
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It occurred to me that putting a weekly roundup of my photos of Theo and Beau would serve more than one purpose, rather than having them exclusively on my Instagram feed (I've been blogging for almost five years and this only just occurred to me)....
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