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Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of you. I can’t tell you how much…

I’ve been a bit MIA on the blog lately as life has taken over (I’m…

It always happens. The last week of summer is rainy and cool and ruins Labor…

James is turning three in September (tear), which means I’ll not only be shopping for…

If you follow me on Instagram, you know that we welcomed a baby girl two…

I can’t believe I’m already talking about back to school shopping, and yet, it’s here.…

I was so focused for so long on having another baby that I honestly didn’t…

And having a baby! What were we thinking? I don’t know, but we need more…

Ok, so I admit it. I got cocky. I thought I had this whole tantrum…

In my mind, summer starts with Memorial Day weekend, so I’m already behind on my…

Surprise! We’re pregnant! Baby #2 is coming this August! We’ve been keeping the news secret…

I’m really enjoying coming up with these bucket lists every season (see my fall list…

Let me preface this by saying that I am by no means a relationship expert.…

Before I had James, I loved rainy days. It was the perfect excuse to stay in my pajamas, binge watch Netflix and order takeout. But all that changed since becoming a mom. Every mom dreads a rainy day. Keeping kids entertained while cooped up inside all day is no easy feat and it’s hard to get a toddler’s energy out if they can’t run around outside. Little kids need the fresh air and without it, they become hyper little maniacs. Luckily, our nanny has found some amazing activities to keep our little maniac busy when it’s pouring and because it’s rained almost every weekend, I’ve discovered quite a few on my own. Here are my favorite rainy day activities for toddlers.

Like many of you, when mid-January hit, we were ready for a vacation somewhere warm. Last year, after much debate, we decided to bring our then baby along on our vacation. I wrote a post about what I learned from our experience. Well, we just got back from another January trip to Florida, and I thought I’d share my vacation with toddler tips after surviving a beach vacation with our crazy two year old. While I felt more prepared and less panicked about traveling with James now that we’ve flown and vacationed with him a bunch, we still made some mistakes this time (and had some wins) and learned a lot.

When I set out to write a winter bucket list, I was basically tired of…

Right before we had James, we moved into a newly renovated apartment, and finished decorating it just in time for his arrival. I swore we wouldn’t be those parents whose entire apartment is taken over by toys. I swore we wouldn’t buy James that many toys. After all, they really only play with a few of them and prefer to just bang on pots and pans, I said. And then we had James, and two years later, our apartment is overflowing with toys.

This year, I vowed to get ahead of the game before the holidays. With so…

Anyone else completely stir crazy? The cold seems never ending and makes it hard to…

I had originally planned to write a post about what I’m thankful for, and I…