It is no secret that every one of my family members is an avid reader. So much so, that recently we decided to track how many books our family read in one single week, and we surprised even ourselves. We read a whopping 468 childrens books in one week (plus another 876 pages between Ron and I!)
First of all, why is reading so important with children? Well, I think we all know that children need to be able to read at certain levels to thrive in school, but it goes beyond that.
Read MoreI frequently get asked about various baby products and recommendations for different baby gear. As a mama of 6, I’ve amassed quite the opinions (and stuff) over the years! Now please keep in mind that I lived in NYC up until two years ago, so my mom-brain is wired towards space-saving, multi-functional, travel-friendly things. At the end of the day, you know what your needs are and what suites you best! But hopefully this will give you a baseline to start off of!
So here it is, my 12 must-have baby items:
Each and every year, we know summer break is coming, and yet somehow when it does arrive, we still find ourselves surprised! Pre-covid, I used to really dread summer time, unsure of how I’d occupy our time with the kids all home from school and me trying to work. So each summer, I’ve tried to have a solid plan and schedule for the kids to keep all of our sanity. I thought I’d take some time to share our Summer 2022 plans with you all!
Read MoreA couple of years ago, I wrote this blog post, sharing some tips and tricks for traveling with little ones. Pandemic aside, we travel a lot. In the last 7 years, we’ve traveled to 20 states, and 5 countries with our four children (and a couple international trips without kids!). Ron & I both loved to travel before ever meeting each other, and we didn’t want to stop once we had children. Of course travel looks very different now than it did 10 years ago. I’ll be honest, it’s a lot of work, it’s stressful at times, and not always restful. (Am I selling you on traveling with kids yet?) But at the end of the day, it’s so worth it. The memories we’ve shared with our children, the cultures they’ve experienced, the sheer beauty of this world, are all indescribably worth it.
Read MoreSo I decided to do a blog post about our playroom. I'm on the fence between feeling super silly for doing so and being super excited about it. I guess the excited part of me won, because I decided to post this haha. I just really love our playroom. It's my favorite room in the entire apartment, and the fact that we are even blessed to have such a space in a NYC apartment, I do not take for granted!!
Read MoreAfter Alynne turned one and my weekly Aly blogging subsided, I was eager to start blogging about other mommy topics and what not. However, now I find myself hesitant to write about the various topics I had in mind. One side of me really wants to blog about the various things we've done with Aly (like sleep training, etc) in hopes to help others or even just for my sake to be able to remember what/how we did things. The other side of me doesn't want to blog about topics at all for a few reasons.
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