Being Incredible Without Being Perfect

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Excited for Incredibles 2? We loved it! Thanks to Clorox for sponsoring this post. You can enter Disney Pixar and Clorox’s Big City sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip to NYC and a shopping spree at the Disney Store here. 

This weekend Craig and I took Kayla and Blake to Hollywood to see a screening of Incredibles 2. Having loved the original 14 years ago, seeing Incredibles 2 with this little family we’ve built was one of those small but meaningful milestones. The premise of the movie also hit home for both of us. Role reversals, fighting for your family’s survival and questioning if you’re doing any of it right.

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Our friends at Clorox want you to know that parents are incredible! And we don’t have to be perfect to be incredible. Whether it’s villainous bad dreams or sneaky germs, we as parents are here to help our kids fight them off or develop the skills to do it themselves.  [Read more…]

Bring The Ice Cream Truck To Your Street

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When I think of summer I think of sprinklers, ice cream and roller coasters. The shock of that cold hose water, the thrill of the first dip on a roller coaster and the challenge of eating your ice cream before it melted in the sun. That’s childhood right there. To celebrate the end of another school year and the true beginning of summer, I treated Kayla and Blake to some surprise ice cream in our cul-de-sac.

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Since the ice cream truck doesn’t make its way to these parts, I customized a vintage cooler and brought the thrill of the ice cream truck to our street. With King Cones, Chocolate Eclair and Strawberry Shortcake bars there was something for everyone.

Here is actual footage of Kayla seeing a Good Humor Strawberry Shortcake ice cream bar for the first time. I have no idea what she thought it would look like, but when she saw it come out of my ice cream cooler, she was SO excited! [Read more…]

Family Trip to Julian – DeerWalk Retreat

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You guys, we rented the cutest little cabin in Julian this weekend! It was just perfect for our little family of four. Craig and I recently celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary. While we’ve always planned to take a BIG trip, it’s been a year. We’re not quite there yet, but we’re thinking Italy sometime soon if budget, my health and childcare allows for it. Fingers crossed, but for now, Julian!

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If you’ve never been, Julian is a sweet town about an hour and a half outside of central San Diego. Historically known for the apple pie and maybe more recently known for the hard cider. Naturally, we had both.  [Read more…]

Harry Potter Party Favor Trolley

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Having a Harry Potter party? Your guests will FLIP when they see this Harry Potter party favor trolley. It’s packed full of Harry Potter party favors and has everything from Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans to golden egg bath bombs. Invite your wizards to choose some treats to take with them on the Hogwarts Express!

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My daughter Kayla and I started reading the Harry Potter series over Christmas break. It started as a way to bond and for me to push my motherly agenda of giving her a love of reading. Fast forward a few months and it’s a full blown obsession! Here is what went into my Harry Potter party favor trolley: [Read more…]

DIY Hotel Toilet Paper Stickers

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Your home is basically a hotel for small people. Make it official with my DIY Hotel Toilet Paper Stickers. Thanks to Charmin for sponsoring this post. You can get $3 OFF with promo code: 3MEGACHARMIN at checkout, in addition to a $2 off coupon (also at checkout) for a total savings of $5! #EnjoyTheGo

Spring is here! The season of perpetual organizational hope. If you’re like me, it starts with some innocent closet rummaging. Then, internal promises are made to declutter, revamp and live like those minimalist folks on Instagram. You know, the ones moving into Airstreams with their family of six, where the bathroom is basically in the kitchen.

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Then comes the reality check and the realization that you do in fact appreciate a wide line of demarcation between kitchen and bath. Yeah, tiny house living probably isn’t for us. Or perhaps you’ve come to terms with the fact that you’re more of a stockist, like me. You want plenty of the essentials and places to keep them on hand. Or you simply never want to find yourself toilet paperless at two a.m. Fair. I’m all about keeping the expectation bar knee high.

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Ultra Strong & Vulnerable

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Moms are Ultra Strong! Thanks to Hefty® for sponsoring this post.

The last year has taught me that you can be incredibly strong and also completely vulnerable at the same time. I never would have predicted that at 34 I would find myself bald, separated from my children and fighting for my life. I never anticipated the support that sharing my story would bring. Or the comfort it might provide others who found themselves in the same position. I am thankful to experience motherhood during a time when it’s okay to share the highs and lows that real life brings.

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The interconnected world we now live in allows us to find others who are also going through whatever it is that we are experiencing. But it hasn’t always been that way. I look back at how it must have been for my mom. Raising four kids on a budget, re-entering the workforce after stepping out of it for two decades. Living in a time when the only way to make friends or find your people in a suburban town was to bump into them at school or the grocery store and hope you had things in common.

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