Mom Hacks, Tips & Tricks

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I lead a double life. I am the sister to twins, the wife of a twin, and now mother of twins. Things have come in twos all my life. I like to think that being a sister of twins and then marrying one prepared me for the role of raising twins. I’m not sure anything can really prepare you though. It’s double the trouble and twice the diapers. Double the tears and twice the tantrums. It’s double the good, the bad, and the ugly. Thankfully, I have a mom and mother-in-law to compare notes to. Their experience and perspectives from raising twins have been helpful for advice, a shoulder to cry on, or just an encouraging word or two. So yes, sometimes it’s double...

So you’ve seen the hashtags, posts, and statuses about Whole30. You’ve even read my post about it. And you’re intrigued. But you might even be on the fence about it because (insert excuse here). I get it. Looking at the pretty platters of food on Instagram after searching #whole30 look like you could totally eat that way, but what about actually preparing the food? Honestly, preparing the food was the most challenging part, but I finally got it down. I’ll explain what a typical day during Whole30 looked like for me. Breakfast Breakfast was typically two eggs with two pieces of Whole30 compliant bacon. I would also add some spinach and peppers, depending on time. If I was feeling super fancy on a...

Have you ever gone to the grocery store and bought all of the healthy food with every plan to eat healthy, and then you get sick and it all just sits in your fridge till you can stomach something again? Well, welcome to our household the past 2 weeks. I bought the biggest container of spinach at Costco with all the intent to make smoothies, salads and just all of the delicious food I found on Pinterest. But that all came to a screeching halt when I came down with the worst possible case of Pharyngitis and my son Maverick had a viral infection. Our days went from fun and laughter to some serious snuggles and constant holding (shout out...

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