I have several half-siblings I’ve never met too, though I’m not adopted. (Bio dad left my mom before I was born and never attempted to contact me.) I don’t think any of them even know that I exist. I found my bio dad a few years ago but it really wasn’t particularly exciting. We e-mailed a couple times and spoke on…

Beyond timers, weather, and Spotify, our favorite use is the “Animal Sounds” skill. “Alexa, play animal sounds” and she asks what animal you’d like to hear. Even my 2 year old can get her to do the sound he wants. My husband also set up a dot in the car, just to see if he could. Now, whenever we arrive somewhere, the…

I love the honeycomb ones for my socks. I have similar partitions to those above for underwear, tank tops, swimsuits, etc. Really works well for my shallow drawers that can’t really hold larger items anyway. 

I love the honeycomb ones for my socks. I have similar partitions to those above for underwear, tank tops,…

Uh-oh, Sing is leaving. Good thing, Incredibles 2 is coming in less than a week. 

I love using my Fitbit as my alarm. I still do the two alarm method for my 5AM class. One goes off at 4:30 and the second at 4:35. Which reminds me I need to fix it so it stops going off on my recovery day. My husband sleeps through them both. I’m typically already waking by then, especially if I’ve been up some other…

The only Janie and Jack clothes we had were gifts. The quality was good, bit still didn't justify the price tag. My kids stain everything, I might as well stick with Target and ignore the baby Biden and Hanna Anderson unless I find them at a consignment sale.

I wish that was true. My formerly unemployed husband finally got a job a month ago and our house is so nasty now. But I just don’t have the time or energy to do the thorough cleaning job it needs. At least when he was home all day he pitched in enough that I could do the bigger jobs. Now I just do everything I can…

The worst part about this list is how I scoured it to find things that he does. Despite the fact that it’s only about 5% (rough estimate) it seems like I should be grateful that he stepped up slightly more than yours. But then again, that happened while he was unemployed for nearly 2 years and our children remained in…

yogurt and applesauce pouches are a go-to for us, though my littles are only 2 and 4 so they can easily still be hella messy. They also love the Little Debbie Mini-Muffins. Small enough that a whole muffin goes in the mouth at once, minimizes the crumb potential. I push hard for protein (fried eggs, breakfast sausage)…

This seems to vary so much by person. I’m a big breakfast eater, typically needing something first thing and then again 2 to 3 hours later for second breakfast. And my children (ages 2 and 4) have always woken up super hangry. They also tend to eat again as soon as they get to daycare. So maybe they just take after…

I wish I could wait that long to eat breakfast, I am starving at noon and six after eating breakfast at 6:15 when I get back from the gym. A second breakfast at the office helps a bit but I don’t always come prepared.

I totally feel this depite the inability to apply it to my weekdays. I am much calmer if I can allow the children to wake and dress on their own schedule but unfortunately, we have to get them to daycare so we can get to work at a decent time. I’m trying to get them up earlier but it doesn’t really seem to help. 

I get up at 4:30am to go to a workout class at 5AM and home by 6:15AM. Sometimes one child is awake and eating breakfast, usually both are still asleep. But generally, I get your drift. I am usually at work by 8:30, if I can get us all in the car by 7:30.

I usually baste my eggs to an over medium doneness, but lately I've been wilting a handful of spinach, then cracking two eggs on top with a quick scramble in the pan. Then I lay it on to of a piece of toast spread with the good hummus and avocado if they are ripe.

Luckily, 6 week olds still sleep a lot, just make sure they have a good dark space with some white noise to allow them to continue their sleep patterns during the commotion. I’d say babywearing too but I doubt you’d be able to move boxes around with a newborn on your chest. Maybe just box unpacking?

I love Hilary and her podcast so much. I miss having her as the host but I’m glad she’s still involved. 

That’s the kind I wore. Big silicon beads that could be held onto during nursing or chewed on when baby wanted. But they were all quick release which mostly meant that baby pulled it off me and I was constantly putting it back on. And my hair would tangle around the silicon beads but luckily I almost always had it up…

What if I just want to send them diapers or formula or a rotisserie chicken? The things they really need.

I think it was found to be illegal but this was 6 years ago. And I’m sure it’s still strongly, strongly encouraged. I also want the best for my kids. Do I want them to go tot he 3/10 school that there are assigned to? No, not really. We’re applying for an interdistrict permit to get them in a better school that’s also…

The charter school thing is a real sore spot with me. My BFF’s kids go to a charter school within LAUSD. I know they worked very hard to get them in to the school (they had to volunteer while their oldest was still a toddler in the hopes of getting a spot) and something I would do to get my kids into a better school.…