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Date Night at Home 3 Ways

Taking time to date your partner is so important.  Actually having the time to date your partner when you have three small kids is a different story.  Since we went from a family of three to a family of five there has been less and less time to spend outside the home as a couple.  It is a lot to ask someone watch all three kidlettes while we go out for the night. Since we don’t want to wait for…

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Meal Planning for a Family

I’ve had a couple of questions lately about meal planning and how I do it.  There is no exact science, but I’d be happy to share what has worked for me and my family of five.  It is a lot of work to plan and prepare meals for your family.  With my twins now being one year old and having fully embraced solid foods, I feel like I am constantly preparing food or cleaning up.  Kids are always hungry, so…

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Merry Christmas

Just a few pictures of our little family to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.  This has been an amazing year for our family of five.  We started 2017 with two newborn babies and a sweet little three year old.  Now here we are ending the year with two one year olds and a smart, funny, and still sweet four year old.  Life changes all the time and I’ve been doing my best to embrace all the memories and…

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Five Last Minute Gift Ideas

pic: theeverygirl.com  It’s crunch time!  For those of you still looking for some last minute gift ideas, I thought I would help you out.  I’m a bit of a Pinterest junkie.  I love the inspiration I can find there for everything from recipes to well, gift ideas.  I’ve started a board where I’ve been pinning some beautiful but easy gift ideas.  I’m sharing five of my favourites here, but for more ideas pop over to my Pinterest page.  You can…

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5 Day Holiday Hygge Challenge

I don’t know about you, but I am about ready to just hibernate for the rest of the holiday season and surround myself with all my little loves.  I’m no stranger to talking about Hygge.  I’ve already talked about it this season here.  {hygge [hoo ga]: slowing down, getting cozy, and taking pleasure from the simple things in life.}  I am obviously chomping at the bit to get out of the hospital (sick kids) and get my family healthy and…

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