We wanted to use the long Fourth of July to get out of town as a family. Knowing we'll be welcoming a new baby in just a few, short months, we're wanting to make the most of our time together as a family of four. We decided to take a roadtrip to Bloomington, MN, the home of Mall of America. And gosh there are so many things to do in Bloo[...]
After a long holiday season, I knew I wanted to set up something fun to celebrate Jason's birthday. The holidays are always exhausting, but with everything else we had going on this year: our miscarriage over Christmas and New Year's, tons of showings on our house, then selling it and finding our dream home, we were ready for some relaxat[...]
We spent a full day, from 9AM until 10:30PM at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom earlier this month. Since we were there as a family with both a 4 year old and a 13 month old, we wanted to do the majority of the rides as a family so we could spend our time together. While I'm not super adventurous (or adventurous at all, really) when it c[...]
Just a few weeks before our trip, Jason sent me a screenshot of a place called Harmony Barbershop located inside Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. On their menu they have just three items and one is called the "My First Haircut" package for $25 (May 2018). Jason asked if we should hold off on Ben's first haircut and get it done there. I[...]
For our beach adventures, I condense what I would usually keep in the diaper bag and my purse and add them into our beach bag. Since we have both kids to carry, I don't also want to haul around three bags! At 13 months, Ben is mostly along for the ride. He is happy to play in the sand, splash in the water and crawl around for a bit. Th[...]
If you follow me on Facebook then you already know we spent some time in the south this weekend! It was so beautiful and we had lots of fun. One of my best friends from college married her college sweetheart and it couldn't have been more perfect. We had a direct flight from Chicago through Southwest and they were the best flights we've h[...]