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Our Favorite Pajamas
Comfortable and cute is always the goal for pajamas, right? We are currently sitting in Suncadia in our matching Nordstrom moonlight pajamas drinking our coffee with no complaints. I think we have all found ourselves in pajamas/loungewear more this year than any other time we can remember. Even with all of the extra loungewear we have been buying the past year, we still think these are softest most comfortable and cutest pajamas that don’t break the bank. Mother’s day is just around the corner and every mama could use a new set of cute and comfy PJs (and a whoooole lot of other things). Here are our very favorites: Nordstrom…
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Our two Favorite Breakfast Casseroles & a little Easter Recap
What a wonderful weekend it was! Multiple egg hunts, lots of treats, family, mimosas, food and even a little sunshine. Just how we like it! We spent Saturday in Suncadia with Chris’s family; Suncadia puts on the best Easter egg hunt and festivities. If you get the chance to spend Easter over there, I highly recommend it. It’s the largest Easter egg hunt I’ve seen (separated by age), adult beverages, the Easter bunny, toys for the kids and more. The Easter bunny will also come visit you at your house! Sunday my mom hosted her annual Easter Brunch and it never disappoints. I mean any brunch that includes a beer,…
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Our Favorite March Purchases
Happy April! I see a lot of bloggers share their most loved purchases or “top-sellers” over the past month and I find it helpful! So that being said, here are some of Megan and my favorite purchases from the last month or so. It’s a very random collection of things but we hope you love them as much as we do! Kiss Glue on False Nails. I am obsessed! I had to take my last pair off (the matte blue pair linked and pictured) – they stayed on for almost 2 weeks! And look so good! I recommend getting the short length or else they are way too long for…
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Kids Easter Basket Ideas
Anyone else feel like Easter came out of nowhere?!?! Up until Monday night of this week, I was totally unprepared. Think the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland running around with his stopwatch, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!” Our Easter Bunny’s baskets were literally totally empty. The good news; however, is we are not too late! On Monday, all the items I selected were still available and able to be delivered and/or picked up prior to April 4th. So, hop on it (pun absolutely intended)! Both Sam and Emma recently made VIP Posters for school. On their posters, Sam picked gardening as his favorite activity and…
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Don’t pinch me! I have all the Green things for you
It’s St. Patricks day so we didn’t feel right about writing a post that wasn’t somewhat on theme for the holiday – AKA GREEN! Do you know why you’re even supposed to wear green on St. Patty’s day in the first place? Well, I didn’t until my Stanford graduate lawyer of a sister sent me this article: wearing green symbolizes Irish Republicanism, a movement from the 18th century that campaigned for Ireland becoming an independent republic. As for the St. Patricks day pinching rule, apparently leprechauns can’t see green, so if you aren’t wearing green you get pinched – because that’s what leprechauns do… I guess? Not surprisingly, there is…
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day Week
We kicked off St. Patrick’s Day Week in our households with a rainbow scavenger hunt! Special thanks to @kelseynixon for the idea. It was a hit with Sam, Emma and Joe! Jack, on the other hand wasn’t all that interested until the chocolate “gold” coins were discovered. Just pick some rainbow colored objects in your house, get creative with coordinating construction paper and clues (e.g., “A delicious berry named after its color and picked by Sal in one of your favorite books”) and send your children on a ROY G. BIV-themed hunt. Extra points for a pot of gold (e.g. leftover Hanukkah gelt) at the end of the rainbow, i.e.…
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Hawaii. Where we stayed, where we ate, and what I wore
Where we stay I grew up going to Maui but since having little ones we have been going to the Big Island more often and we love it! It is so kid-friendly, more affordable, and their are much nicer accommodations at a lower price point (meaning the homes we stay in would cost twice a much if we were in Wailea, Maui). This was our fourth stay in Mauna Lani and if you have been considering a tropical vacation – I highly recommend it! There are so many places to stay within Mauna Lani, including the recently redone Mauna Lani Resort, Fairmont Orchid, and numerous homes and condos to rent.…
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“Luck of the Irish” Garden Focaccia
While I have baked A LOT of bread during COVID-19 (make sure to check out our banana bread and no knead bread recipes), until this weekend I had yet to try my hand at Garden Focaccia. While the pictures are beautiful, I was intimated by the idea of baking focaccia until my husband Ryan reminded me that we had a recipe from our Stirred Travel cooking adventure outside of Sicily. So with Ryan’s encouragement and St. Patrick’s Day inspiration from @30minutefoodie, yesterday Sam and I made “Luck of the Irish” Garden Focaccia using the Stirred Travel recipe below. We also tried our hand at making @kingarthurbakig’s golden focaccia recipe. Turned…
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Resort Lounge Wear
Resort Lounge Wear? Is that a thing? Not sure, but it’s 2021 and I’m making it a thing. I was kidding myself when I thought just because I was in Hawaii I was all of a sudden going to get dressed up every day. So, I definitely needed some warm-weather lounge wear for our vacay. Naturally, this thought occurred to me AFTER ordering all my cute new sun dresses. Also, I feel like resort wear usually means expensive but not the case here! Not to mention, Spring is just a FEW weeks away so I’m going to need some warmer weather lounge wear so obviously these purchases are necessary;). I…
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New week, New nails
I had to finally give up on Gel and Dip nail manicures – I just can’t do it anymore. Don’t get me wrong – I love having them but finding the time to get back to get the polish removed and the amount of time it takes to maintain them has just become way too much of a pain and hassle! Not to mention, it destroys my nails. I did start using Dazzle Dry Nails last year which I love and highly recommend, but it still require me to paint my own nails. So… Megan and I recently decided to try Fake/False Nails and we LOVE them. I never saw…
