While the twins weren’t our first kids, we found ourselves doing things a little differently this time around. We stocked up on some extra baby gear to make sure everyone would be entertained and doubled down on certain toys, gadgets and everyday items to keep the peace. Since the holidays are coming up I thought I’d share my go-to baby items that truly helped us survive the first six months. If you know anyone who’s expecting, I’d recommend any of these for one, two, or ten babies lol…
If you are or have ever been a toddler parent, you know the struggle can be SO VERY REAL. Tantrums, yelling, hitting, you name it; not easy! So after making a plan for how we could make it out of quarantine alive, I found some goodies to build myself a Happy Toddler Supply List…
It’s October 1st so we’re gearing up for all things Halloween, sort of. Since we’re not sure about trick-or-treating and all the fun social stuff, for now we’re going all in some spooky fun at home. While Halloween isn’t always a gift-giving holiday, for some reason my kids usually get a few special books every Halloween…
Really though, six seems old, right? He’s getting tall, wearing huge shoes, can count to 100, really crushing it at life from what I can tell. Especially starting kindergarten, it seems like a milestone birthday and one that we wanted to still celebrate like always, even though COVID wasn’t going to let us throw our usual Shaughnessy-style party with friends and family…
The first official day of school came and went. We still did all the standard first-day pictures, ate a special breakfast, took a final inventory of all our important kindergarten supplies, and logged in to Google Classroom without a hitch…
Colin and I were both completely ready to be somewhere beyond our house so we hunkered down and decided to go to Door County, our annual summer trip. Kids needed it, we needed it, and after all, it was tradition! I’ll spare you the long-winded day-by-day details but the moral of the story…