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Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that Porter’s sixth birthday, which happened in full quarantine lockdown could be this amazing. The best part was that the ladies at Pipoca Events designed all of the decorations so I avoided turning into a stressed-out party momma, mostly. ๐Ÿ˜˜ Super Mario Birthday Party Decorations Pipoca Events […]

Super Mario Party Ideas

super mario party ideas

Lifestyle

Lifestyle

diy bathroom update

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After Covid cancelled my 40th birthday trip as a self-soothing exercise, I decided to attempt a DIY update of our master bathroom. Here’s the thing, I’m more a learn on the fly/ figure it out as I go type of lady, definitely no Chip Gaines. An actual contractor would likely walk in and cringe at […]

DIY Bathroom Update: What Not To Do

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After we almost swore off travelling with our kids for good, I reached out to several friends and asked if travelling with their kids made them also question their life choices.  The โ€œgoodโ€ news is the answer was mostly yeses all around, phew! Misery loves company, am I right? Duplicating Success Then in 2020, we […]

Tips for Travelling with Kids, Featuring The Panel

tips for travelling with kids

Lifestyle, Motherhood, Travel

Lifestyle

easy sugar cookie recipe

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This is your new go-to sugar cookie recipe if you love your sugar cookies soft and full of vanilla flavour. I’ve been using this recipe since Maddie’s first birthday, and it’s hand down my most used recipe. I love this recipe because the cookies don’t spread out of shape; if baked correctly, they are nice […]

Sugar Cookie Recipe

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This Key Lime Pie recipe is quick easy, and everyone will freak out when they find out you made it. Seriously, it makes my husband look at me with heart eyes every time I make it. โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐จ-๐ญ๐จ. ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ […]

Key Lime Pie Recipe

key lime pie recipe

Lifestyle

Motherhood, Wellness

mothers mental health compassion

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When Maddie was tiny, she looked at me and asked: “Mommy, do you even love me?”โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €The question shattered me. I wanted to whisper to my sweet girl, “yes, baby, with all my heart, I love you, but mommy doesn’t value herself.” โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €We can never prepare ourselves for how our kids will shine a floodlight on the […]

Mommy, Do You Love Me?

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Being the logistics manager for tiny humans can make you believe nag is your default setting. Don’t believe the lies!โฃMy mantra, for when life throws all the potty training accidents, the uncertainty of raising my kids during a global pandemic and sleepless nights at me, goes as follows:โฃโฃI love my kids; โฃI love my kids, […]

A Mantra for Exhausted Moms

a mantra for exhausted moms, christine coughlin

Motherhood

Motherhood, Wellness

moms mental health

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A few months ago, I came across the quote, ” The opposite of depression is vitality.” โฃโฃIt resonated deeply for me because I had been working so hard to rediscover my zest for life. โฃโฃFlash forward to this COVID world, and I can feel my vitality slipping away and my inner critic fighting to retake […]

Momma’s Lost Her Groove

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Kim’s story of healing and entrepreneurship has inspired me countless times. If you love epic adventures and doing good, you won’t want to miss this! Kim is the founder of Girl in the Wild, a not-for-profit that provides ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ life-changing, confidence-building camps for teen girls in wild spaces. If you took a peek into Kimโ€™s […]

Kim McMullen/ Girl In the Wild

Girl in the Wild Kim McMullen

Ladies To Know

Ladies To Know

Jade Brittany Featured on the In-Between

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“London had eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of the rain,” said her mother, Jade. She had a fighting spirit, a huge beaming smile and a laugh that made everyone else giggle.โฃโฃJade Brittany is the momma of four beautiful babes. Her third child London was born a micro-preemie at 23 weeks; she […]

Feature: Jade Brittany