We finally made it! That Disney trip we’d planned for Skyler’s 6th birthday finally happened. Just not as we expected. Like everything else Disney World shut down and like everyone else we were disappointed but hopeful. Three reschedules later and all fast passes gone we were finally on the schedule and Disney was reopening. but not without some contingencies. This …
Posts
Uncategorized
Continue Reading
Will run for cupcakes(keeping promises to myself)
I did a 5K! Not we did a 5K, I did a 5K! I’ve done them before but with a group of people or with family. This time was all on my own. I didn’t ask anyone to sign up with me. I didn’t back down when I realized hey! You are doing this alone. I didn’t prepare at all! …
Lifestyle motherhood social activism
Continue Reading
It’s OK to disagree(It’s not ok to push your narrative)
So in this world of #cancelculture we are being told it’s all or nothing according to some influencers and stars. They are getting cancelled left and right and blaming cancel culture and not having the freedom of speech or being censored. Honestly IDGAD! Seriously and don’t take offense or do but some things are better left unsaid. I received an …
Lifestyle motherhood
Continue Reading
Skills and tools to pick back up in 2021
At the end of 2019 there was no way I would have imaged this is how 2020 would turn out but here we are rounding out the year for me personally still working from home. It has been a bit of a challenge trying to find a healthy balance and I’m still not all the way there but I’m trying …
Lifestyle motherhood
Continue Reading
Let’s talk Edges
A little under 3 years ago I gave birth to a bouncing happy baby boy well I few months later I started to notice my edges were thinning out. This is actually a quite common issue after having a child which is hair loss. For me I wasn’t expecting it as I did not experience this with my first, but …
Lifestyle motherhood
Continue Reading
School Choice: How heading back is looking for us.
The time is slowly arriving to head back to school. Here in Florida they have decided to delay by at least 2 weeks but it is still looming over our heads. Even in quarantine or social distancing time has not slowed down so here we are yet again. I’ve seen so much debate on weather to send kids back or …
Family Vacation Lifestyle Uncategorized
Continue Reading
5 Things To Do In 2021
This year has been a wild one. I know that everyone is thinking the same thing. I don’t even want to get into it because instead of focusing on the negatives that 2020 has brought so many of us, I think that we should instead be focusing on the positives. There are so many! First, think about the positives in …
Lifestyle motherhood Self Love
Continue Reading
Why do you Stare?
It happened for the first time a few weeks ago. Kai had a full-on meltdown in the middle of Publix. I’m talking screaming, kicking, clawing, THE WORKS. I didn’t feel embarrassed, I just felt tired. It was the worst way to end the already struggling day. Like many others I’ve been working from home while co-teaching my kindergartner and potty …
Lifestyle motherhood Self Love
Continue Reading
Learning Self-Love and Breaking harmful family norms
Love yourself: Recently, I was the recipient of an advanced reader copy of The Self-Love Revolution Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color By: Virgie Tovar and it opened my eyes to a lot of negative self-talk and body images I had for myself and my family including some I thought I’d conquered. It’s a strange concept to grasp in …
Kid's Fashion Lifestyle motherhood
Continue Reading
Things I didn’t know would become essential: Growing pains of quarantine
No this is not a post about toilet paper I promise. Funny enough we have not run out or had the need to go hunting some down as our Saturday adventure but who knows the quarantine is still young. My beautifully charming daughter bless her little soul has undergone the growth spurt of all growth spurts which has left this …
Lifestyle Uncategorized
Continue Reading
What to get a 2 year old (Gift Guide) for their Birthday
So my son’s birthday has come and gone but as it approached I could not for the life of me figure out what to get him. I contemplated and searched and searched but nothing really stuck out to me. His first birthday and party was easy with Mickey Mouse( which he still loves) but with an older sister it was …