Happy 2022! For the first time in years, Lateef and I slowed down in the days leading up to the New Year to focus on intention setting. Things that we want to do personally, plan for as a family, focus on in our careers and put intentions toward in our relationship. I am also reflecting back on this year and trying to unpack things that frustrated me that I can slow down and put intention around. To make a change or further develop. I’ve noticed that taking a true break, where my mind ...
How-To Create Your Own Holiday Cookie Tradition
Every year growing up, I looked forward to our Christmas cooking making tradition with a very old (preschool!) friend of mine, Courtney. Now that we both live in LA, we decided to revive our tradition with our own kids who are close in age. This is our second year doing it as adults and it's such a fun special tradition. Courtney is the baker and cookie orchestrator. I host and provide grub and drinks (I also pre-make some of the dough). I hope you can learn how-to create your own holiday ...
Leaning Into the Pain
Last weekend, I decided to lean into the pain. Lean into the pain of sadness and loss. Lean into the pain of losing my best friend Alexis five weeks ago. Be present in my sadness. For the past six weeks I’ve felt like I was in my own bubble and life was moving around as if it was the same. I had to give space to the fact that I will never be the same again. Staying on the wheel of work, kids and your to-do list gives no time to process. With the grief so heavy, I started to feel like I might ...
The First Thing I Do When I Bring Home Fresh Bread
The fresher your bread, the sooner it will go bad. But there's a quick and easy way around that. Keep reading for a few easy tips to keep your fresh bread amazing. Why Fresh Bread My kids eat a lot of bread. As I started to keep more bread in the house, I looked more closely at the labels. I realized that the store brought “whole wheat” bread I was used to eating actually contains a bunch of sugar and ingredients I cannot pronounce. No wonder it lasts so long on the counter! I started ...
Is Disneyland Worth it for Two Year Olds?
Now that the world is opening up and more of us are vaccinated, we are all eager to plan our next fun outing or trip. We have been in the house for over a year. And if you have what many are calling "covid babies" - children who have spent the majority of their life in the house without seeing others - you are eager to let them experience the world. One of my closest friends has been pretty deep quarantined for almost a year and a half because her parents and in-laws help them with the kids. ...
How We Changed Our Childrens’ Bedtime Routine to Get Our Evenings Back
We knew that bedtime had gotten out of control when we began to dread it. We had lost control of bedtime and the kids were pushing the limits in all directions. They stalled. They wanted a piece of fruit, to be tucked in another time, another book to be read, or wanted more water. It was always something and it created evenings where us adults had zero alone time. We used to have utmost control over bedtime. The kids would both be asleep by 8:00 pm. But during the pandemic, 7:30 slipped to ...