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Bear with me. I have not had child care in months and my kids are back in school for a couple days a week!! I’m just a little excited!! Can I get an amen?!

I thought I’d round up some of my favorite things lately.

I bought Kendra Adachi’s book and I kind of wavered on if I needed it or not. I listen to her podcast regularly, but I also really like her as a human being and wanted to support her. I am so glad I did. It’s a delightful read (I’m trying to slowly work through it to apply it so I’m not done), but I highly recommend the first several chapters enough to say I think you’ll like it too!

Speaking of children…we are doing a hybrid school this year & I am LOVING the Toddleroo Ultimate Superyard by North States. We had the same one when Judah was little and it was a lifesaver!

Evie is to that fun stage where she can really not be trusted alone for a minute. I’m sure other parents of older kids remember that stage. You can’t go to the bathroom alone. You can’t unload the groceries and now that I have my older kids home more, I needed something to help keep her safe as I’m doing some school work with the older kids.

The Toddleroo Superyard Ultimate gives me a safe place to put her so I can focus on Judah & Carter and still know she is safe. I linked here here at Target and for more options on the North States website.

AND Speaking of back to school - I wanted to finish the kids’ room this summer since we are home so much. Since it’ll almost September and they are back in school, I guess this is a good time to finish. We resurrected the “magic light trick” by Nesting with Grace and am so happy we did. If you want a sconce somewhere, but do not have the capability to add electricity - try this! Linking the super quick tutorial here.

TUTORIAL HERE. Here is the LIGHTS we used. Here is the SCONCE.

In other news, my daughter dropped her mask in the toilet at school - so PSA - you may want to pack more than one. I love these for her because they are fun.

Thanks for being here!