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Anyone else's ass getting kicked by back-to-school season? Big picture, everything is OK and there have been little victories and moments of joy the last couple of weeks, but it has also felt overwhelming and, at points, rage-inducing: dealing with emotional meltdowns, clueless adults, social drama, too much schedule Tetris, endless mess, constant searching for laundry items, and....wait for it...lice. 😭 . Typically, I'm great working at home. I hunker down in my office and crush my to-do list and ignore the mess. But last night I was like, I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE away from all of the physical and emotional chaos and not be the de facto parent on call. 🏃‍♀️ . So this morning I got dressed and headed to @the.wing. I breathed in and out on my walk to the train. I looked up at the blue sky. I delighted in a book during my commute. I reminded myself that this is just a season and that I am enjoying abundance every day. And I decided to don my gold stars, because I feel like I deserve a lot of them for making it through the last couple of weeks. ⭐ . If you've had a tough couple of weeks too, I'm sending you love and gold stars. ❤️ . #KohExplores 223: gold stars . #parenting #bostonmamas #bostonblogger #bostonbloggers #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurlife #backtoschool
I can't go into the details here but I'll just say that it's an incredibly beautiful thing when one of your kids is wrestling with something hard but they don't let that get in the way of celebrating when something great happens for their sibling. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ . #KohExplores 222: deep appreciation for sisterly love
Woke up this morning with hurt feelings, a heavy heart for one of my babies, and a general feeling of overwhelm staring at my inbox and thinking about my to-do list. Did all the things that seemed reasonable to reverse things (yoga, tons of water, plowing through emails and to-do's) to mild effect. And then I cracked into a box in my office and discovered -- on this dreary gloomy day -- that this yellow rain jacket I ordered made me happier. Color therapy is real, you guys. ⭐ . #KohExplores 221: color therapy
Are you a parent who gets super bored playing on the floor with toys with your kids? YEAH, ME TOO. 😂 That’s a huge reason why I started teaching Laurel and Violet to cook and bake early. They’re pretty boss in the kitchen and I get tons of questions about how I have taught them to cook. Today I’m sharing 8 tips, thanks to a partnership with @testkitchenkids Young Chefs’ Club. Link in my profile -- YOU GUYS, TACOS ARE INVOLVED! 🌮 #ad #atkkids
I asked Laurel if she had a birthday cake preference and she said SURPRISE ME. I love trying new recipes and/or techniques so I decided to follow Laurel's love of churros and make a churro cake topped with homemade churros. OMG WHAT?! 🥰 . The cinnamon cake + Mexican chocolate frosting + general design is from a recipe at thekitchykitchen.com; however, I skipped the praline crunch because of Violet's tree nut allergy. The churros are from @gemma_stafford's gorgeous new Bigger Bolder Baking cookbook. I was pretty psyched about Gemma's churro recipe because the churros are baked not fried and look how gorgeous and legit they came out! (I made them smaller than the recipe called for so the proportions would work with this small, tall cake.) ❤️ . The biggest tragedy is that I'm legit scared to eat this cake. I'm on day 11 of totally clean eating (whole foods with a focus on anti-inflammatory food...no sugar, gluten, junk etc.) and OMG it has made a massive difference in resolving my allergies (this is a huge deal for me), irritability, etc. and I don't want to regress. I don't know....maybe I'll take a tiny bite....or maybe I'll just live vicariously through Jon and the girls! At any rate I'm thrilled with how it came out! . #KohExplores 219 + 220: homemade churros + churro cake . #amateurbaker #homebaker #bostonmamas #cakestagram #cakelover #cakeoftheday #cakedecorating
Oh man look at that little pumpkin nugget...Happy 15th birthday, Laurel! ❤️ And here are 15 things I have learned in 15 years of parenthood, rapid fire style: 1️⃣ Parenthood is basically one massive exercise in surrendering. 2️⃣ Don't force kids to do stuff that you wish you had done as a kid. 3️⃣ Give kids the space to make their own choices. 4️⃣ Your job is to put good food options in front of kids, not force it down their throat. 5️⃣ Avoid crazy ass sports parents (related: don't be a crazy ass sports parent). 6️⃣ Finding families where the kids and adults all get along easily and beautifully is magical unicorn material...love and nurture those relationships. 7️⃣ Don't be afraid of your kid being the least scheduled of their friends if they are a kid that needs a lot of down time. 8️⃣ Prioritize sleep for teens the way you do for toddlers. 9️⃣ Prioritize your relationship with your partner (if you are coupled). 🔟 Prioritize your relationship with your self; your kids' needs should not obliterate your needs. 1️⃣1️⃣ Letting your kids experience discomfort and disappointment is a good, healthy, and necessary thing. 1️⃣2️⃣ Experiences are better than stuff. 1️⃣3️⃣ Kids need to do chores...not for money, just because they are part of the family. 1️⃣4️⃣ Sometimes kids just need to have a big ass meltdown to release the pressure valve. 1️⃣5️⃣ You may think that because teenagers are way more independent than toddlers that they don't need you anymore, but they actually need you more than ever. ❤️ . #KohExplores 218: 15 lessons from 15 years of parenthood . #parenting #bostonmamas #familylife #kids #teenagers
Learned how to twist balloon dogs last night (so we could fill the dining room with them!) and now I want to learn how to make all the balloon animals. Third career? 😂😂😂 . #KohExplores 217: balloon animals
 
 
 
 
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