I can always count on my Instagram audience for the best recommendations for pretty much anything. When I crowdsourced for the best black paint colors for our front door, you all delivered! Here are the most popular recommendations for best black paint colors from all of YOU (bold = most recommended): Sherwin Williams Tricorn Black (this is the one we went with!) Sherwin Williams Iron Ore Benjamin Moore Wrought Iron Sherwin Williams Caviar Sherwin Williams Urbane Bronze Sherwin Williams Greenblack Sherwin Williams Black Magic Behr Cracked Peppercorn Behr Broadway Farrow & Ball Railings F ..read more

We’re always on the hunt for healthy, delicious and easy snacks in our ouse and muffins are always a crowd pleaser. This recipe was adapted slightly from Love & Lemons. Ingredients 1 1/4 cups oat flour (best if it’s homemade — just put rolled outs into a food processor and voila!) 1/2 almond flour (we use the Kirkland brand from Costco and like it. You can also just use one kind of flour — oat or almond — and these still turn out delicious!) 1/4 cup arrowroot starch 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 2 large eggs 2/3 cup almond mil ..read more

At the beginning of 2020 I made a goal to read 50 books. Honestly, I’m not sure what possessed me to make this goal. It was a pretty audacious goal given how many books I typically read in a year. I love to read, always have, but especially in the early years of our kids’ lives reading really took a backseat. In 2019 I probably read a dozen books AT MOST. That would be a book a month and I’m not sure I was even doing that. Let’s say 6-12 books a year prior to this. So yeah, 50 would be a major increase. Fast forward to less than 3 months into 2020 and a pandemic hits. Hello stress, anxiety, et ..read more

Our playroom has been an ever-evolving space in our home. It’s funny that we are paying so much attention to it now as our kids are a little older, but they definitely still have a lot of toys and I know the room can continue to evolve as their needs change, but I wish we would have done so much of this sooner! After we installed the IKEA Billy built-ins in the room it truly transformed the space. It was a serious game-changer. It looks beautiful and it hides all-the-things so well and made it easier to keep everything nicely organized in bins. I used Caitlin from The Mama Notes’ post as our g ..read more

Mifold Grab-and-Go Car Booster Seat Traveling with babies and kids is not the easiest in large part because of all the stuff they require. One of the most annoying — yet absolutely essential — things to transport for kids are their car seats. I have heard too many horror stories about the condition of car seats at rental car places so we have never gone that route. I just generally don’t trust using any car seat but our own. When the kids were in infant seats we traveled with the Cosco Scenera Next — SUPER lightweight and safe and incredibly affordable at under $50. Still a pain to lug around ..read more