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Short flights aren’t always easier

As I’m writing this we are above 30,000 feet in the air flying back home from Mexico to Los Angeles. Diary of a Wimpy Kid something something is playing on the overhead monitors and I feel like I’m living my own version on flight. Let’s see we are about 1.5 hours into the flight and… Continue reading Short flights aren’t always easier

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Be a good boy, Jesse 

15 minutes into the trail and I was as nervous as hell, half listening to Dakota and  half imaging that if I got tossed off this creature there were too many rocks around that would sadly catch my fall.  And Jesse sensed my tension.  I was hoping Celeste would be up for the horse back… Continue reading Be a good boy, Jesse 

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Italy – packing and the trip 

After the luggage debacle that was our last international family trip, the one thing my husband kept saying to me when we booked our Italy trip was to pack lightly. Because back in 2014 when we traveled to Japan with Celeste who was 2 years and 4 months at the time, I think I may… Continue reading Italy – packing and the trip 

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Hello beach, goodbye control 

   Sometimes I have some real amazing epiphanies as a parent. Those moments where I think, wow, where did that calm and patience come from? Who is this person and what has it done to my usual impatient and easily rattled self?!  I never knew quite how impatient I can be and how easily I… Continue reading Hello beach, goodbye control