Blogging at naptime.

The Internet always tells me, “With your level of extroversion combined with an undeniable knack for interior design, why haven’t you opened an Airbnb yet???”  Because I aim to never disappoint the Internet (except in approximately 98% of my parenting), we hosted our first official Airbnb guest this week! (aka my husband’s friend Clint who was in town for a wedding). After following the delightful @arrowsandbow and her Airbnb adventures, I’m excited to show you all of my tips and tricks for creating an Instagram worthy guest space!  💁🏻‍♀️ First, you’ll need to go to your junk drawer and find the 12 flashlights that reside there. When none of those flashlights work, you’ll need to use your phone flashlight to locate your plastic “battery bin” in the garage that most likely made it over with you in your recent move. Once you have a properly working flashlight, you’ll want to head back out to the garage to locate your fanciest air mattress! Because “glamping” is so

Though we had an incredible summer filled with trips and new memories, it’s also been a really challenging season of parenting these last few months. So naturally I sat down to write out a few of the ways I would define my past 8 years of parenting experience for all of Instagram to glean from! 💁🏻‍♀️⁣ ⁣ Parenting is...using Google to diagnose my child’s every ailment (eczema, allergies, sleep struggles, sniffles, coughs, food pickiness, etc). ⁣ ⁣ Parenting is...reading 852 online articles about how to raise children, and failing the author of each of those articles consistently. ⁣ ⁣ Parenting is...having one child very much like me and two children quite different than I am, and learning to see that as an opportunity to grow rather than ongoing defeat. 😬⁣ ⁣ Parenting is...apologizing to my kids regarding MY behavior more often than I care to admit. ⁣ ⁣ Parenting is...going to the birthday party of my best friend’s 5 year old twins where my three year old proceeds to give