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Le Creuset 5.25-qt Cast Iron Deep Dutch Oven

Mrs Meyers Holiday Sets

Mixing Bowls

KitchenAid Stand Mixer

garden bed

Shark Robot Vacuum

avocado slicer

Gold Candlesticks

Set of 3 Illuminated Houses

2 Inch Illuminated Flocked Tree

Candle Making Kit

BLK & Bold Coffee

🦄Raise your hand if you’ve got a unicorn and

🦄Raise your hand if you’ve got a unicorn and magic obsessed kid in YOUR house🦄⠀
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✨ #ad Did you guys see Lydia’s story takeover? She’s OBSESSED with her new toys from VTech®. I’m not going to lie…..I was actually surprised at HOW much she loved these. She even told her class that they were one of the three things she’s most thankful for (along with us, and mac and cheese). And one of them? She’s been sleeping with every night.✨⠀
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✨The details? Myla the Magical Unicorn™ and Myla’s Sparkling Friends™ (the smaller toys you see with the unicorn) are talking, singing friends that change colors when you create magic by touching their necklaces. (They also give really cool aﬃrming and positive messages so you know I’m into it). You can buy Myla and all her friends at the same time, or slowly collect the items one by one (and they’re a great price)! Check the link in my bio to find out where you can get them! ⠀
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✨I love that Lydia uses them for imaginative play and has been having a blast building them castles, forts….she even drew a “flying practice track” for them outside on our driveway with chalk! The inspiration is endless and that? Is the most magical part of all.⠀
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✨Do you have Myla or any of her Sparkling friends at your house?⠀
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@vtechtoys #Sparklings #VTechToys

🎶Cause when we're together⠀ I have everything

🎶Cause when we're together⠀
I have everything on my list⠀
And when we're together⠀
I have all I wished🎶⠀
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💕500-plus a few miles. Lots of Covid tests. And it was worth every effort. After almost a year…..there’s no place like home.⠀
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💕It looks different than usual. And that’s ok. Because I want the ones I love to be here next year. But for now? This is perfectly imperfect. My heart is full. We’ll be doing Thanksgiving together, and Christmas together on zoom. ⠀
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💕What about you?

🎤Have You Taken A Child to Get A Covid Test?🎤⠀
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I’m not going to lie. I wasn’t even sure I’d share this experience AT ALL. But, the more I thought about it, I think it might be helpful to other parents. You may have seen in our stories that yesterday Lydia and I went to get a Covid Test. No, we aren’t feeling sick. As far as we know, we have not been exposed. But, we do have plans to see my family next week and wanted to be sure that we were being responsible (we will also be mask wearing and social distancing during the trip). ⠀
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☎️When I shared we were going to get a test done…….the DMs started pouring in. Questions, concerns, and some of you sharing experiences. I realized, that our experience might help some of you to navigate this if needed.⠀
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The Facts:⠀
✏️We did the San Diego County testing, signed up online and made an appointment. It was quick and easy and free.⠀
✒️We went to a drive through location (for locals it was the Lakeside Library). ⠀
✏️All in all, the process from entering the line to leaving was about 45 minutes.⠀
✒️It was the nasal swab. They had medical staff to swab us, it was not self administered.⠀
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Helpful Info:⠀
✏️It didn’t hurt. It really didn’t. In fact, Lydia even said immediately after that it was “no big deal”. The swab reached up to the bridge of the nose.⠀
✒️Beforehand, we discussed that it was important to do this so that we could safely see our family and that taking others health into consideration is a way we show how much we love them.⠀
✏️When it came to be Lydia’s turn, I asked her to put her hands UP in the air high, and then to sit on them. Young kids tend to reflex and swat people when something is a strange sensation, and in this case? I wanted it to be smooth and quick.⠀
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❓Have YOU or your children been tested? If you have tips, please leave them in the comments.⠀
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😷And it goes without saying, but…..wear a mask. Listen to science. And be responsible. This is a group project, I’d really like to get a good grade and move on with our lives (as I’m sure we all would). Stay classy San Diego (I had to 😂)

⠀ 💕Double Tap if Writing is a Battle in Your

👑Fill in the blank: I am proud of myself becaus

👑Fill in the blank: I am proud of myself because today I _____________👑⠀
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👑I get it. Some days (and more days than usual this year) we all collapse on the couch at the end of the day and forget to see our own virtues. Our own accomplishments. Our own beauty and our own shine. I promise, every day we all have something to be proud of……and even if you can’t see it……QUEEN your crown is sitting right on your head.⠀
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👑Me? I am proud of myself for setting an example for Lydia, and showing her that considering those around us in the midst of this is a love language all in itself (and I had a good hair day too).⠀
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👑You?

⠀ 💖Case of the BLAHS. An update:⠀ ⠀ Ok,

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💖Case of the BLAHS. An update:⠀
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Ok, let’s recap. This is our second fall in San Diego and allergies? Apparently come along with the endless summer and chill beach town lifestyle. All last fall I took an allergy medication which relieved my symptoms but I still felt run-down and tired. #AllerLifePartner ⠀
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Remember when I told you guys, I was trying a couple new things? Well, I promised to report back:⠀
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The 4 things I’ve been trying in addition to taking my allergy medicine:⠀
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💦Hydrate: I did BETTER. Getting a cute new water bottle helped, and I’m consistently⠀
drinking a decent amount of water each day!⠀
👟Movement: I’m SO glad we bought an in home bike back in the spring, it’s helped me to get⠀
some exercise on days I can’t get out of the house⠀
🍎Fruits and veggies: still doing smoothies, and we’ve even gotten a few veggies from our⠀
garden!⠀
💛AllerLife: Now this was the big one you guys wanted updates on! AllerLife is a drug-free line⠀
of supplements designed specifically to support allergy sufferers with these EXACT issues. Their daily supplements come in three formulations to support three specific needs (ENERGIZE, VITALITY and SLEEP). I tried out ENERGIZE (of course). It has vitamin b2, turmeric and even caffeine to combat that out of it feeling I get this time of year.....and MAN did I feel a difference. You guys, this is a game changer for me! I felt so much less sluggish!⠀
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Do you suffer from these same blahs this time of year?!? Try AllerLife with me! #AllerLife @AllerLife

🎄🎄🎄Are you on the train to Christmas town

🎄🎄🎄Are you on the train to Christmas town? Or waiting until after Thanksgiving?🎄🎄🎄⠀
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🎅🏻You guys know where I stand on this. The train has left the station, and I’m full speed ahead to Santa’s Workshop. ⠀
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A few of my Christmas Favs lately:⠀
🎄my friends at Buckledown just launched the faux pearl version of their signature D belt and it gave me alllll the holiday vibes (isn’t it perfect to wear with festive attire?)⠀
🎅🏻ALLLLLLLL the Christmas movies on Disney+ (although I’m cheating on Disney+ to watch Jingle Jangle this weekend)⠀
🎄gingerbread cookies (yup already made some, not sorry)⠀
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Want a little early Christmas gift of your own? Head to @buckledownproducts…..they’re giving away a set of their ENTIRE Signature D belt collection!

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