It's truly hard to wrap my head around 24 days in foreign countries with a toddler and 6 month old. What will we do without the bouncer? All my toddlers trucks? How many toys should I bring? But really...WHAT WILL WE DO??? You'll hear me mention the Mental Load a lot - my sworn enemy. One of the things I do to combat it is to pre-plan...EVERYTHING. You already saw my pre-planned packing, but each week I pre-plan every night's dinner (and grocery shop on the weekend), I pre-pl

I’ve been planning my packing for a couple weeks now but it’s finally coming together! I still have to pack for 2 small children, but this is one less thing to worry about this weekend. The key to packing for 24 days is definitely a neutrals-driven capsule collection. I can’t take all the credit for this capsule idea though. It came from my best friend Brittany a long time ago as we were packing for a different trip to Europe. Her key principles are pretty straightforward: ne

Every year for the last 10 years I tell myself I’m going to start a journal and every year for the last 10 years I have failed to journal past New Year’s Day. So I’m going to try something different this year. I want to create a space where family and friends can read about our daily adventures as a family, but more importantly, I want to create something that our children can read for years to come. A little about me…I work for Diageo , one of the world’s largest beverage al