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surely it can’t get better than this 💫

i also won’t be discussing anything about my own children’s education on here, just FYI!

hmm, this isn’t really a concern of mine but i think my oddobody ones have thinner seams!

Patagonia!!

my husband and i don’t really snack much, we never have!

hahaha i think you can see everything in that shot! water, keys, sunscreen, a clip, baby wipes, and there’s a floral pouch filled with snacks and hand sanitizer! my card wallet and lip balm of choice (currently EADEM guava fresca) also underneath. that’s about all i roll with!

it’s from Amazon, my daughter asked for a “purple satchel for nature walks” for Christmas and i ordered two because i couldn’t tell how big they were, this one was too big (the other was perfect for her) but when i went to return it they refunded me and told me to keep it! i just found it in the trunk of my car and my daughter loved matching with me 🥹 the brand is “collsants”!

i think my next piece will be a star charm for my necklace for my younger daughter! she is obsessed with the Oliver Jeffers books “how to catch a star” and “where to hide a star” and it’s a whole thing 🥹 she also loves going through each of my charms and fiddling with my necklace so i know she will love it. it’s also my birthday next month!!

an accidental selfie, park mom essentials, the book i devoured this week (WOWZA), mama treasures, and a castle morning

I love earrings and wanted to wear two pairs instead of one! no i don’t see myself ever getting any more, I really like the look of just two on each ear :) it was a fun thing to do with a good friend of mine, we had the idea to do it on a girls night like a year before and it worked out that we could go together the last time she came to visit. she got her rook pierced when i got my lobes done!

yessss we’ve been having so much fun with it, and teaching our eldest about hockey! she has 1000 questions per minute while we watch but it’s so cute 🥹

it’s been so easy! i went to a real piercing studio (my first holes were done at Claire’s in 2002, a rite of passage). zero issues, and i inadvertently timed it really well with not wanting to get in the ocean for a few weeks anyways (it’s just been quite windy and we had another brief period of rain that made the water yucky for a few days). it’s been about a month and it definitely feels fully healed! i don’t plan to change my little studs for a few months though!

I answered questions like this back at the beginning of the year if you go to my archive and scroll back!

eat high protein and strength train!!! make sure you’re eating enough overall and center your meals around good sources of protein! i also noticed a huge shift in energy when i started strength training and lifting weights regularly. any little bit helps! some dumbbells and a simple arm circuit a few days a week will have a big impact!

all of those were 4 ⭐️ + reads for me in the last couple months!

i don’t wear socks i live in Hawaii 🤣 for running i just wear Costco cotton athletic socks my husband and i share!