. Hi Reader, I hope your week is going well so far! Sorry I didn't email last week and am a bit late today. I'm guessing no one keeps track, but I wanted to apologize anyway. Last week, one of my twins ended up in Urgent Care on Monday Morning due to a big, deep owie that needed 3 stitches. I'll spare you the details and photos, but it was rough and meant he couldn't finish week 2 of swimming lessons last week with his brothers, which derailed some plans. Luckily, he's healing well and will...

. Hi Reader, I hope your week is going well so far! Last week, we were on vacation at a cabin, but it didn't go well. It's our one vacation of the year, and honestly, looking forward to it really helped me through the loss of my mom, etc. BUT...it fell flat. It was one thing after another. We ended up booking 9 days instead of the usual week that we do, because this place we rented was new to us and through Airbnb we had to do 9 days for some reason. That ended up being a good thing though,...

. Hi Reader, I hope your week is going well so far! Quick update: Last week, I emailed about lead in Tom's of Maine toothpaste. We got the results back from our kids' blood tests, and thankfully, they don't have lead poisoning, though they'd been using that toothpaste all their lives. We LOVE going to the beach, how about you? We'll be spending a lot of time at the beach this month so I thought I'd share these beach favs blog posts with you, full of our tried and true favorites. Family Beach...