08/15/2018
Though my little one isn’t school aged yet, she is eating us out of house and home already (or so it feels at times). Meal planning and prepping now includes a sweet little mouth to feed and offers the challenge of creating healthy, filling, and enticing choices. So this month, as your kids head back to school or you settle into a new routine, I’m sharing some of my favorite mini mouth lunch meal ideas. Trying to think outside the (lunch) box can be difficult when it comes to kiddos, but I feel like you can’t go wrong with breakfast … 
Parker wrapped up summer school last week, signaling that the start of the school year is just around the corner. Even post-college and pre-kids, when there were no school supplies to purchase and no real indication that a “new year” was on the horizon, September has always conjured up for me feelings of newness, a fresh start, a prime time to set new goals and start working to reach them. In the same way that my twelve year old self would begin planning first week of school outfits, mixing and matching denim shorts with ribbed tees … 
Last week in Austin it was 109 degrees, I (Lauren) am from Florida and still have never experienced that kind of heat before. It’s seriously crazy. It’s been a record breaking heat wave for a couple of weeks now, hitting the triple digits almost daily. There is one thing I run to for refreshment when it’s this hot: agua fresca. These to me are the most satisfying when it comes to quenching your thirst during summer. This week I’m taking it to the next level by adding a bit of vodka and a turning this refreshing drink into a popsicle. … 
New York City is such a fun and vibrant place and is perfect for a weekend getaway, but can you do it with kids? Check out what we got up to on our 48 hours in New York with our children. It was such a fun time and I couldn’t recommend it enough! For as long as I have had children, I have dreamed of taking my kids to New York City. I was 18 the first time I stepped foot in the city– the week of Thanksgiving, 2002– and I have spent the last decade and a half making up for lost time, traveling there as often as possible … 
