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I’m so excited to share our Chicago Christmas with you! I always have SO. MANY. PHOTOS. to edit whenever we return home from a trip, so it takes me about a week to sort through them all. I narrowed it down to “just” 70 photos (from a 3 day trip…), and here’s the first round. I’m starting with our hotel, which was the Kimpton Hotel Monaco. So, here’s our Hotel Monaco Chicago Reviews!
You can’t see it, smell it, or taste it. But it can kill you.
I’m talking about carbon monoxide, aka “the silent killer.” When you’re decking the halls this season, don’t forget your CO alarm. Read on for some very important carbon monoxide winter safety tips.
After our living room redo earlier this year, I decided to modernize our Christmas decor as well. I spent hours browsing Pinterest for modern Christmas trees and found that I kept coming back to one thing in common–a black Christmas tree. I polled you on Instagram Stories and the vote in favor of a modern black Christmas tree was overwhelming!
If you follow me on Instagram, you already know we’re cutting back on holiday gifts this year. We don’t have a dedicated playroom, so toys take over our house pretty quickly. In fact, I’ve written before about how to keep kid stuff from taking over your house. This year, we’re requesting more experience gifts for kids instead of toys. Here are some of my favorite ideas!
Plus, scroll to the bottom of this post for a special swim lessons giveaway!
Are you on your list this year? Self care is important all year, but especially during the holiday season. There are a lot of expectations on us during this time of year, so I want to share some of my best tips for self care during the holidays in today’s blog.