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Who would’ve known that the cure to my daughters eczema would only take a few simple ingredients and less than 5 minutes? Vayda has always had extremely sensitive skin, she was only 6 weeks old when Brown Sugar deployed and she had a horrible reaction that covered her face and started to spread to her…
Yesterday we woke up to our first snow day, which was really exciting considering this is the kids first real experience with snow since they’ve only known winters in Hawaii. It started as lite rain and mixed flurries and the kids were ecstatic, Zion ran up to me and said: “Mommy, it’s so many snow,…
We recently pcsd (moved) from Hawaii to our dream home in Virginia and although I was ready to move I was looking forward to spending our last few weeks in Waikiki soaking up the sun. TLA allowed us to book our rooms at the Embassy Suites Waikiki Beach Walk, which I found kind of ironic and cool considering…
I love when I walk in a store and I ask if they offer a military discount and they say yes! My heart leaps with joy EVERY SINGLE TIME. Sometimes I’ll ask even though I know they do just to feel that little leap. What I love more than that is resources or programs that…
It’s official I have a 1, 2 and 3 year old. This past year has been exhausting and I’ve learned a lot. But after reading an enlightening post about Self Care 101 I’ve been making better strides to take care of myself as a whole. My very first self-care event consisted of me dropping my…
lWe live in Hawaii and the hardest thing to do in the world is to convince my husband to go to the beach! He acts like he’s the one with natural hair! Apparently the reason he doesn’t want to go is because he doesn’t like to deal with the packing up and parking just to come back…
With my husband being in the military we travel a lot. But with my husband being in the military and us being stationed on an island, we travel a whole lot. Brown Sugar absolutely dreads the idea of flying with the kids, but I love it! So since we travel so much, I have pretty…
