The Raw and The Cooked - Simple Rhythms for SAHM, Honest Motherhood, and Books Worth Reading

The most important piece of the puzzle for 2 Under 2 is grace and patience for yourself. You're doing great, this is a very challenging season of life! Second, here are a few past episodes that will help get your home squared away, because life is hard enough: #45: A Simple Laundry Routine #37: A Simple Cleaning Schedule Throughout the Week #36: Simple Meal Prepping Throughout the Week #113:...

Loving the Little Years: Motherhood in the Trenches by Rachel Jankovic How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: A survival guide to life with children ages 2-7 by Joanna Faber The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children by Wendy Motel The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Shefali Tsabary The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry:...

Some ideas for planning out 2025 during this slower week, the last week of the year:  Digital Declutter phone email laptop photos Closet Cleanout Unsubscribing to Junkmail Writing out Goals for 2025 Moving into new 2025 planner Reviewing finances from this past year A new plant! Send us Fan Mail www.daraboxer.com

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The PLAN by Kendra Adachi is a NO for me. The feminist rage was just off the chart here, in addition to the inception of acronym and list within acronyms and lists, it was just so much here, yet nothing at all. I guess that's what happens when you try to market a book to everyone?  Send us Fan Mail www.daraboxer.com

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Our fourth trimester is coming to a rapid end soon, and I wanted to share the experience and what it was like the fourth time around. What was easier, what was harder, and all the beautiful messy things in between. And what life is like with four kids under six years old.  Send us Fan Mail www.daraboxer.com

TLDR; preparation and a fresh perspective!  Send us Fan Mail www.daraboxer.com

Our fourth baby is here! We delivered her at a birth center at 40+1 weeks. It was an uncomplicated delivery up until the tail end, overall a very positive experience.  Send us Fan Mail www.daraboxer.com

How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin Happiness Falls by Angie Kim Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo The Possessions by Sara Flannery Murphy The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll  The Survivors by Jane Harper The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering Wayward by Emilia Hart  Funny Story by Emily Henry Other books I read this summer:  Loving the Little Years: Mot...

Welcome to another episode of WWATW (What We Ate This Week), How I Prepped and What I Spent (hint: it was a lot $$$)!  Send us Fan Mail www.daraboxer.com

Don't let this episode stress you out. These are all gentle suggestions of things to maybe think through if you're in your second or third trimester. Even if you do nothing, you and your baby will survive!  Send us Fan Mail www.daraboxer.com

Just 38 weeks pregnant, and super hormonal, reflecting on what a blessing it is to raise little children, that's all.  Send us Fan Mail www.daraboxer.com

Today, I'm reviewing three popular 2024 summer romance novels (spoiler: I strongly disliked two of them): 1. Funny Story  by Emily Henry 2. The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren 3. Just for the Summer by Abby Jiminez Send us Fan Mail www.daraboxer.com

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These are the cleared zipper pouches I use. And here is the Tote Savvy Bag .  Send us Fan Mail www.daraboxer.com

Starting a 75 Hard / 75 Soft / 75 Mom / 75 Pregnancy Challenge is the perfect way to focus your mind, body, and spirit. And that's exactly what I'm looking forward to during these last few weeks of my fourth pregnancy. Here's my *super* adapted version of the 75 Pregnancy Challenge:  Drink a gallon of water every day (128-ounces = 1 gallon) — this will include a mix of water and coc...

And continuing on in the Toddler Books We Currently Love Series, today we have installment number 4. My three children are 5 and under, and that's the target audience for most of these books: Piranahas Don’t Eat Bananas by Aaron Blabey  Eat Pete by Michael Rex Snail Crossing by Corey Tabor  The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster Alice ’s Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol Ten in a Hurry...

Welcome back to another episode of What We Ate This Week, How I Prepped, & What I Spent in a Week as a family of 5!  Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken Pasta Bolognese Lemon-Berry Crumb Cake   And the beloved cherry pitter ! Send us Fan Mail www.daraboxer.com

Using paper plates on Friday nights and when we host our family & friends has simplified my life so much.  And here other ways I've made my life easier as a SAHM to 3 kids 5 and under: In busy parking lots, having my kids all get in and out of the car through the same door Making an afternoon snack plate Rotisserie chicken for dinner, and hot dogs for lunch on Costco Run days Dedicate one...

Today, we’re going to talk about keeping the playroom clean, tidy, and organized for a more peaceful home.  As for the clean and tidy portion of our episode, I wanted to say again how much I really loved the book How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis,  the best thing I took from her book is the 5 Step Cleaning method. The basics of the method is that there are only ever 5 kinds of items fou...

Today, we’re going to discuss the ten books I plan to read this summer and I’m hoping you’ll join me, so we can discuss and have a large and in charge book club episode at the end of summer: How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin Happiness Falls by Angie Kim  Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo The Possessions by Sara Flannery Murphy  The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll The Survivors by Jane...

Dear Contemporary Fiction Authors, please stop including Covid in your novels, Sincerely a Lover of Contemporary Fiction.  Send us Fan Mail www.daraboxer.com

As with everything, there are constant changes. Especially with growing children. On today's episode, I'm sharing an updated list of the 10 things that are simplifying my life right now  with a 5, 3, and 1 year old at home.  Setting a timer for my kids clean-up at the end of the day or it gets tossed, stray legos get tossed Library story-time + a tote bag dedicated for library books Shop...

We only have 18 summers with them.  Now is a great time to evaluate what your average week will look like come summer, with all the appointments, and activities, and summer camps, and commitments, and cleaning, and meal prep, and laundry, and really stopping to evaluate if you have margin in your schedule to start tackling additional items on your to-do list. Is there a project you’ve been putting...