• How many parenting books have you read?       Me: NONE 🙈      I am a 7 on the enneagram so I LIVE for experiences and also for parenting experiments. I had a really really traumatic and rough childhood and hardly a parenting role model in my entire universe until I was in high school.       While yes it’s sucked for child Jess, I think it kind of gives me a unique untouched wilderness of parenting to explore.       We do this thing in our house called “family phrases.” Basically I make you a phrase, rhyme, motto or copy all things Daniel tiger says and apply them throughout our day.       If you walked into our house at any night you would probably hear me yell something like;       “A clean room means a clean mind.”       Or; “the cleaner your room the better you sleep.”       Lincoln knows these phrases like a true champion child and I’m convinced they are parenting gold...      So tonight we are in his room chanting our clean room phrases and he turns to me and says; “I forgot something downstairs, I’ll be right back, you keep cleaning okay mom?”       Ok sure kid...      10 minutes and a clean room later I yell down the stairs and he yells back; “I decided I want a dirty mind and I made this mess to prove it...”       ✔️ kid    ⭕️ mom       Cool kid. Real cool.       But for real, parenting is an adventure and I’m dying to know what fun experiments you’ve done with your kids 🤷🏻‍♀️
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    How many parenting books have you read?       Me: NONE 🙈      I am a 7 on the enneagram so I LIVE for experiences and also for parenting experiments. I had a really really traumatic and rough childhood and hardly a parenting role model in my entire universe until I was in high school.       While yes it’s sucked for child Jess, I think it kind of gives me a unique untouched wilderness of parenting to explore.       We do this thing in our house called “family phrases.” Basically I make you a phrase, rhyme, motto or copy all things Daniel tiger says and apply them throughout our day.       If you walked into our house at any night you would probably hear me yell something like;       “A clean room means a clean mind.”       Or; “the cleaner your room the better you sleep.”       Lincoln knows these phrases like a true champion child and I’m convinced they are parenting gold...      So tonight we are in his room chanting our clean room phrases and he turns to me and says; “I forgot something downstairs, I’ll be right back, you keep cleaning okay mom?”       Ok sure kid...      10 minutes and a clean room later I yell down the stairs and he yells back; “I decided I want a dirty mind and I made this mess to prove it...”       ✔️ kid    ⭕️ mom       Cool kid. Real cool.       But for real, parenting is an adventure and I’m dying to know what fun experiments you’ve done with your kids 🤷🏻‍♀️
  • We’ve been here 5 years and I still need to pinch myself some days ☀️ Whenever people say; “oh you can get a HUGE house somewhere else for pennies compared to living in California.” I always say; “yes because you will spend all of your time living INSIDE of it...” I grew up going to play dates in friends basements, hanging out in others living rooms. Sure, we went outside but more of my memories involve large indoor playrooms. So to me, this lifestyle is worth every missing square foot of home because we get every ounce of sunshine and every breath of beach air we could dream ☀️ If you could live anywhere in the US where would you choose🤷🏻‍♀️
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    We’ve been here 5 years and I still need to pinch myself some days ☀️ Whenever people say; “oh you can get a HUGE house somewhere else for pennies compared to living in California.” I always say; “yes because you will spend all of your time living INSIDE of it...” I grew up going to play dates in friends basements, hanging out in others living rooms. Sure, we went outside but more of my memories involve large indoor playrooms. So to me, this lifestyle is worth every missing square foot of home because we get every ounce of sunshine and every breath of beach air we could dream ☀️ If you could live anywhere in the US where would you choose🤷🏻‍♀️
  • Signs of summer ☀️ Our summer plans have changed but being together has not and I’m not taking this glorious beach time granted 🌊
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    Signs of summer ☀️ Our summer plans have changed but being together has not and I’m not taking this glorious beach time granted 🌊
  • This is my new favorite thing 😍 Lincoln has joined a local ukulele group that is meeting via zoom because of Covid and he LOVES it and LOVES all his “new friends” which are all at least 50 years older than him 🤣
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    This is my new favorite thing 😍 Lincoln has joined a local ukulele group that is meeting via zoom because of Covid and he LOVES it and LOVES all his “new friends” which are all at least 50 years older than him 🤣
  • I snuggled up next to Lincoln to say good night, his hand reached for mine as he told me he “always wants to hold hands when he’s sleeping.” And then he prayed the sweetest prayer; “Thanks Jesus for my cool shoes, thanks for nana and poppy coming to visit, I took awesome pictures today on mommy’s phone, do you like them?? And Jesus I love being a kid, it’s the best thing I’ve ever been!” 🤣😍 Being a kid is really THE best and I think having kids reawakens that child in all of us again 👏🏻 All photos compliments of the rising star photog: Lincoln
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    I snuggled up next to Lincoln to say good night, his hand reached for mine as he told me he “always wants to hold hands when he’s sleeping.” And then he prayed the sweetest prayer; “Thanks Jesus for my cool shoes, thanks for nana and poppy coming to visit, I took awesome pictures today on mommy’s phone, do you like them?? And Jesus I love being a kid, it’s the best thing I’ve ever been!” 🤣😍 Being a kid is really THE best and I think having kids reawakens that child in all of us again 👏🏻 All photos compliments of the rising star photog: Lincoln
  • Want to know one of my ABSOLUTE favorite takes up so much time “toys” for kids of all ages?     Anything and everything from @wiwiurka_toys specifically this climbing triangle and slide.     We literally got rid of our coffee table because this climbing triangle was getting more use and I won’t ever go back (until they are teenagers and can’t climb on this anymore 🤣)     I’m actually planning a little outdoor patio play room renovation around our @wiwiurka_toys play stuff 🙈     I seriously LOVE these things so much I’m even eyeing their double rocker which is HUGE and amazing and Nicks gonna flip his lid but agree it’s worth it 🤣    These are worth every penny and I have a 10% off code for you 👏🏻👏🏻    Use code: JESSICARICE10 to save some serious dollars and delight your children beyond compare!
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    Want to know one of my ABSOLUTE favorite takes up so much time “toys” for kids of all ages?     Anything and everything from @wiwiurka_toys specifically this climbing triangle and slide.     We literally got rid of our coffee table because this climbing triangle was getting more use and I won’t ever go back (until they are teenagers and can’t climb on this anymore 🤣)     I’m actually planning a little outdoor patio play room renovation around our @wiwiurka_toys play stuff 🙈     I seriously LOVE these things so much I’m even eyeing their double rocker which is HUGE and amazing and Nicks gonna flip his lid but agree it’s worth it 🤣    These are worth every penny and I have a 10% off code for you 👏🏻👏🏻    Use code: JESSICARICE10 to save some serious dollars and delight your children beyond compare!
  • Wilderness day 2 🏕 Harper slept like the true angel baby she is 😇 I woke up in the middle of the night to what i thought was a bear trying to get into the tent 🐻 turns out it was Lincoln sleep crawling. He ended up taking over our bed and i slept in his midget size sleeping bag next to Dewey 💀 We hiked, swam in the lake, rode bikes, got ice cream, ate way too much chili and made monkey bread over the fire🏕
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    Wilderness day 2 🏕 Harper slept like the true angel baby she is 😇 I woke up in the middle of the night to what i thought was a bear trying to get into the tent 🐻 turns out it was Lincoln sleep crawling. He ended up taking over our bed and i slept in his midget size sleeping bag next to Dewey 💀 We hiked, swam in the lake, rode bikes, got ice cream, ate way too much chili and made monkey bread over the fire🏕
  • Our first family camping trip day one 🏕 No one napped on the way there, we were FILTHY in minutes, our camp site was basically the side of a hill, it took WAYYYY too long to set up camp, I forgot proper shoes for Harper and Lincoln’s face was covered in mosquito bites 🤪 But every second was amazing. We roasted marshmallows over the fire, rode bikes for hours, played with glow sticks, climbed every rock in sight, ate hot dogs in the woods and discovered the magic of a lantern🏕
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    Our first family camping trip day one 🏕 No one napped on the way there, we were FILTHY in minutes, our camp site was basically the side of a hill, it took WAYYYY too long to set up camp, I forgot proper shoes for Harper and Lincoln’s face was covered in mosquito bites 🤪 But every second was amazing. We roasted marshmallows over the fire, rode bikes for hours, played with glow sticks, climbed every rock in sight, ate hot dogs in the woods and discovered the magic of a lantern🏕
  • 3 minutes into camping and my kids are absolutely filthy 🏕
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    3 minutes into camping and my kids are absolutely filthy 🏕
  • Well the whole gang is off for a long awaited first camping trip 🏕 It’s gonna be 95 degrees in the mountains, Lincoln’s best friend “Dewey” 💀 HAD to come and I’m almost certain no one is going to be taking naps 🤪 Can’t wait to see how this all plays out, wish us luck 🙏🏻
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    Well the whole gang is off for a long awaited first camping trip 🏕 It’s gonna be 95 degrees in the mountains, Lincoln’s best friend “Dewey” 💀 HAD to come and I’m almost certain no one is going to be taking naps 🤪 Can’t wait to see how this all plays out, wish us luck 🙏🏻