Happy 2018, friends! If you?re still recovering from New Year celebrations (and/or a whole lotta holiday travel like us!), I have just the recipe to kick off your January. It?s refreshing and light with an immune-boosting bonus?something I think most of us could use right about now! I know I could.
We had a fun whirlwind of a holiday week! How did yours go" The four of us took a road trip to see Eric?s parents, then headed west to visit my family in Alberta. Since our stay at my parents? house was only four nights, we opted to keep the kids on eastern time. I have to say this strategy worked out so much better than the last visit. Both kids slept well (aside from one night) and were pretty happy during the day!! If we were staying longer, Eric and I would?ve gradually shifted them to mountain time, but for this visit we didn?t see a need to. It felt like a huge win. Parents, how do you handle changing time zones with your kiddos in tow" I think this was the first small success we?ve had. (Still worth celebrating, though! Ha.) Now about those flights!! Oh man. Arlo is now 15 months old and very active, so he was our biggest challenge on the four-hour flight to Alberta. Nothing kept him happy for long, and we tried everything: toys, snacks, iPads, nursing, walks, etc?. He just wanted to move and get off that flight! Who can blame the little guy"! Arlo definitely inherited his ?can?t-sit-still? gene from his mama.
We also had an eventful trip home, to say the l...