My recent Summer purchases

Good morning friends and happy Friday!

I hope that you are all doing well and had a nice week.

I am so sorry I did not publish my Friday post last week, but everything was ready and I could not load the pictures. So today I will post something different and in the meantime I will try to understand how to fix the picture problem.

Can you believe that we are in June? I still can`t, it feels like time is flying away and I am not even realizing it. Aurora`s teacher was telling the kids that after the end of this week, they will just have one week of school left and I could not believe it, I had to go and check the calendar!

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The most amazing frosting I have ever tried: banana cake with browned butter frosting

Good morning friends, happy Friday!
I am writing this message after my morning workout and a quick breakfast, I am still in my sweaty workout clothes and I have to be very fast because my daughter will need my laptop in less than 30 minutes for her video chat with her teacher! This is life during COVID! I am trying to manage the kids` play time and the homework for Aurora but I am noticing that they are getting tired, they fight a lot, I feel like they struggle to play together (especially the boys) and Aurora is getting tired of doing her homework. Next week I will try to change a little our routines and hopefully their behavior will improve.

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Movie night with kids: 10 of our favorite movies

Hello friends,

Happy Friday! I hope that you are doing well. I know that the quarantine rules in Italy have become a little less strict, they are in what is so called `phase 2` and hopefully life will be a little easier.

We are keeping up with our schedule, with a lot of activities outside, playtime in our yard, but also a lot of tv, tantrums and fights! Some of the new activities in the past weeks consisted in learning how to go on a bike for Alessandro, trying to transform myself into a hairdresser and giving the husband and boys a haircut (I was a little hesitant, but I have to say that it went pretty well!), we also cleaned up a portion of our neighborhood from litter (the kids were very excited and two persons stopped along the street to thank us for the job we were doing!).

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Friday favorites, quarantine edition

Good morning friends,

Happy Friday! Can you believe that another week went by and that we are in the middle of April? I am shocked! When I take a walk every day with my kids and my dog, I am always amazed by all the blooming flowers and the trees starting to get green leaves and flowers, I love Spring!

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Activities that my kids loved in these quarantine days

Hi friends,

Happy Friday! How are you doing in these crazy days? Are you keeping your sanity? At my house it took a while for us to get adjusted to the new routine and activities, but these past couple weeks went a little better because I tried to follow a schedule and my husband helped me a little in the morning with the kids, so I have been able to at least check my emails and do some work. I have to admit, the kids are spending more time in front of the tv now doing activities on the ipad and computer, but I am ok with it because at least they are still learning something and I can keep myself sane and rest a little!

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