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When your snowboard gets away from you at the top of the mountain and you can’t find it anywhere so you start walking back down by foot🏂🇨🇦 Thanks to the kind ski patrol who eventually found it for Samson. He’s back on the mountain 🏔 this morning with his Papa and eager to keep learning and trying and getting better with his board❤️ I’m so proud of him.

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We were making the 2 minute walk back to our hotel room from dinner last night and I thought, let’s grab a photo😅 But before Josh even took the pic, I started walking back towards him because both M and B were over it before it even happened🥳 We’ve learned in our short stay here so far that both girls don’t like subzero temperatures. And I get it. I’m realizing I’m the same. 😅 ⁣⁣
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Since my last post, I’ve loved the hilarious family travel stories so many of you have shared on DM! If anyone is comfortable sharing publicly, leave them here in the comments for everyone else! It’s great to hear that so many of you can laugh now in hindsight at adventures at the airport or on the road that took wrong turns in the moment. I’m hoping our family will be able to (hopefully!) do the same with our latest travel day to Quebec someday in the future. ⁣
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#familytravel #travelingwithkids #travel #monttremblant #quebec

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This picture was taken at the airport yesterday but we didn’t end up flying anywhere... ⁣⁣⁣
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Our day began bright and early as we made our way to the airport for winter break. Josh and I high-fived each other when we got out the door on time with all our kiddos and fit the double stroller and luggage into the trunk of a taxi just so. 🚖 But somewhere after airport security, the adventure really started. ⁣⁣⁣
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We waited a total of 4 hours for a delayed flight that then was just cancelled altogether. While on hold with the airline trying to figure out what we should do, Josh casually asked me, “should we just rent a car from the airport and drive?” Bouncing Madalena on my hip with Beatrice making a run for it in front of me, his idea sounded like a good one. “...yes?” I shrugged, somehow forgetting all about my city kids dislike for car seats. ⁣⁣⁣
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We went for it. We loaded everyone into the rental car at the airport curb and high-fived once again. I kid you not, Josh hadn’t even strapped his seatbelt before Beatrice began frantically repeating the phrase “out, out? out?!”... while pointing to her buckle. Our 8 hour drive turned into a 10 hour drive (because #kids and #crazysnowstorms) but we made it. The biggest life saver was a rental car that had a built-in DVD player and a quick detour to the nearest store to buy a bunch of dvds. ⁣⁣⁣
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We’ve changed hotel rooms, managed -21 degree temperature, and lost a snowboard on the mountain (we found it an hour later)🏂💆🏻‍♀️ - but Mont Tremblant, Canada is beautiful and we’re fighting the temptation to be frustrated and trying to make these memories and traditions, and have fun embracing the messy adventure while we’re at it.🤞🏼Happy winter break, everyone! ⁣⁣⁣
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PS- Recapped the airport-to-car-roadtrip on my stories for anyone wanting to see the day in action🥳 Let’s do this!

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These cuties (swipe for more pics💕) are interacting more and more each day with each other and I love seeing their twin friendship blossom. Beatrice will call out “MaWayNa!!!!!”, if M is in the other room and Madalena will always search for B’s hand wanting to hold it. They know how to bug each other like it’s their job, too (of course!) —but more and more lately they’ve started babbling with one another, wanting to sit beside each other always and clap for the other one without being asked as the other does a hard thing (like when I’m brushing one’s teeth!) I love this age and stage so much💕💕💕 #twins #motherhood #20months

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When climbing the jungle gym in the winter feels like climbing Everest, you make sure you’re dressed ready for the summit. 🏆🏆 #twins #citykids #winter #wegotthis

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Can’t agree on a TV show to watch together (HOW does this man not wanna binge watch the bachelor w/ me?!?) but at least we can agree on going to the ballet together, and I’ll take it. 💕 But now that we’re on the topic, very much open to TV show suggestions if you have one you think @tiesandfries and I would like together... Our last show was The Office pre kids to give you an idea how long it’s been since we had a show💁🏻‍♀️#marriage #daydate #lincolncenter #nyc

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Didn’t realize I had bunny ears 🐰 and thought she was wrapping her arm around me for a hug 🤗 Eleanor at nine is 🥳🥳🥳

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The short of it is everyone in this family of mine has frustrated me so much this weekend and I’m rather very confident I have frustrated all of them, too. We haven’t been our finest but we’ll try again tomorrow. That’s family, and that’s life. This moment last night though, with hair still wet from the swimming pool while we waited for our chicken and fries, when Samson challenged me to an arm wrestling match and we somehow left the table without a single spill — this was a great moment amidst the chaos of a weekend with not as many great moments. Swipe for videos (B stressin’ over her French fries is my favorite. She is @tiesandfries daughter through and through.) Happy weekend, everyone!

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We made it through that incredibly long year called January and hooray that February is finally here💕 While Valentine’s Day takes place the middle of the month, I’m using all of February to celebrate the people I love (and myself) in little ways. Thought I’d share in case anyone else would like to join — sending handwritten notes, calling someone who means a lot to you but haven’t talked to in forever, or taking yourself out to a nice lunch without any babies or kids around💆🏻‍♀️ Of course, many of you mean so much to me too so let me send some boxes of my favorite cookies from NYC your way 🍪(I may not be eating cookies myself right now but I can still send them to you!) Just like + comment below and I’ll DM a few of you tomorrow for your addresses (US only, I’m sorry! I wish I could mail them everywhere but can’t right now... And please don’t leave your address in the comments!) ***CLOSED NOW! Just dm’d some of you!***