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Guys. We are the biggest ninja turtle nerd family you've ever met. Seriously.
All 4 of my kids love the turtles - and each have chosen their favorite. Jett likes Leonardo the leader, Adali likes Donatello the scientist, Jax likes Michelangelo the fun one, and Ada likes Raph the hothead. It's actually kind of weird how much the turtles parallel our kids. Anyway.
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It's no secret that I'm a bit of a hippie. I'm a dread lock wearing, oil loving, kombucha drinking, Whole30 eating girl that has a desire to minimize and simplify my family's life.
I get rid of toys if my kids haven't touched them in about 6 months. We only get our kids one or two pairs of pants/shorts and enough shirts to get through most of a week without doing laundry. Our kids have a pair of flip flops and a pair of Chucks and that's their shoe options. We keep things simple. We make our own laundry soap. We make art for our home. We make our own tables. I cut our kids' hair and Jonathan's hair.
We try to keep our lives free of clutter and extra activities so we can spend time together as a family. I highly doubt we will look back at our lives when our kids are old and grown and say, "man, I wish I would have sent them to school/daycare so I could have worked." or "I wish we didn't spend so much time with our kids".
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Guys! We only have 5 more days on our first Whole30 journey. I can't even believe it. If you don't count the few times I ran to my room crying at the smell of fresh pizza, cookies, and biscuits, and waffles... then I'd say we've done really well.
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You know, a lot of times we see people going on and on about their perfect diet and their perfect lives with their perfectly photographed food and - well - it's easy to get discouraged and overwhelmed. I know we do. You're probably imagining them living in some perfectly designed Martha Stewart kitchen where every dish turns out flawlessly and they've adhered exactly to every specification of what they're allowed to eat. Just to be clear - that's not us. We're trying our best to really do this Whole30 thing right, but we are not perfect. No one is. So don't get discouraged! Don't give up! We're going to tell you how we've totally screwed up so far this month. Ready? Set? Go!
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Jonathan Longnecker / August 28, 2014
Ashley Longnecker / August 27, 2014
We’re Jonathan & Ashley Longnecker. We love weird ideas, great food, travel, drawing, music, homeschool, tattoos, dreads, woodworking, design and our 4 amazing kids.