Dear 3 Boys

This week I was inspired by an expecting #instamom friend of mine to make Pasta Alfredo with Chicken & Broccoli...an easy and delicious dish to make at home that I always thought could only be possible in a restaurant. I made this in less than a total of 20 minutes while my kids played in the living room.  I have to give credit for this recipe from the amazing @treencake - check her out for more on Instagram.  I was really drawn to trying this recipe because it calls for making your own Alfredo sauce with only 3 ingredients! Butter + Heavy Cream + Pecorino Romano cheese = you’ve got all you need to make your own homemade Alfredo sauce! I can’t believe I ever used the jarred kind --> gross, plus a ton of preservatives.   You can use Alfredo sauce on a variety of dishes - it can be added to chicken, any kind of pasta, as pizza sauce, on top of baked potatoes, etc.  Here’s how to make your own simplest and freshest Alfredo Sauce: Ingredients: 1/2 stick...

The Winter Garden at Brookfield Place I’m going to preface this post by saying that most of my friends ask me how I find the energy and time to get out so often with 3 kids. Early on, I didn’t even realize I was “out and about with the kids so much,” but I guess my friends were right because I’m guilty of jamming things into our weekend schedule and even toting newborn twins to Central Park 3-weeks postpartum. Maybe I’m really crazy, but I kind of love and look forward to our family outing’s. Don’t tell my kids, but one of my personal tactics to surviving a day in my life as a mom of 3 with "twins plus one" is to tire everyone out to the fullest extent by taking them outside, no matter what’s in the weather forecast! And as often as I complain about the tight living space in our Manhattan apartment as a family of 5, all the fun places and activities so accessible to us really compensate for all my gripes! I am always getting asked by my fellow mamas about activities I am...