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- It is a beautiful day out today.
I am actually just hanging out with the kids.
Duncan's in his nap.
Jessica's nearing the end of the pregnancy
so she's resting a lot these days.
She's also doing all these little projects
to get ready for the baby to be here.
My kids love playing Four Square.
I don't think I've ever played it.
I don't think I had three friends in grade school
so I couldn't play it.
What are the rules?
How do you play Four Square?
- Okay if you hit it overhand like this,
if you catch it, if it bounces twice in your square,
you would have to go to first square.
- [Chris] Do you understand all these rules?
- Yes.
- [Chris] Okay, I'm sure I'll catch on.
- Aw, Jacob, you're out.
- Jacob's out?
I don't understand what happened, but okay.
That's out, that's out.
Am I king of the world?
- [Kids] Yes.
- (singing) I am king of the world!
All right, we successfully finished
my first ever game of Four Square,
and I did excellent.
But I think Parker, Jacob, and Bailey
did a little better than me, to be honest.
But let's not let them hear that
because I did excellent.
I did excellent.
- I'm about to set up something really cool.
I'm very excited about it.
But first I wanna say thank you to CVS Pharmacy
for sponsoring this video,
and for making life easier for our family
by having over 300 new self-care products
both online and in stores.
All these products have a focus on
mental, social, physical, and emotional health.
So when a lot of people talk about self-care,
you think about bubble baths and candles,
and just kind of like treating yourself,
which is awesome.
But I think it's really important to take
the next step and have an ongoing wellness routine.
And all that means is that we take
simple, proactive steps everyday big and small
to keep us healthy.
So my goal for myself and for my family as a mom
is to make sure that everybody is having a good night sleep.
That's really important,
and then doing everything we can
to keep our immunities strong and like
trying really hard not to get sick.
Okay, so I have been very inspired by
all the hospital bag packing, and diaper bag packing,
and basically my nesting instinct
because I am now 36 weeks pregnant
and I'm trying to plan for everything that I can,
and one of those things is the fact
that we are having this baby right in the middle
of cold and flu season.
So what I am doing is I'm going to pack a wellness kit
for those moments when we're feeling run down,
when we feel like maybe we've got an illness coming on
or just to, in general, feel nice and relaxed
in this time of tension.
So I have this super cute little bag,
and I'm gonna be packing it up as kind of like
a go bag for wellness.
And one of the reasons that I'm doing this
is kinda so if Christopher comes to me
and is like, oh my gosh, the kids aren't well,
or he's not well, or he needs something,
I can just be like, grab the bag, honey.
I'm gonna start with some of the things
that I'm gonna prepare for our whole family.
This I'm very excited about 'cause these
first few things are very honey-based,
and I love honey.
Like, it's what our baby shower was based on
this time around 'cause I love honey.
These are Manuka honey pops,
and they're really great when a kid comes up to you
and says, I have a sore throat.
And there isn't really that much you can do,
but these will soothe them,
and my kids are very, very, very excited about these.
So that just basically makes my life a little easier
to have those on hand.
And also all of this is for the older kids.
With honey, you never wanna give it to a baby
that's under a year old.
This is Honey Propolis throat spray.
This is a blend of honey and some other herbs
that just help you when you feel like
something's coming and you wanna get something
a little soothing on your throat.
We've been using Honey Propolis for like
I don't know four or five years.
I really enjoy it.
If you've been watching us for a while,
you've probably seen that we love making smoothies.
Our kids know how to make smoothies,
like, we love smoothies.
One thing that I have loved adding to smoothies
for years, Navitas organic cacao powder.
It naturally has antioxidants
and it makes your smoothies taste like chocolate.
Another easy thing you can throw in a smoothie
is Manuka honey from New Zealand.
So when you combine some cacao powder,
which is better on its own,
and this Manuka honey,
it creates like a deliciously sweet chocolate flavor,
and both of these things have benefits for you,
and I love that.
I love when we can take foods that we're excited about
and that we consider like indulgences
and make them work for our bodies.
So I'm gonna have that for an easy grab
kinda for the kids 'cause they like
to make their smoothies, and I can be like,
go look in the bag.
And then Navitas also makes these
organic goji berries.
These can also be tossed into a smoothie
or sprinkled on some oatmeal.
They're high in antioxidants and vitamin A.
Then I'm gonna add some immunity support gummies.
These ones are for the kids,
and then Christopher has some, too.
And also for Christopher, he's gonna get this essential oil.
So those were all immunity boosters,
and just like superfoods.
I also feel like getting a good night's sleep is essential.
Bailey and I both have such hard time sleeping,
so I'm adding this calm sleep mist
which is a blend of essential oils.
You can spray it on your pillow or just kinda like
spray it and take it in.
I have a little pin.
I have two.
I'm gonna add them on here.
All right, I like it.
Okay, my massive splurge.
So heavy!
I can't even lift it!
Ah.
It's a weighted blanket.
I've always wanted one of these.
(laughing)
I'm so excited to try this.
I've always wanted to try this.
- [Chris] Are you asleep right now?
Did you fall asleep?
- I'm trying to practice.
I'm trying to see how fast it works.
- [Chris] Probably works better not in a wooden chair.
- I don't know, I wanna see the magic of it.
Yes!
I'm so excited.
So this isn't gonna go inside my wellness kit,
but I think I'm gonna put it on Bailey's bed
and surprise her, and I think she'll be
really excited about it.
She'll appreciate how soft it is, too.
Also in line with sleep and relaxation,
I have Epsom salts.
I love Epsom salts.
I always have them on hand.
The kids take Epsom salt baths,
and I feel like it helps them get
a quicker, deeper night sleep.
And also they're gymnasts, so they often have
sore muscles and stuff.
I feel like this helps a lot.
And in all of my pregnancies,
when I get to this stage of pregnancy,
my hips are in like the worst pain imaginable,
and I had a miserable night about two weeks ago.
I couldn't sleep at all, and I was like,
oh it's started, I guess this is what
the rest of the pregnancy's gonna be like
because that's always been what's it like for me
with my other pregnancies.
It starts and then it's there forever,
and it gets where it's awful.
I was like, I'm gonna take a bath,
like I am soakin' in these salts.
That night, I did not have those pains
the way I had had the night before.
And so the next day I took another
Epsom salt bath and it was still improving,
and I don't know if it was just a weird night
that I had that was like,
that was the painful night or what,
but it was good.
And I highly recommend you try it
if you're having the same situation as I had
with the sore hips at the end of a pregnancy,
and please tell me what you think.
Like, I would love to hear if it works for you.
All right, all right.
And this one is for me.
So I'm sure it will be taken from me very frequently.
This is a lavender lower back wrap.
So this can provide a moist heat
when you microwave it, but it can also be frozen,
and you can have a soothing cold therapy.
I'm really excited about this.
So now we have a super easy just grab-it bag
for when somebody's not feeling well
or if they need some time to relax.
I've never packed one of these,
and I feel like this stuff can be really messy
and scattered throughout our house.
So I'm really looking forward to having
everything simplified and just like very easy
to put together as a routine for this coming season.
Mama time!
Thank you again to CVS pharmacy for sponsoring this video.
I'm so excited I got to share some of
our family's wellness practices and routines
with you guys, and I think it's so cool
that CVS pharmacy is providing a simple spot
for families to be able to go to and get like
all of their needs for wellness and for self-care.
And I'm just really, really proud to be
working with CVS pharmacy on this.
I'm also going to put an affiliate link
in the info box below for everything
that I'm showing you today.
We also get paid a small percentage
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- Look who woke up!
(laughter)
You wanna make a smoothie?
- Goji berries?
- [Chris] Yeah, have you had goji berries before?
- Yes, they're so good.
I love them.
- [Chris] So we got some bananas,
we got some flaxseed, we got some lettuce,
we got some goji berries, we got some Manuka honey.
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Ooh, big brother's got the banana.
Here comes the handoff to the little brother.
Handoff was successful.
And now the banana is going in to the blender.
Nice, yay!
The crowd goes wild!
- So I'm gonna put in some cacao powder.
- [Chris] Okay, that's enough, that's enough cacao powder,
that's a good amount.
How many bananas did we put in here?
Is it four bananas?
- I think so.
- [Chris] So four bananas, maybe like a quarter cup
of cacao powder, some goji berries, some lettuce.
- We're putting in some honey.
- [Chris] A little Manuka honey,
some frozen blueberries.
And then we add some milk.
- Ready?
Can I push it? - [Chris] Yep.
(blender whirring)
How is it, buddy?
- Better than I thought it would be.
- [Chris] Is it good? - Yes.
- [Chris] How's yours?
- Good. - [Chris] Good?
All right, yum.
Oh, a little garnish?
A little goji garnish?
How is it, buddy?
- Chewy.
- [Chris] How is it? - It's really good.
We're gonna paint pictures for the baby's nursery.
- I'm painting a picture for Mom's baby.
- [Chris] This is called a canvas,
and it's made of fabric and you paint on top of it.
You wanna paint on that?
Oh, good practicing.
What are you gonna paint on it?
- (inaudible) mommy's baby.
- [Chris] A mommy and a baby dolphin?
That's a great idea.
- I was thinking like I would do an ocean
then like a little curve right over here,
and then a dolphin popping out of the water,
and then a whole little family,
and then it's gonna be like that.
- [Chris] Oh, that's very pretty, Duncan.
Good work.
- Can I have some white?
- You want some white?
Yeah.
All right, I got one for me, too
'cause I like to paint,
and Duncan is already way into his dolphin painting.
I love it.
That looks so cool.
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- I'm working on the curve.
- [Chris] Oh, wow, Duncan, you got real thick
with your paint there.
That is some thick paint.
- More.
- [Chris] You need more?
- My animals. - [Chris] Your animals?
- I want more. - [Chris] You want more?
What are you painting?
What is this?
Is this a dolphin still or did you change your mind?
- No, it's my animals.
- [Chris] It's your animals? - Yeah.
- [Chris] Jacob is doing a beautiful scene here.
This is beautiful.
- So I am making like a frame and them I'm gonna make
a forest inside it.
- [Chris] Parker actually already finished
one of his drawings which is this right here.
I think it's three dolphins.
Is it three dolphins?
- [Parker] Yep, baby, daddy, and mommy.
- [Chris] They're jumping out of the ocean
in the sunshine, I love it.
Bailey's finished work of art.
I love it.
It, like, tells a story.
Bailey, I feel like yours tells a story.
- Really?
- [Chris] Yeah, it looks like it's from a book.
I love it, I think it's great.
And then Parker finished both of his.
Good work. - Thank you.
- [Chris] Good work.
Here's Jacob's finished work.
It's beautiful.
This is the one I was working on.
It's two whales in the water.
Duncan's is, he said all the animals.
He started off painting a dolphin
and ended up with all the animals.
Duncan, what do you think, did you get more paint
on the canvas or on you?
- On you. - [Chris] On you?
- On me. - [Chris] On you?
Oh my goodness, look at all this paint.
Oh no!
Oh no, it's so much paint!
You need a bath.
Do you want a bath with Epsom salts?
Yeah?
Give you like a sleepy time bath?
Yeah?
All right.
Anyway, I just think this is gonna be really cool
to have art from the family members
inside the baby's nursery.
I think it'll look really cool and be like
a neat thing for the baby.
We had a great day, we're glad that you came to join us
and we wanna say thank you again to CVS Pharmacy
for sponsoring today's video.
We love you guys and we will see you next time.
(giggling)