Chris Cooks
Top 5 Tips for Cooking With Kids
This post is sponsored by Blue Apron While Chris cooks 99.9% of all the meals around here, he doesn't always do it alone. A lot of Sundays, when we all want time to go a little slower, he enlists Greta as his "sous chef" (tiny chef!) and they make the meal together. This past Sunday, […]
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October 25, 2016
Lifestyle
Kid Rooms: To theme or not to theme
Butterflies | Sheets | Greta's first big girl room before and afters Episode 6 of The Chris Loves Julia Podcast went live Monday morning and it's my favorite episode yet! A little background about the episodes: we go over to Preston's studio and talk for almost 2 hours about a topic. It's completely unscripted besides the […]
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June 6, 2016
Decor
A Family-Friendly Guide to Decorating
When it comes to decorating, I often hear the term "baby-proofing" synonymous with putting everything away until the child is old enough to not break things. While I fully support locking cabinets full of cleaning supplies or plugging sockets for especially curious children, I don't believe your home has to change drastically when you welcome a […]
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February 4, 2016
Gift Guides!
A Gift Guide for the Babies + Kiddos
In case you missed it, we're in full-on online shopping mode today and posting a slew of gift guides, too! You can see the first gift guide for budding artists here. And now for the children (ps. somehow Greta always calls kids, "children" and it is so endearing I could faint.) Obviously, we have two […]
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December 1, 2014
Art
Art For A Nursery or Child's Room
Sometimes, when I am having a particularly stressful day or moment, I start planning the nursery in my head. I guess it is my happy place. We'll probably start the nursery after the new year, but I can't stop myself from gathering ideas, or as this post illustrates--art. Is there anything sweeter than art for […]
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November 18, 2013
Cleaning & Organization
Where Are All Of the T-O-Y-S!?
There is one question--maybe even a concern--that we have been getting a lot of lately: Where are all of Greta's toys?! Sometimes it is out of genuine curiosity and sometimes it is a little condescending, but either way it shows up in some form (my inbox, facebook, a comment, instgram, etc.) at least once a […]
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February 19, 2013
Art
5 Tips To Help your Child Create their Best Painting Ever.
One of Greta's favorite things to do is paint (I'm so proud), so we spend a lot of time in the studio together. Greta is currently working on a painting for her own room and I thought it would be a good time to share some tips on how to help your child create their […]
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January 30, 2013
