I loved Dax's nursery but with the addition of a big boy bed (it's this one and we love it!), it was time to transition his room. I always imagined a cozy and calm reading nook as part of his big boy room. I try to keep the kids' bedrooms calm by adding soft textures, lots of books, soft lighting, and eliminating all most toys. See how Dax's nook came together plus my 5 must haves to create a reading nook of your own.

This hardly constitutes a blog post but I'm obsessed with strawberry syrup lately so I thought I'd pop in and share an easy recipe.


We eat pancakes every single weekend and sometimes it gets old. Adding fresh fruit syrup, caramelized bananas, nuts, chocolate chips, or sprinkles is a fun way to mix it up. I decided to make strawberry syrup on a whim one weekend and there's no turning back now! You can use the same recipe to make blueberry syrup.

Besides pancakes, I've mixed this strawberry syrup with seltzer to make better-for-you soda and used it to top vanilla ice-cream. It's delicious.

I don't always eat my pancakes with strawberry syrup, but when I do, I also add a huge scoop of whipped topping.