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lalu bean is a tiny, little lifestyle blog chronicling our adventures as a family of five in the sweet and simple midwest.
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autumn watch list

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

autumn watch list

It's the most glorious time of the year. Fall is here! I'm picturing leaves crunching under my boots, cozy cardigans, pumpkin lattes and baking pies while binging a hallmark movie marathon about harvest festivals while lighting autumnal cand…

hey hi how are you and back to school

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

hey hi how are you and back to school

Oh, hi. It took me roughly twenty minutes of answering security questions, text code verifications and resetting passwords to old email accounts to get here. But yes, it's me. This blog still registered and all. 
Two kids must be my threshold for…

spring + snacks

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

spring + snacks

This blog post is sponsored by Dole Packaged Foods.

Ahhh… Spring. While always glorious, I’m not sure I have ever welcomed a Spring as much as this one. Our winter was long and harsh in the Midwest this year and so we are fully embracing the thaw tha…

Back To School

Friday, September 7, 2018

Back To School

This is a momentous occasion. My first ever blog post about going back to school, because for the first time since I was in school myself, my oldest baby is starting school! While I admit it is a bittersweet year for us because this means that our f…

a cup for me, a cup for you

Sunday, August 5, 2018

a cup for me, a cup for you

What is it about that first cup of coffee in the morning? It is sacred for obvious reasons, but also the comfort and familiarity it brings in those early bits of morning are beyond compare. Clumsily making my way to the coffee pot and counting my sc…