How are you doing with your New Years Resolution? Maggie and Aubrey talk about where they are at with their resolutions and how they compare to the rest of the world. What are they doing to make sure their successful with achieving their resolutions?

Underwear update: Will Maggie be repurchasing the Aerie Smoothez underwear or does she have a better recommendation for you?

Is wool the new 100% cotton?! This topic takes Maggie and Aubrey down a path of clean living and what it means to live in a toxin free home.

Decades Diary: Imaginative Play. How has this changed for yourself over the decades? Do you enjoy imaginative play with your own child? Do you think your children participate in imaginative play as much as you did as a child? Our busy minds don't really let us have fun like we used to. And lets be honest it really isn't always all that fun to do imaginary play with your kids.

We Survive That: Staycation Edition. Maggie and Aubrey give tips and tricks on how make a staycation feel like a true vacation. Treat it like a vacation, schedule out the activities, set the expectations, plan a date with your husband, do something you wouldn't normally do, and be a tourist in your own city.

Last, but not least, another great Deep Connection segment and Joy Jar.

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The recap highlights the rebrand photo shoot, playing Jenga and Connect Four with kids, viral Japanese Cheesecake, our favorite ice creams, James Van Der Beek's death and discusses the importance of health screening specifically for breast and colon cancer.

We Survived That: Valentines with kids. Some tips are to lower your standards, don't over do it or compare, address the valentines over the weekend, and don't try and cramp everything in during the night before. Also, teachers if you are listening, requiring homemade valentines is a little stressful for parents.

Faith in the Everyday: How do you feel about the word conviction or being convicted to do something? Aubrey feels like the word conviction is overused. Maggie loves to use the word. They talk about why each of them feel this way.

Joy Jar: Aubrey shares about an intimate gathering at Maggie's house with some friends. Maggie reiterates how much joy she felt from the photo shoot.

Maggie and Aubrey catch up after a busy week! There were some interesting topics covered including Savannah Guthrie's missing mother, Elizabeth Smart, and the viral Japanese Cheesecake.

Feeding an army - whatcha got cookin' good lookin'?! This week the girls talk about a couple lunch meal prep options that take minimal time and will last all week. Tune in to see if you might want to try out next week! They then discuss if their families use paper plates or real plates regularly in their home. Can you guys who's using paper versus who's using real plates?!

I Just Wish I Was a Better Mom - Maggie and Aubrey discuss chapter 2 in Kate Strickler's book "I Just Wish I Had a Bigger Kitchen". They have a great discussion about ways they shift their focus from motherhood to living out their values in everyday life as recommended in the book.

This Deep Connection highlights a very special relationship that develops between mothers who have children that share a similar medical diagnosis.

They close out the podcast with Joy Jar. Aubrey's Joy Jar is her niece Emma and Maggie's is her bedtime routine.

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I Just Wish I had a Bigger Kitchen by Kate Strickler

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