Chrissy Powers' Family Story

Chrissy Powers' Family Story

Hi I'm Chrissy: wife to a surfer, mama to two boys, and woman with many hats! I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist, photographer and writer over at chrissypowers.com. We love spending our weekends at the beach with friends or doing anything outdoors like exploring the zoo or watering our garden.

My best parenting advice is get to know your kids. What I mean by that is don't try to make them who you want them to be, but get involved and educated in what they love so they can grow into who they are supposed to be.

The baby product I can't live without is for sure our Bumbleride because it's sidekick in all our adventures and my way to exercise, but if I couldn't say that I would say a video monitor. I just love that I can check in on my kids when they're sleeping and not feel like I need to go into their room and wake them up. You know as moms sometimes our thoughts get anxious and a video monitor has brought me peace many times.

My favorite pastime as a child was skiing in Tahoe with my family! I have the best memories of being together on the mountain, challenging ourselves, being together and being in nature at the same time. Today with my own little family I love our walk/runs by the beach. We let the boys run or scoot next to us while we run; it's become a fun way to get in our exercise, be outside and see friends by the beach!

I’ve tested out my share of strollers and I have to tell you the Bumbleride is my go to for ease of use, style, and comfort. I’ve taken our Bumbleride Indie and Speed strollers on several airplanes, trips, into plenty of stores, beaches and runs and it has held up great. We just upgraded to the Indie Twin. I plan to get back into shape with this bad boy once baby girl is here! One of my favorite ways to squeeze in workouts as a mom is to run or walk with a jogging stroller like this one.

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