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Which of these 3 pieces of art by @steffiebrocoli is your favorite? 1, 2, or 3? (From left to right, swipe to see.) p.s. Steffie contributed some illustrations to my book, #parisbydesign!

Double tap if you agree! 🥐☕#parisbydesign

Lars is turning 6 years old. He’s so big and so small at the same time. He still snuggles up to us on the couch and holds hands with his best friend at school, but he’s also learning to ride a bike and growing like crazy—he’s suddenly all arms and legs.
He lost his baby speech impediments last year 😢 but he still says cute/funny things sometimes too. Like this prayer: “Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you that I can go to school, and please bless us all to have a really good day, and that we can go to France again... and that we can go to Outer Space to see Luke Skywalker.” 🚀🌑💫 😂❤️ I love you bigger than the universe, Lars! #ingridandlars

Why would I create a book about Paris when I don't even live there? A lot of people have asked me that question (worded more tactfully 😉) and I get it. So let me explain. When I was a kid, my mom would tuck me into bed every night. She'd scratch my back and tell me stories and my favorites were the stories about Paris. My grandfather got transfered there with IBM when she was 12 and their family ended up living there for about 9 years -- until the summer she was 21 and got married to my dad. (Those are such formative years!) She'd tell me about how the girls at her school would wear the same outfit for a week straight, but it would be the MOST chic outfit. She'd tell me how she and her friends would hang out in the city all day on Saturday, taking the last train home at night. She'd tell me about all the international kids at her school, including her Dutch boyfriend (who she'd never really admit to me was her boyfriend, lol). She'd tell me about going antiquing with her mom on the weekends in the countryside and about ski trips to Switzerland and about getting complimented by Mikhail Baryshnikov but not realizing it was him until later. She'd tell me about the bullet holes in the wall near her school and the tattoos on older people's forearms — reminders of the not too distant Nazi occupation. She'd tell me the good and the bad and the everyday and I'd soak it all up. I might not be from Paris but it's a part of my family, my heritage, and my earliest memories. It's a part of me. I ended up minoring in French in college, studying abroad in Paris, doing a summer internship in French-speaking Brussels, volunteering for 18 months in Belgium and France, taking a sabbatical over there with my family in 2016, traveling there as often as possible and now creating this book, Paris by Design. ♥️🇫🇷 #parisbydesign #francophileforlife photo: @chauntevaughn for #parisbydesign location: @kalivermes

😂 I can so relate! I mean, I knew it was coming, but I didn't REALLY know. So worth it, though. Even though I have so much more responsibility and so much less time to do it in 😂, Kirk and I always wanted kids and our lives are so much fuller, well-rounded, joyful since we were lucky enough to have them. Big shout out to all my fellow working moms! (And of course, all moms are working moms! ♥️) p.s. Claire Ptak is the one who made the wedding cake for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry! She's got a great podcast called @violetsessions where she interviews inspiring women. #sycamoreinspiration #ingridandlars

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