Vanessa Lacheyisn’t turning down the idea of adding another little one to her family of five.
While the actress and her musician husbandNick Lacheyare already parents to sonsPhoenix Robert, who turns 3 on Christmas Eve, andCamden John, 7, plus daughterBrooklyn Elisabeth, 5 next month, Vanessa tells PEOPLE that “you never know” what might happen when it comes to having another child.
“Look, I always say that you never know. We planned on two and I always wanted three,but Phoenix was a surprise for us andthe best surprise I could have ever asked for,” she shares with PEOPLE.
“We’re very happy as a party of five, but you never know. The second I say no, I’ll probably get pregnant. And the second I say yes, I probably won’t,” Vanessa jokes.
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Vanessa and Nick Lachey with their three kids.Vanessa Lachey/Instagram
However, her response to a scenario in which she were to be pregnant again is, “If it happens, it’s going to be not only the icing on the cake,” she tells PEOPLE, but “the cherry on top.”
In spending time with her little ones, Vanessa has been nurturing their “excitement for reading” withEpic!, a children’s reading app. After realizing what a “game-changer” the app was, she partnered with Epic! to help encourage otherfamilies to use reading as away to spend time together as a family.
“I didn’t know about it before this year and am excited to spread the word because more people should know about it,” Vanessa tells PEOPLE.
Epic!
Vanessa Lachey and son Camden.Epic!
Vanessa explains that Epic! is the perfect “win-win” situationwhen it comes to balancing screen timeand picking up a physical book.
“You get a little bit of screen time because it is like looking at a tablet or iPad or whatever device you have, but it’s also the book,” she says, adding that the app “gets [her kids] excited.”
“I’m actually embarrassed,” Vanessa laughs of not knowing about Epic! sooner.
source: people.com
