Happily, I do quite a bit of internet perusing (especially now that Drew is working nights) and read some really amazing stuff out there in the wild wild web, so I am going to start sharing some of my favorite finds from the week.
These three posts about experiencing our children grow and how bittersweet and rad it is made me think, choked me up, and made me smile all at once:
Ashley’s post on her oldest daughter loosing her first tooth and how much that is taking Ashley back.
This lovely post about bed time and children finding their voices.
This post from a great food blog about motherhood, baking brownies and birthdays. Definitely worth a read!
I want to make these bacon-chocolate-caramel turtles immediately. And then I want to eat too many of them. I can’t get enough of sweet and salty together.
This link teaches you how to DIY wax luminaries with a water balloon. They’re surprisingly elegant.
These mustache pacifiers are going to be a go-to baby gift, because babies with mustaches are funny, duh.
And some thoughts from me:
Drew and I are celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary tomorrow, and noted in April that it’s been 10 years since our first smooch under a streetlight. More to come on that, but for now I’ll say that I love that man, I love him so very, very much.
We bought a new couch this week in an effort to create more space in our smallish living room. The couch is very comfortable, very functional, and very white. It’s slip-covered, and I’m already thinking about dyeing it. I knew going into it that a white couch was wildly impractical, so save your breath there, but I’m surprised that I don’t like it more. I’ve always dreamed of white furniture and have admired it in other homes, but it’s not the right fit for us. (Says the girl with a sherbet colored house. Amelia, do you not know yourself at all?) Anyway, I’m sure that the dyeing process is going to be a bit of an adventure so I’ll keep you posted.
My peonies are blooming. I mean, all peonies are blooming, but specifically the ones that I transplanted two years ago that had yet to produce any flowers since being relocated are blooming. I have a few stems in a vase with the bolted broccoli flowers. Might sound funny, but I actually think it’s really beautiful:
And finally, I’ve been having this smoothie every morning:
1/3 c. coconut milk
1/3. plain greek yogurt (Fage 0%)
handful of blueberries
6(ish) strawberries (from our garden!)
1/2 a banana
generous dump of cinnamon
2 TBS of essential greens powder
3 ice cubes
I’ve never really been a smoothie person, but this is really doing it for me.
I think that’s it…my parents are generously keeping Asher tomorrow night so that Drew and I can enjoy our anniversary without having to get a babysitter which is an awesome gift (thanks guys!) and Mom even sweetened the deal with a bottle of champagne. Moms are the best. Let me know if you’ve come across anything this week that I should see!
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