A few weeks ago we spent a Sunday at one of the city's nature parks, and on the way out Freida picked up this (red magnolia bloom?) flower and commented on how much it looked like "the fireworks!". I was shocked that she remember last 4th of July, and I loved the quirkiness in her nature comparison. I laughed when I read this Apartment Therapy post today; I guess she's not the only one to see fireworks in the flowerbed... :)
Happy 4th girls!! Hope it's bright and booming!!
What are you up to this weekend? I've been breathing in some fresh free air - I have a week or two in between work projects and it feels so good to have no deadlines this week and just to take it slow and easy... On the other hand, in my free time I've been thinking about and chalking up some "family goals" for the summertime (give Freida swimming lessons, start Hudi on solids, lose 10 pounds, sleep-train both girls etc.), and while it's lots like a bucket list - it's not nearly as much fun, and much, much more rewarding. While I take a break from thinking about goals, here are a few things I thought you might enjoy:
- Do you watch Parks and Recreation? I just love Amy Poehler!!
- This totally made me laugh!
- The cutest DIY play kitchen ever!!
- Taking color-wheels for granted...
- How genius are Tube toys?
- I'm smitten by dots.
- 50 shades of fabulous :)
- Hoping Freida goes for Gazpacho - summer lunch at it's best!
- What guy wouldn't love to entertain with these as cocktail kickers?
Anyways, enjoy your weekend - hope it's filled with heaps of summer-y promise!
P.S. There is no ice cream in town better than this guy's! I swear - you'll be in old-school creamery heaven!
Happy summer, girls!! Can't quite believe it's already that time of year again!! As you well know by now, I love comparing growth at the start of each season... can't get over how much has changed! (This time last year I was newly pregnant, and my sweet baby girl is by far my greatest accomplishment of the year! :) Anyways, I've been summer-bucket-listing sporadically for a few weeks now, and I just want to reiterate just how helpful this method of list-making is! For instance, you know how when Sunday comes around it can take about an hour or more of bickering back-and-forth before settling on something everyone wants to do for the day? Bucket Lists nip that baby in the bud! Sunday comes around, you look at your list (of already agreed on fun and enjoyable trips and activities) and pick one that suits the time and weather. It's pie!
Anyways, I think yesterday was the perfect kick-start to the season: Camp Mom (plus the next-door-neighbor :) spent the entire afternoon in our backyard - swimming, fresh cherry-bombing, tricycling, gardening, and generally frolicking! Freida was so wiped out that she cried all the way through bath and dinner until I finally let her conk out in bed at 6:10pm! :)
But that's when the fun really started - and this is where "bucket listing" comes in to play; it was the first day of Summer and Manash and I were scheduled for a date night... We jumped head-in to that list of Summer-goodness and knocked off one of our want-to's: hiking Runyan Canyon together at sunset and going for sushi and drinks afterwards. It was a lovely start to the season, and I'm so looking forward to many, many more pre-determined moments with my kids, husband, family, and friends!
I'll be posting more about some of the things on my list this year, but I'd love to hear some of yours! Anything awesome or simply relaxing you have planned for this Summer?? Would love some more new ideas!!
P.S. Apologies for the instagram photos - my camera is busted after I jumped in a pool on Sunday with it still in hand. Drowning is a very real, very frightening, and hauntingly silent thing - please exert serious caution this summer!!!!
Hello friends! "Mommy Camp" had commenced on Friday, and with a sweet, bright and sunshine-filled start (frozen yogurt and hours at Coldwater Canyon Park), I'm very much looking forward to Summer filled with heaps of fresh air, frequent trips, and lots of hands-on learning! So happy to be able to spend the next few months watching my little girls laugh,eat, play, and grow - together.
Anyways, while I re-arrange and pencil in some more of our June lessons plans, and decide just how decadently we'll be treating Mr. Dad tomorrow morning, here's a list of things I've been checking out this week:
- A hilarious song (that Freida and I have been singing non-stop!) to kickstart your weekend!
- Can't wait to make these oats + caramel bars this week to keep in stock for impromptu summer picnics.
- Wondering if I can pull-off neon eyeliner...?
- The absolute cutest little pair of baby girl shoes!!
- Water blob's look freaking awesome!! Will definitely be trying this out over the summer!
- More elephant awesomeness!
- Coveting this grey bathing beauty.
- This new iPad app looks like heaps of artistic fun!
- Ha! Love this!!
Have a lovely weekend! And special thanks to all the Daddies out there - you make it all worthwhile!!!
I recently started having some mild back pain, and while it's pretty normal to have some posterior discomfort after having a baby (laboring positions,breast weight, carrying a child around, bad posture for breastfeeding etc.), I really think mine is in part due to the fact that I haven't been keeping up with all the Yoga I was doing while pregnant... I definitely feel a difference in my flexibility and my core strength, and it's resulting in a pain in the back! (I must get back onto the Tracy Anderson train!!!)
Anyways, while I scrounge around for my post-pregnancy DVD (Freida seems to have her hand in all the multi-media in this house!), I thought I'd let you all in on an interesting city-find - Yoga studios that cater directly to mothers! I wish I would have heard about MaYoga while I was carrying Hudi! With studios in Beverly Hills, Costa Mesa, Hancock Park, and Sherman Oaks, it's pretty much a hop, skip, and a sun-salutation away from just about anyone in this city. They offer a free trial class, and I'm definitely looking forward to heading down there to give their post-natal Yoga a go. You can check out the assortment of classes and other information about them here.
