There's no denying that this little equation is the absolute best thing about love!
While browsing the web this afternoon, I came across 3 lovely love-themed things I'd love to share:
So many one-liners I'd love to type up for these little felted fortune cookies!
These love-struck brownies have got to be the easiest V-day dessert ever!
I would just swoon over getting one of these in the mail!
Hope you were all able to spend some special time together with you love today...
Freida came home from Gan Chai this morning all aglow from Birthday cheer. The trees birthday, that is. She marched proudly into the house sporting a birthday crown and showing off a petite potted gift.
The excited was so uncontained that I decided to harness it and we head out back to fill up some uprooted areas in the backyard with soil and seeds.
While we'd love to start up a real live garden - dreaming of the Berkowitz's - we're starting off slowly, and began by hoeing and filling up the empty areas with fresh soil, and heaps of little Forget Me Not seeds to grow alongside the outer brush against the fence.
Freida enjoyed the sensory experience of working the earth, not to mention the thrill of getting muddy and grimy without a nay say from her mama. :)
Dirt pellets are a fantastic way to show kids how the earth "drinks" the water. Tightly packed dried out soil turns to volumes of moist soil instantly once watered, and the look of discovery on little faces watching is sheer deliciousness! (The Target $1 aisle has heaps of these little potted pellets for Valentines Day right now!)
P.S. Kids can play with mud forever!! Best way to keep 'em entertained in a jiffy! :)
Happiest weekend wishes!! We're going for the homestretch here - each time I open my planner, my heart skips a beat seeing how close my due date is (12 days!) - so right now I'm all about last-minute pre-baby tasks. And there are heaps of them! My lists don't stop, but thankfully I've been crossing plenty off recently, and I'm starting to feel settled enough to go at any moment (besides for the unpacked hospital bag!). It was so much fun opening up boxes of stored baby gear - some things made me feel like it's been ages since my last newborn, and other things had me reeling at how recently I stored them away! Yesterday, Freida and I went through a huge box of baby things (plush rattles, swaddle blankets, newborn rompers etc.) - it was so special to be doing that with her; feeling like I've got this beautiful big girl on my hands, helping out with the newborn chores... :) So while I go through and fold this basket of freshly-laundered baby items, here are a few things I've been meaning to share over the course of this week:
- These popcorn bird-feeder garlands are such a charming fine-motor skill activity for Shabbos Shira! (Plastic needles will do the trick!)
- A whimsical read + a wonderful recipe for french toast.
- A $200 bubble blower. Baby keepsake, anyone? :)
- This insanely-awesome playhouse has left me dreamy....
- This bathroom-themed survey made me laugh out loud.
- This hot-pink number got me thinking about my right to bare arms.
- I loved this honest + beautiful piece on parenhood.
- Ever wonder how much you'd earn if all your housework was done as a paying job?
- Hilarious (and ridiculous!) Super Bowl cupcakes!
Have a wonderful February weekend!!! I'll be back to share some of my hospital-bag-packing necessities next week!
Freida had some serious Chanukah fun with this box-of-cookie-crafts that her Zaidy sent her for Chanukah (thanks Ta!). It was such a fun and simple way to engage her in the holiday prep (peeling potatoes is exciting and all but doesn't hold a little candle to making and decking-out a tray of holiday desserts!), and get her creatively involved in hosting a Chanukah dinner. She was literally able to do the whole thing on her own (with a little help from the Kitchen Aid), and the box included everything you need to make a super-cute sweet and edible Chanukah display.
The instructions were written out with little icons making the recipe reading skill-free.
It was basically just a regular sugar cookie mix (you add margarine, eggs, and water), Chanukah cookie cutters, and a mix of white royal icing.
After the royal icing hardens, the kids can literally "paint" onto the cookies with the most adorable little food-coloring paint palette and water color brushes!
Basically, 'twas a super-fun way to deck the holiday table! Just thought you might want to keep this in mind for a great pre-Chanukah gift next year! :)
Okay, I know I've mentioned these before - but they're insanely delicious enough to share properly!! Head directly over to Smitten Kitchen for the detailed recipe and enjoy these latkes of the garden variety!!
Also, don't forget about these intensely satisfying Root Latkes, and these party-perfect Vodka Latkes!!
Happy Holiday Fressing!! :)
