I don't know what exactly it is about the festival of Lag BaOmer, but somehow I've always associated this bon-fire, barbecue-ing, band-of-brothers holiday with feathers. Perhaps it's the archery...? Anyways, feathers seem to be an item. The current "it" theme. Here's a few of my favorites:
Royal Icing Cookies from Cookieboy
Feather-themed House-wares Roundup, via Apartment Therapy
Fantastic Vintage Arrows DIY
And while I generally prefer to keep this a politics-free-zone, (after today's infuriating speech; i don't really mind making a jab!) this cartoon said it all... the (lone) feather in Obama's hat.
Also, on Good Day LA this morning Jillian was rocking the most retro sweatshirt-y top displaying a cluster of graphic scrawled feathers - was so rad!! But you would have already known that, seen the picture, and see where she got it, if you'd follow FreidaFroo on Twitter and join the party!!
We here on the west coast have been stricken with wind, rain, and sleet these past few days (what happened to April showers??), limiting springtime play to indoors. While I usually feel confident enough with my arsenal of indoor-activities to stay home-bound for at least a few days, I was sort of at a loss for what to do with Freida this week. She's really growing up, thank God, and she's not as easily distracted with common goods as she used to be. As the rain continued to come down well into the morning, and the DaddyFroo decided to stay and work from home to avoid the weather-exasperated commute, I really had no interest in schlepping Freida out in the rain and had to come up with some no-screen entertainment fast. Cooking together always seems to make the morning fly by, but I like to reserve that for Friday (when I actually need to cook with her). Making play-dough was a close second because of it's cook time + play time, but I knew she was well over play-dough being exciting. So I broke out the pink and the shimmery. It's quite amazing what the interpretation of a single word can do: "princess". Hot pink food coloring + glitter = at least an hour of happy independent play (she even wanted to re-visit this activity the day after!). Thanks for the idea Shterni!!
P.S. I used this play-dough recipe, and here's more ideas for play-dough play.
After posting here about spilled milk, I thought it'd be appropriate to share this bit of breakfast splashes:
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/22469541]
by Bruton Stroube Studios
(via Swissmiss)
I know I've previously posted about the cuteness + convenience of Claesen's girls boxers, but check out these absolutely dapper drawers for little boys! Charming little answers to the epic interview question: are you a boxers of briefs guy? (They even provide some not-whitie tighties!) :)
Claesen's Little Boys Boxers
This and that made me smile.
This print. (So cute to hang in a family kitchen - near the cereal and coffee!)
That bowl. (Sturdy silicone makes pre school breakfast less mess; more fun.)
