Curious Bird

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Over the weekend...

Romy shared his bathtub with Felix. It was a use-at-your-own-risk endeavor, though. Romy kicks!

While out thrifting I found some handknit sweaters in perfect condition for the boys. Love it when that happens. 

A batch of saurekraut was started. Have to wait a while to see how it turns out. 

We had some friends over for breakfast on Sunday. I made a couple of quiches (my go-to when hosting breakfast or brunch) and whole wheat waffles with strawberries for the littles. D made several pots of coffee. 

Felix was a big helper when it came time to feed Romy lunch. Melted my heart. 

A big pot of chicken soup was made.

Dustin and I watched The Master (sadly, it had to be split between two nights -- we are old and sleeeeeepy). 

I almost made oatmeal raisin cookies, but plans changed when poor Felix came down with a nasty stomach bug on Sunday evening. Several loads of laundry and lots of sanitizing later, he seems to be feeling better. Now our fingers are tightly crossed the rest of us don't get it. 

More soon, 
L. 

:snaps from the weekend:

Over the weekend...

Felix took advantage of the warm sunshine and played out back with a new favorite activity, water beads!

I took advantage of the warm sunshine and recovered my patio chairs :-)

A big mess was made in the kitchen as I prepared to bake blueberry corn flour tarts from one of my favorite cookbooks. (it was a mess worth making). 

Roman and I had a serious snugglefest. (Dustin snapped few shots as it happened) 

A certain six month old tasted roasted sweet potatoes for the very first time. He needs a few more tastes to decide how he feels about them.

Dustin had his beard grabbed at least a hundred times. 

Our green-clad family of four walked up the street to a St. Patrick's Day party hosted by friends. (Felix is still talking about the green Peeps he spied on the food table there). 

Hope you had a good one!

More soon, 
L.  

p.s. I just laughed at the photo of the kids in the stroller. you should know that Felix requests to be in the little jump seat. he likes to be cozy!

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Over the weekend...

We had a lovely visit on Friday with some wonderful friends who did a little daytrip to Durham.  

We ate eggs, toast and kale while Dustin wore a wig that had been dug out of the dress-up closet moments before. 

Waffles with blueberries were also happily eaten (sans wig). 

Felix enjoyed painting as I told him a story -- a new activity for us. It was wonderful to see what he painted as I made up a fantastical tale about a "nice" dragon who lived on a mountain top.

Trains were scooted about the train table.

The big boys took a long bike ride.

I went grocery shopping with a sleeping baby in the Ergo carrier.

We all met up for lunch at the food truck rodeo in the park (the first of the season!) 

Felix and I shared a salted butter carmel ice cream cone. It was a show-stopper. 

We planted peas and radishes, and I organized the other seed packets and started forming a plan for our garden. (Flowers! Lots of flowers!)

Romy and I swung on the porch swing while Felix napped and Dustin read. 

We drank a beer out back with our neighbors while all the kids played in the sand box.

It was wonderful to feel the warm air and sunshine this weekend. Bring it on, spring. We are ready for you. 

More soon, 

L.  

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Over the weekend...

we had our weekly movie night, which is quickly becoming our homemade pizza and a movie night. fine by me.

the big boys went on a chilly bike ride while mama and the baby boy ran lots of errands. finally picked up some new makeup! the bags under my eyes are a little more hidden now. just a little. 

to warm the chilly bikers up, I made udon noodle soup with shiitake mushrooms and seaweed for lunch.

I started a new knitting project. I am such a fickle knitter. 

a batch of yogurt and more steel cut oats were made in the slow cooker -- I'm on a big oatmeal kick these days. 

a plan to make blueberry tarts was hatched and then abandoned. hopefully I can make them this week sometime. 

Felix had a couple of really nice playdates with good buddies -- one included dinner with tons of sweet potato fries. 

D and I had a lovely date night. chocolate cake and wine was happily consumed. 

Hope you had a good one!

L. 

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Over the weekend...

We had some yucky rainy weather that made us very ready to say goodbye to February.

I had a bit of alone time that I very much appreciated.

We played games and did watercolor painting in our pajamas.

I gave making steel cut oats in my slow cooker a try. It was a success. 

Romy pretended to be a cowboy/prospector with jazz hands!

D and I watched a couple of decent movies (Beasts of the Southern Wild and Celeste and Jesse Forever) after the kiddos were snug in their beds.

I started daydreaming about all the things I want to grow in our garden once warmer weather appears.

We made our weekly meal plan and I cooked and prepped lots of snacks and dinner ingredients for the coming days. 

We took advantage of the extended daylight by taking a late afternoon walk to the park and staying just a bit longer than we did last week.

Spring is coming!

Hope your weekend was lovely.

More soon,

L.  

 

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Over the weekend...

There was a ton of making going on around here. I cooked myself silly making soft pretzels (ode to our Philly days), salsa, date/peanut butter bites (think bite-size Lara bars), hummus, and not photographed, a giant pot of red curry with tofu and vegetables that I plan to eat for the next few days (at least). 

There was a super smiley baby who is learning to squeal and shriek. 

A ladies night out to celebrate my friend's 40th birthday. 

We attended a space party in the park, complete with a rocketship cake, a moon rock scavenger hunt, "space boots", and astronaut-in-training name tags. Felix was beside himself with joy. 

A fair amount of story telling and book reading occured -- some of our current favorite books can be found in the side bar.

Hope your weekend was nice as well. 

And Happy MLK Jr. Day! 

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -Dr. MLK, Jr.

To Love and Light, 

Leya

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Over the weekend...

There was a lot of space travel happening around here. 

Our sweet baby boy turned 4 months old. 

Me and my sweetie went on a date.

Some film was loaded into my trusty old nikon.

I spent much needed quiet time with a stack of library books and magazines.

We met friends for a Sunday afternoon picnic in the park (it was 74 degrees out!)

A doctor made a couple of house calls ;-)

There was a lovely morning walk, just me and Romy. 

We woke up early and went to bed early (make that super early for this tired mama). 

Hope you had a nice one. 

More soon, 

L.  

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 Hi. 

Over the weekend...

I finally got around to making and using the spoon oil I've had on my to-do list for eons. My wooden spoons, bowls and cutting boards have never looked so nice. 

There was some tidying up and some much needed dusting (man, I dislike dusting.)

We all came down with nasty colds. I was the last hold-out but was finally taken down hard. Yuck. 

I introduced Felix to banana+peanut butter smoothies. Two points for mama. 

Dustin made it possible for me to get two amazing (and much needed) naps, one of which was epic in length. Love that man. 

Felix made "soup" while I made chili. His recipe consisted of dried parsley, carrot peel and water. Sounds delicious, doesn't it?

Hope your weekend was sweet.

Onward! 

:snaps from the weekend:

there was...

lots of ornament making with felix (salt dough and copius amounts of glue and paint)

a bit of tidying to prepare for visitors coming a couple of days after Christmas

some peppermint bark made and quickly sent away so I wouldn't eat it ALL (no willpower these days!)

some brotherly snuggles

lots of pretend play that involved "nice dinosaurs and dragons"

a felix and mama breakfast date on sunday morning

a crazy-making sewing machine issue resolved by me (finally. woot!)

a first haircut for felix  

a fun hanukkah party on sunday (latkes! yum)

and lots of holding each other very close after the heartbreaking event in CT on friday 

more soon, 
L. 

:snaps from the weekend:

there was...

a family walk on a trail near our house

a tasty breakfast of sweet potato waffles

a batch of granola burnt to a crisp :-(

some ornament making

a fun evening out with a girlfriend 

a try for a decent holiday card photo that didn't go so well...perhaps next weekend?
 
more soon. be well out there,

leya