I mentioned last month I’m trying hard to decorate for holidays for my boys. I deeply appreciate their schools helping explain the holidays and I feel my part is to offer something at home to help further the conversations and learning experience. Our Easter decor is fairly tame. Just fresh flowers on the table and in the kitchen to welcome spring, along with […]
This week’s five favorite things. Clockwise, from the top right: 1) While Easter baskets are usually filled with candy, this year I’ll ask the Easter Bunny to skip the sweets and bring this ultra-cool Make Map Art: Creatively Illustrate Your World book for the Older instead. 2) I bought this black and white cocoon dress during a special promotion at Seattle’s University Village. It’s […]
The first day of Spring brings this week’s favorite things. Clockwise, from the top right: 1) This Green Draped Trenchcoat looks incredibly fresh for the spring. Imagine pairing it with a lighter than air scarf. Perfect for the next brunch date with the ladies. 2) These Yarn Wrapped Easter Eggs look like a great way to get the house ready for […]
To wrap up this week’s dedicated Easter theme: egg decorating. First up: To boil or bake your eggs? Here are two recipes for getting your eggs ready: 1) LA Times Hard-Boiled Eggs and 2) Alton Brown’s Hard Baked Eggs. And should you question if a carton of eggs are boiled or raw, check out this handy tip. Trust me: there’s no shame […]
Just a reminder: this week’s posts are dedicated to getting ready for Easter, 3.31.13! By any chance do you remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books? The stories where you would suddenly come to the point in a chapter when you had to choose if you were going to continue down a wooded path or cross a rope bridge while a grizzly […]
This week is dedicated to ideas for Easter weekend. Today’s topic: tyke baskets. My boys have soft baskets similar to this one. I got them on super sale since it was thisclose to Easter when I ordered them for their first Easters – and yes, their names are on them too. I dutifully put them away for safe-keeping once Easter is over but when […]
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