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Crepes!
There are several culinary tasks I am simply too intimidated to undertake. For a long time, vegetarian sushi was among those tasks. I thought it would be too time-consuming and difficult. Then I watched a video on someone’s blog about how to make sushi and I was sold. I searched dutifully for a bamboo mat but never managed to find one. I finally just went for it, rolling the seaweed on our counter. It worked beautifully! And I realized that sushi is totally user-friendly and that even I could replicate it at home.… Read MoreI had a similar experience this weekend with crepes. Again, I thought it would be too time-consuming
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Parenting Book Recommendations
For Christmas, I received a couple of parenting books that I am so eager to dive into:- Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families
- Making a Family Home
I read about a hundred pages of Simplicity Parenting (which I highly recommend!) but I finally had to cajole myself to put it down and instead read about birth. With so little time left before our due date (about a month and one week), I really need to prioritize other things, such as making sure we have everything we need for the baby, getting the car… Read More - Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
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IKEA Scavenger Hunt Birthday Party
I’m way overdue on this recap of Matt‘s birthday party. Initially, he was going to host a Mexican fiesta in our backyard (with a bouncy house and taco truck), but he decided to pull together a last-minute scavenger hunt at IKEA instead.… Read MoreSince we had already made way too many trips to IKEA to prepare for the baby’s arrival, we decided to write the scavenger hunt items without taking yet another tour through the store. Here’s what we came up with:
Take a photo of each of the following:
o five people sitting in a one-person chair (5) o a member holding a stack of fifteen pillows (5) o
