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Nails, Easter, Toddlers
Mar. 29th, 2013 10:10 amThis week has had its challenges, but it was better than last. I am looking forward to our pizza at home Friday night ritual, and hoping Brian and I can (gasp) watch a movie or catch up with some DVR tonight. Mina has been getting to bed later and is teething again, so we haven't had a lot of time to ourselves before retiring upstairs for the night.
I'm going for a mani-pedi tomorrow with my Mom, sister and law and good friend K. I'm not sure how it came about, but K was talking with my Mom on Xmas Eve and the two of them made plans to go and get nails done around this time at Mom's regular place in NH. The last time I did this was with the same crew minus K, and I was still nursing Mina (maybe she was 5-6 months old). Spring has indeed sprung!
My brother and his wife are hosting Easter dinner, so at some point this weekend I'll assemble a salad and cook some sweet potatoes to contribute. Brian and I have had fun collecting things for Mina's first Easter basket. We're trying to stick to durable/natural/fun/educational things for her. I figure, we are setting the standard of "normal" now, and if we don't want to get into the tradition of lots of crappy, high-fructose corn syrup food, it is up to us to make that happen. I found a nice basket in shades of green and white in our attic and we've collected durable/natural toys and art supplies that we think she'll like. Skipping the grass, what is the point? We got 6 wooden eggs and I saved a 1/2 dozen egg container to put them in, for her to use in her play kitchen. She loves balloons, so that seems to be something we'll continue. Mylar is safe, and we keep an eye on the tie so that she doesn't strangle herself with it. We had one for her birthday, ordered with a fruit basket I bought for her party. Brian picked out a huge one for Valentine's Day at the party store near his office. Today he'll pick out one there for Easter.
( Musings on raising a kid: religious upbringing and childcare )
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
I'm going for a mani-pedi tomorrow with my Mom, sister and law and good friend K. I'm not sure how it came about, but K was talking with my Mom on Xmas Eve and the two of them made plans to go and get nails done around this time at Mom's regular place in NH. The last time I did this was with the same crew minus K, and I was still nursing Mina (maybe she was 5-6 months old). Spring has indeed sprung!
My brother and his wife are hosting Easter dinner, so at some point this weekend I'll assemble a salad and cook some sweet potatoes to contribute. Brian and I have had fun collecting things for Mina's first Easter basket. We're trying to stick to durable/natural/fun/educational things for her. I figure, we are setting the standard of "normal" now, and if we don't want to get into the tradition of lots of crappy, high-fructose corn syrup food, it is up to us to make that happen. I found a nice basket in shades of green and white in our attic and we've collected durable/natural toys and art supplies that we think she'll like. Skipping the grass, what is the point? We got 6 wooden eggs and I saved a 1/2 dozen egg container to put them in, for her to use in her play kitchen. She loves balloons, so that seems to be something we'll continue. Mylar is safe, and we keep an eye on the tie so that she doesn't strangle herself with it. We had one for her birthday, ordered with a fruit basket I bought for her party. Brian picked out a huge one for Valentine's Day at the party store near his office. Today he'll pick out one there for Easter.
( Musings on raising a kid: religious upbringing and childcare )
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
