1. all smiles at breakfast time is golden.
2. this past weekend was a rainy one. so fort building was on the agenda and i think it’s gonna be a thing in our house from now on. or at least for this long cold winter we are about to enter. it’s such a cozy thing to snuggle under blankets together and read a gazillion books together.
3. baby legs and new pj’s. that is all.
4. oh hello. this is toque 2/2 and i’ll be wearing it for at least half of the time you see me for the next 6 months. don’t tell me i didn’t warn ya.
5. daani’s been real helpful lately. everything she does now is because she’s “this much” (said while holding up three fingers.) i love this extra confidence and sense of capability in her.
6. a semi-throwback of me and him from a few weeks ago. we have almost no pictures of us anymore. so when i saw this on his phone i grabbed it immediately for my own records.
7. attempted beet frites yesterday, and they were eh…. gotta experiment with the cook times a bit. i still chomped them all up, the girls… not so much. i snacked on them while preparing dinner and topped our salad with a few of the extra crispy ones.
8. new print up in the shop. for me it’s a reminder of who this is all for. a You and only You kinda thing.
9. a little blurry mirror selfie. maybe not the prettiest, or most clear shots, but i like it.
10. we almost switched niyya’s crib into a toddler bed this weekend, but i got cold feet even though we switched daani from crib to bed at about the same time. i can’t, or maybe just don’t want to imagine her as a big girl. im being a little too sentimental about this, but if you can’t be sentimental about your own kids, then who on earth can you be that way with?! it will have to happen soon though, daani wants to be able to hang with her sissy in the mornings and after quiet time. she want to crawl in her bed and cuddle with her and “take all the things.”
SOME THINGS / 4
THE POWER TEN / 2
happy saturday everyone! hope this day has a little down time so you can click through and check out this weeks power 10 of what’s been interesting us theses days. i sure am glad for the afternoon naptime lull when i can kick up my feet , sit back, scour the net, and, if i’m lucky, get a little shut-eye.
1. every time i go in to get niyya from her nap she brightens my day. daani couldn’t resist her either, so she jumped right in!
2. this song is on repeat today. and this one. actually the whole album is my jam. download it here.
3. i learned more than a few tricks this past week from my aunt who is visiting from new york. applying oil to my face; gently pat your cheekbones please!, baked ziti from heaven; hold the cheddar please!, and my personal fave, pomegranates opened in water; hold the mess please! thanks riff!
4. find your song. it might just change your life.
5. snack of choice this week was plain yogurt with persimmon purée (thanks nani,) cinnamon and pomegranate seeds.
6. this is where i’ll be booking our next vacation off of.
7. thinking of doing this ‘do for tonight’s milad un nabi program at mosque. yes, i wear hijab, but no, i don’t wear it in the ladies section at mosque. this is where we go and doll ourselves up! most girls like to dress up and get fancy, muslim girls are not exempt.
8. for all you book-heads. read this and join perhaps?
9. eat healthy. its easy. see?
10. last nights milad un nabi party was a hit! quite possbily the start of an annual tradition.
enjoy!
THE POWER TEN / 1
in our house we like to count to ten. to count down from ten. to time ourselves for ten seconds to finish off that last bit before packing up and spending quality time. to doing power tens at the grocery store. so in honour of one of our favourite numbers this feature of bits and pieces of our life, the internet and beyond will be called the power 10. check back weekly for more.
let’s go!
1. click for the lowdown on making your space stylishly your own.
2. we’ve heard amber is a great natural remedy for baby while teething. we were gifted some beautiful un-beads (it’s actually sap) from my mom from iran and strung them around niyya’s neck for a while. i reluctantly took them out because she started to smell like medicine and the husband didn’t like that too much, but am thinking of putting them back on after the cranky-baby fest we had this afternoon.
3. my favourite new thing to do for fitness is barre 3. their 10 to go online classes are amazing. i even told daani with absolute confidence, that mama’s a ballerina, and she agreed!
4. my glasses are done. and with my poor vision i am in desperate need of a new pair. looking into these warby parker frames.
5. my cousin sarah got me onto using straight vitamin c on my face. i swear by it now post-toner, pre-moisturizer, day and night. ps. my cousin sarah is going to be pleasantly surprised for the mention once again!
6. we were gifted a few new books last night and read me a story, stella is bound to be one of our new faves. what a lovable and curious little girl.
7. get your smoothie fix with one of these recipes now.
8. this has been making the rounds. some inspiration for yo’selves today. “if i can can, then you can can.”
9. i want to do this so bad. who’s in?
10. daani making another one of her masterpeices. pictured above.
enjoy.
