2.21 Friday Faves

February 21, 2025

Hi friends! Happy Friday! What do you have going on this weekend? Itโ€™s Rodeo Break (itโ€™s an AZ thing and I love it), so the kids are off school. Weโ€™re just enjoying some Tucson adventures, fun with friends, and enjoying this spring-like weather. Sending some sunshine to my freezing friends right now! Iโ€™m doing a…

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Oatie-nola and body bars

This is what can happen when you eyeball a baked goodie recipe: While we were at the store, I grabbed the ingredients to make more of Heatherโ€™s fabulous oaties (including regular unsalted butter. I still donโ€™t understand why they make salted butter in the first place, and why I always buy it by mistake). After…

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She knows me?

After staying away from Teavana for quite a while โ€“itโ€™s an expensive habit, and I like my teas from Sunflower Market just as much- we made a little caffeine stop today. Bzzzzz After a night of high hopes with the swaddling, she busted out of her swaddle every hour or so, screaming like an angry…

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Baby, man and creature

Flowers vino and a pizza picnic with three valentines (a baby, a man and a creature). How lucky does a girl get? ๐Ÿ™‚ Hope that you had a fabulous night, too! This morningโ€™s bfast was one of the usual suspects:   (egg puff sandwich with greens, goat cheese and hummus, with strawberries and tea) I…

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My Funny Valentine

6 years ago, Bella was a Valentineโ€™s Day gift from the Pilot. Same sassy face, 6 years later: We had gone to look at puppies one weekend, and I knew Bell was the one, so we decided to go back the following weekend. She came from a family here in Tucson โ€“none of whom spoke…

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Swaddle Escape Artist

We have a little Houdini on our handsโ€ฆ. lovely likes to bust outta her swaddle. (We like the Aden + Anais blankets- super soft and very light fabric) Swaddling is one of those things that always mystified me while I was pregnant โ€“it seemed like putting a baby in a straightjacket- but after watching โ€œHappiest…

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