Celebration.

There has been, and is going to be, quite 

a bit of celebrating around here.
First, G. and I celebrated our 6th wedding 

anniversary on Sunday.

June 3, 2006

We had a lovely dinner at one of our favorite 
french restaurants in 
New Hope followed by a 
shot and a beer in New Hope's 
most famous dive bar (John and Peter's).
Diversity.

Vichyssoise and Beet Carpaccio.

Nom Nom.

Second, is G.'s birthday party on Saturday!

It's a big one so it should be quite an event!!

I'll post when I can.


Can't wait to share all the birthday 
shenanigans with you.

You may have noticed our absence last week.

Well, I've been diving into the 30 Day Vegan workshop 

and my detox process (Eeek).

I also had an ear infection.

Yuck.


I also owe you a product review 
but with all the planning and prepping 
I think I'll put it off until next week.


I'm also going to start a new little segment 
about what goes down on
 Mondays around here.


As this blog matures I feel structure starting to form.

New beginnings.

Goodness, where to begin?

Well, let's start with a toddler who decided to bail out of her crib.

She wasn't hurt thank god!!

All I heard was a thud and when I opened the door 

(after sprinting to it) I found her sitting on the floor with 2 bears and a couple of binkies like she was gonna plot some kind of Toy Story style escape.

We had no choice (other than buying a new crib) but to convert her crib into a toddler bed to avoid possible injury.

With new found freedom comes new found challenges.

Oh the challenges!!

All of the wonderful sleep routines that we had down pat.

Gone.

It's a brave new world... mostly with a toddler who won't go to sleep until 10pm and a nap is not a sure thing.

I remind myself that this stage is only temporary but it's difficult to imagine when you're in the thick of it.

There has been quite a bit of this, however.

Couch napping.

And chaise napping.

I quite like being able to keep an eye on her 

and steal a little kiss every now and again.

Washing her dishes.

This, coupled with a father-in-law who gave us quite a scare last week (everything is totally fine now!), was enough to sap my motivation to do just about anything.

Time to pick myself up and get on with it.

The 30 Day Vegan Workshop begins this week,

I've been experimenting with one of the products I want to review for you and I have a pretty big birthday party to plan for G.!

Let's do this thing!!

Set in motion.

It was silent here last week. 

Mostly due to a sick little monkey who passed it on to me.

Ahhhh motherhood.

It was also a kind of transformative week as well.

My fast officially ended on Friday the 16th.

Part of that fast, as I mentioned before, is not only clearing our bodies of waste but our spaces too.

I had already had a few bags going.

One for Goodwill.

One for this friend and one for that friend.

#7 on my 2012 TDL can be checked off too.

My goal was to empty 2 of the nugget's clothes bins...I emptied all of them.

I cherry picked the items that were in excellent to new condition and gave them to friends and family who are expecting new little ones very soon.

Of course, I do have one box that I keep for very special items that I want to keep. Only to be passed on to my sister, Danielle, or Iris herself.

This is what the back of my car looked like the day of 

the "big drop".

I have to tell you, I have not stopped.

I already have two or three more bags going, for various distribution.

Now, back to the physical aspect of the fast.

I felt amazing.

I looked ....

how do I say this without sounding like a jerk...AWESOME!

The bloat.

Gone.

The bags under my eyes.

Gone.

Eyes.

Bright.

 Mood.

Bright.

Here's proof.

This fast gave me tools that I will use for the rest of my life.

More than the fast itself.

I recommend it to anyone looking to make a shift in there life.

I believe Laura Emily will be doing another guided fast in August.

We celebrated the end of the fast by trying a new restaurant. 

So me.

I had heard great things, and as it is a Mediterranean restaurant,

 I new I would be able to make healthy choices.

Falafel.

Babaganoush.

Zatter bread.

Oh my!

This little one loved it as well.

My adventurous little eater.

Spring cleaning is, and has been, under way around these parts.

I hope to keep it going.

Florida.

I'm gonna keep this one simple.

Please enjoy this photo journal of our trip to Florida.

Struttin' her stuff by the pool.

Pedicure. It had only been 6 years since my last one.

Still admiring my toes.

Bubbles.

Nick and Johnnie's Palm Beach.

Nugget,  Aunt Nicole and Grandmom

Palm Beaching.

Time to feed the Kitty!

Unpacking.

More unpacking.

That about wraps it up.

The Pumpkin Patch

This was last year's pumpkin outing. It was just me, baby and the husband. 

It's always kinda been our thing to get pumpkins and carve them together, secretly competing for the best pumpkin.

And this is now...

Iris and her BFF Vivian

Cousin Matthew ringing the "Fun" bell.

The cousins.

Snack o' war.

Finally, a smile.

She enjoyed being pulled around in her wagon and she didn't even try to jump out.

That wagon used to belong to her Aunt Nicole (my sister from another mister) who is now 17.

I think that's pretty cool.

We haven't carved our pumpkins yet. 

I'll post some pics when we do and you can be the judge.