Fishy

Hey, does Olive ever feed our fish? Lala still loves it and asks to feed them - even when our computer is not turned on. Oh those Cyber-Babies these days...

Working Mom

Life as a working Mom is really busy and days go by way to fast. We're still in the process of adjusting.... which is much harder than I thought it woul be. Even though we both love what we do. It takes a lot of energy right now.

(I can't believe how much I blogged in March!)

We've accomplished and survived so much until this point:
- no more baby spit on myself
- no more breast feeding
- no more diapers
- sleeping through the nights
- no more Schnulli
- no more Krabbel-attacks at night

- listening to Leo Lausemaus non-stop
- getting used to day nanny and working at night-time
- and and and...

I'm pretty sure, we'll manage kindergarten and working at day-time as well (at least it sounds easy enough). I'm positive (still) (somewhat). Just getting up at 6 kills me.

Easter Egg Dyeing Lessons

I read all about Easter egg dyeing and how to do it with natural dyes already existing in plants and spices. So I gave it a whirl.
Yellow: Paprika
Pink: Beet juice
Green: Spinach
Orange: onion skin & Paprika
We had everything on hand.

I peeked on them after 6 hours of sitting in the refrigerator and they looked like they were changing colors gradually and by 8 hours they were at their best.

(Foreshadowing: this is where it goes downhill!)

Olivia liked plopping the eggs in and since we had a playdate earlier in the week where the dyeing was almost immediate, she was a little(!) irritated about having to leave the eggs in for a while.

Well, we had two families over (so there was a total of 7 kids at our house) and we ate and played then had an Easter egg hunt and whew--cleaning up afterward then I slept!

That means the eggs had a nice long soak overnight in the vinegar solution with the dyes...which started to erode the shells. When I got the eggs out I washed them off and any color left on the eggs completely washed off the now very thin shells.

But I liked the jars the eggs were dyed in. Aside from the plastic applesauce jar with the paper peeling off of it. : )




Next year, I think we'll just go with the bright and fast dyeing. : )

Simplifying

Organic produce delivered to the doorstep.



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Mornings

Day beginnings:
High hopes for breakfast. I think my girl just isn't a breakfast eater. I want her to eat eggs and oatmeal (or some variation of nutritious food) early in the morning. What ends up being consumed most days are just nuts and milk/fortified diluted juice.




Olivia playing while Mommy gets ready fir the day. I think this (I get ready then get her ready) is the best formula for us. But of course, we stay in pajamas as long as possible.


What's been your plan for getting ready and out of the door in the morning?

How have you FELT lately?

Simple felting tutorial for an art day...