My favorite time of year! Once again my peonies are in full bloom and bringing lots of joy.
Grant’s First Birthday!
Our dino-baby turned one on March 24th and we had the most wonderful celebration with family and friends at my parent’s house. Grant loved his cake (after I helped break off a piece for him) and we had perfect weather. I’m so glad I will have these photos to look back on to remember the day!
Around The Web: Q1 2024
While my around the web posts are some of my favorite, this year has really gotten away from me! Going forward I plan to share quarterly, starting this month. Easter is early this year, so I loved getting to pick out Grant’s Easter basket! While he probably will enjoy it more next year, these are special days getting to watch our little guy experience the world – especially each holiday. Soon I will post Grant’s milestones photos/notes and we can’t believe we are already celebrating his first birthday! Here are a few links I wanted to take note of the first few months of the year:
I’m obsessed with the Easter basket we got for Grant this year! It’s no longer available but if it is back for 2025 RUN to Crate&kids!
To start the year here is a fun recap of color trends for 2024 as well as a guide to current fashion micro-trends.
Dale loves Khruangbin and we both enjoyed this animated video!
I have such fond memories of visiting Le Bon Marché on my very first trip to Europe so was excited to see this current installation/shopping experience!
Bookmarking this list for future secondhand shopping!
Otto unfortunately broke one of my beloved bedroom lamps so I’m considering a pair of these to sit on the dresser.
Also on the hunt for some more toy storage in Grant’s room. This bench could be an option!
A few momming articles that caught my eye recently: one on Instagram parenting classes, one about Dr. Becky (I’m reading Good Inside currently!), and the hilarious reality of bringing a new baby home for the first time (at least for us!)
Love following Carly’s family, her boys are the cutest! Would love to get Grant a shamrock sweater for next St. Patrick’s Day!
I would love to check out this local bookstore in KC soon, BLK + BRWN.
Thinking we may need to order these with Grant’s face to keep his dino baby theme going!
And finally two favorite recent recipes: Broccoli Pesto Pasta and Instant Pot Pad Thai
Happy Spring!
Turkey Hill Daffodils
My mom brought me this beautiful daffodil bouquet from Turkey Hill and I couldn’t help but snap a few photos. Grammy has planted many daffodils at the lake over the years and I was sad to not be able to see them bloom in person! Our household is definitely ready for Spring!
December Around The Web
December has come to a close, and I’m having a hard time processing that we are leaving 2023, the year Grant was born! All month was filled with first Christmas activities: we went to our church’s Kristkindl Markt, had brunch with friends in town, took Grant to see Santa, survived a family stomach bug, attended Dale’s work holiday parties, I had my holiday dinner club favorite things exchange, our family visited Enchant KC, we got to meet baby Daphne, celebrated Dianne’s birthday, visited Union Station and Crown Center, and had a magical Christmas Eve/Christmas Day/26th visit to Lawrence! The last few days of the month were spent enjoying Smith family time and heading back to Enchant for New Year’s Eve! Around the web, I was especially inspired by these beautiful ornaments by Mille Amber. Hopefully next year I won’t miss the chance to purchase one! Take a look at her work here.
I also hope that I get a chance to try making these beautiful dinner rolls next Christmas!
London has the most beautiful holiday decorations! I hope to visit in person someday.
A bit of Christmas lettering inspiration
A new to me letterpress studio, the deep emboss is just so stunning.
Would you try this DIY? I would love to try a larger scale version in the doorway between my living room and dining room
After having a chance to try royal icing cookies this year, I could not stop watching these videos!
One of my favorite memories this December was making salt dough ornaments. This was the recipe I used, and despite Grant not loving the handprint ideas we had some super cute Santas to share with his teachers and family!
Saving this for inspiration in the new year, I would love to embroider on a sweater for Grant
I don’t have plans for a sparkly NYE outfit this year, but Grace always has the best roundups
Merry Christmas, friends!
Royal Iced Sugar Cookies for #My5Days
In early December I had the chance to take a royal iced sugar cookie workshop from the talented Bernard Shondell for Hallmark’s #My5Days. During the workshop he shared tips and tricks for baking the perfect sugar cookies and taught us how to decorate using royal icing. I absolutely love how my cookies turned out and can’t wait to get them out of the freezer for our Christmas Eve party!
