Stuff my kid loves: 12 Month edition

Here is a little list of things 

Sienna is loving lately :)

This girl is such a picky eater that when I find something she loves its like hitting jackpot, I've made her waffles from scratch and they always ended up on the floor, so props to you Earths Best - she actually likes it.

we love this sippy cup! 

I have it in her reach all day so she can have water whenever she pleases & I'm a big fan of aluminum over plastic

Avocado should be her middle name, 

she eats half of one for breakfast and the other half for lunch or dinner

"Wacky ball" One of her current favorite toys

I LOVE anything by this brand!

Other favorite toy, she learned some words just from playing with it!

 "hello" "open" "close"

These flashcards are so cool, they even have textures of each object. Sienna loves to say the ones she knows and show me them.

Since shes so darn picky about food, we worry she doesn't get all her nutrients as her dinner of choice is puffs or a handful of blueberries, we started making her smoothies loaded with super nutritious things like kale, spinach, flaxseed, carrots, ect. She thinks shes getting a treat :) shhh

Just another day well spent

I love writing these days down as they happen.

 Days I'll want to look back on. 

Days I'll want to remember

Turning this blog into a book brings all sorts of happiness to my heart. I will forever have this, Sienna will have this forever and it will truly tell the story of our lives

So lets talk about today.

We woke up to the sound of the sweetest little voice on the monitor yell "daddddyy dadddy" 
 Its like she knew it was the weekend and requesting Daddy would surely mean he would be the one coming to getting her. He brought her into our bed and the three of us hung out, read  Sienna her books and goofed off until she started saying "nom nom" which meant she was ready for breakfast. 

Now I'm usually particular about things like this but since the morning started off so well and I needed to wash the linens anyway...we let her have breakfast in our bed. Daddy made her a smoothie and waffles which she seemed to enjoy way more than she would have in her high chair - it was so worth the mess.

Since we were all getting over a stomach bug (thank god not all at the same time) 
we wanted to venture out and get out of the house for a bit, so we went to an outdoor mall where Sienna got to run around and explore. She must have said "hiii" to every person we passed, she's such a ham.

We got some fro-yo and of course she had to dig in for a taste...to save ourselves from a scene, we let her. She was a fan...of course she was. I think its time to whip out the good old ice cream maker, nothing like homemade and the ability to control the ingredients. 

Gonna make this girl some yummy sugarless, fruitty fro-yo & ice cream come summer time, as you can tell from the pictures below...she really approves :)

It was an "all about the little things" kinda weekend

 my favorite kind for sure.

Nothing sweeter

Nothing is sweeter than seeing your husband's love for your daughter.

Nothing is sweeter than seeing your daughter's love for your husband

The two most important people in your life.

Loving each other.

 so. incredibly.blessed 

Banana Bread baby

Little S is having a playdate tomorrow with 3 little friends so we are made a little semi-healthy snack

Chocolate chip banana bread

First up, I needed my assitant

Once she heard chocolate was inloved, she obliged

next you'll need ripe, ripe (almost to the point of ewwwww) bananas

[The darker, the sweeter - The sweeter, the better]

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar

4oz ounces butter, softened

1 1/2 cups mashed bananas

2 large eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

***

Mommy & baby whisk

Did I mention that I LOVE having a girl?

First, cream the butter and suagar.

Then, beat in the mashed bananas eggs and vanilla

 mix in dry ingreduetns {flour, baking soda, salt..}

Best part is next

fold in chocolate chips

spray & flour bread pan

Bake at 350 for 1 hour

ENJOY! :)

Balance of time

Or the balance of me

do you have days where you wish you could just duplicate yourself?

The hubs and I had a conversation about this the other day, more of a bicker really

because at the end of a long day with a toddler I'm cranky and it got the best of me so I pointed out the things that take up his time when he should be with us....like working out, business calls & emails, ect. But what I really should have said was that I miss him and our time together.

cliche to say but there really isn't enough time in the day.

Your relationship with your spouse changes a lot, so does your relationship with yourself.

sometimes I have to remember that before WE there was once ME and that girl deseves a break sometimes.

 all you single moms out there....

I give you all the credit in the world.

I'll leave you with a video of my clever little lady who learned to say "thank you" among some other things :) is she a little smarty or what?

                                       

Bilingual baby - 12 Months old

This little lady amazes me everyday with how quickly she learns new things!

a little different Easter...

I'm not a super religious person, 

but I do want Sienna to grow up knowing Easter is about God not gifts & bunnies.

So instead of going to the mall to take a picture with a creepy bunny, we went to church with a basket of food to get it blessed...a tradition I grew up with and one that has been around for centuries. On Easter morning, we ate our blessed hard boiled eggs, bread & ham. 

Sienna was good in church, surprisingly. She ran up to a family with 2 girls and played with them the whole time, the girl sure isn't shy.

 

That little vintage looking sheep in the basket...it looks like nothing to you...but it means so much to me. I took it from my childhood home in Poland, it was used in every Easter basket in my family since before I even existed. My mom confirmed that it was atleast 30 years old. So glad I got to have it and pass it on to Sienna so she can one day put it in her Easter basket

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter!!