book / socks / coffee / coffee maker / speaker / new yorker / atlanta / ymca / tumbler / sweats  My last gift guide this year is for who I consider to be the most difficult of recipients - the gentlemen. Or better known as - "I really don't need anything. Really." This is my face every time I hear that. That being...

Continue Reading

book / coffee / hat / sweatshirt / coasters / body balm / spirit dust / socks / record player / soap Are you like me and so off your gift game this year? Other than the kids I've done nothing thus far, time to get my act together!! Here are some things that I think we can agree any lady would love...

Continue Reading

It kind of hit me the other day that I really, really like melancholy christmas songs. Perhaps it's my moody Russian soul or the fact that I've had many a bittersweet christmas but for some reason they slightly sadder songs are the ones that really hit home with me.  In case I'm not the only one (which I realize I totally might be)...

Continue Reading

The year is winding down, mere days left really. And it seems that a lot of us are looking back on it with bittersweet emotions. There was good of course, plenty of it, tucked away in the corners here and there. But for so many, our family included, there was a whole lot of heartbreak. So much in fact that at times the...

Continue Reading

fawn doll / tricycle / book / bunny night light / bubbles / tee / blocks / truck / paint set / booties It's that time of year again! The time for gifts and gift guides. There's plenty of them to go around these days and I really don't want to add to the noise. But, I myself fancy them and often find...

Continue Reading

Last weekend came the day I wait for all year long! The day we put up our tree! The night before I made sure we had all the essentials - logs for the fire, pumpkin pie, plenty of coffee and christmas playlists galore! We all went to bed wearing our christmas jammies and hurried downstairs as soon as we woke!  We proceeded to...

Continue Reading

I hope you woke up today to best sounds in the world - the sound of grannys, mums, aunties and sisters puttering around the kitchen, the sound of babies laughing and children squealing and doors opening and closing. I hope the smells from the kitchen are intoxicating and wonderful and make your tummy grumble. And I hope your day will be full of...

Continue Reading

Perhaps it's the kids getting older and the fact that conversations about schools, ratings and of course the price tag have entered our home. Perhaps it's turning thirty and the overabundance of gray hairs that furtively lie beneath our pillowcases these days. Or the fact that we are less than two years from our ten year wedding anniversary. In reality, it's probably a...

Continue Reading

We went on our annual camping trip about two weeks ago now and we've been talking about the possibility of making it a bi-annual tradition instead. True there were the usual annoyances - arriving later than planned (i.e., having less than an hour of sunlight to set up camp), not getting the campsite we planned on and instead having to make four trips...

Continue Reading

This week was such a hectic one. One where I didn't feel like I accomplished too much beyond keeping my head above water but hey, we made it. The kids were sick as dogs, then I got sick, Kevin worked late, I found out I may need a tooth pulled (HOW???), the kids had their annual check-ups and shots together (I feel like...

Continue Reading

Ladies and gents... I present to you - Christopher Robin and... foxy! Every year I say it's the best one yet and yet... I really think it's going to be hard to top this year. This was the year Birdie picked out her costume. The first week of October. She saw it in the Halloween aisle of Target and it was love at...

Continue Reading