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Christmas Cookie Board

December 24, 2020

This Christmas cookie charcuterie board is meat-free. A classic charcuterie board, however, may display meat, cheese, and/or fruit. Today, charcuterie boards have evolved into themed presentations: donuts, pies, Christmas cookies, muffins, and candy. TBH is this even a charcuterie board? The perfect cookie charcuterie board is filled with all of your favorite cookies: gingerbread, peanut butter blossoms, decorated sugar cookies, and even store-bought cut and bake ones! A cookie board…

December 24, 2020 By Brian

Celebrations/ Christmas/ Family Fun/ Side Dishes

Christmas Lights and Ice Cream

December 22, 2020

One of my favorite family traditions growing up was going to see the Christmas lights at parks in Connecticut. My dad would organize the whole family to drive across the state to various light shows. We’d go from Hartford to New Haven sometimes covering three different shows in one night. At the end of the night, we’d stop at Friendly’s for an ice cream sundae. It was a perfectly delicious…

December 22, 2020 By Brian

DIY/ Halloween/ Side Dishes

Corduroy: Halloween Costumes 2020

October 28, 2020

While Halloween this year will look a little different, we were not going to let it getaway. This year, we transformed our son into Corduroy and took some photos. Corduroy is a bear who once lived in the toy department of a big store. Day after day he waited with all the other animals and dolls for someone to come along and take him home. Corduroy, 1968 Fatima’s favorite book…

October 28, 2020 By Brian

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Family-Friendly Halloween activities to do this weekend

October 16, 2020

We’re halfway through October and Halloween is right around the corner! We’ve been getting into the spooky szn through some baking, crafting, and spontaneous Monster Mash dance parties. This weekend, we’re heading out for some leaf peeping and pumpkin picking. If you’re looking to get into the holiday spirit, here are some activities you can do right now! Pumpkin Picking for the ‘gram…or to carve Get in some fresh air,…

October 16, 2020 By Brian

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End of Summer Tie-Dye Staycation

September 2, 2020

While summer officially ends in a few weeks, the unofficial end to summer has always been Labor Day. Well, maybe in today’s world it’s when the PSL returns. This summer, we’ve closed the season with a staycation that included a trip to the Bronx Zoo, ice cream, and tie-dye! Growing up, I loved having that one last weekend at the lake house before school ramped up. One summer, about a…

September 2, 2020 By Brian

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Letter Boards

August 28, 2020

All the letter boards from Lilies and Loafers.…

August 28, 2020 By Brian

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Working From Home Essentials

August 27, 2020

We’ve hit the five-month mark of working from home. No one said this was going to be easy. In fact, it seems like all the people in school who took on the work for your group projects are the ones now doing it again for the pandemic, and we are tired. This is not over because you’re over it. And please arrest the cops that killed Breonna Taylor. It was a…

August 27, 2020 By Brian

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Black Breastfeeding Week 2020

August 25, 2020

Black Breastfeeding Week was created because of: The higher mortality rates for black babies. High rates of diet-related diseases in black children. Unique cultural barriers among black women. Lack of diversity and representation in the lactation field. Desert-like conditions in black communities. Those are just a few of the many reasons. Click here for more information on the movement. I’ve always known I wanted to be a mom. I loved…

August 25, 2020 By Fatima

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The One With The Baby Shower Car Parade

July 29, 2020

My baby sister had a baby! I still cannot believe it. In June, my mom and I threw her a Friends-themed baby shower car parade. We set up an outdoor Central Perk so she could lounge and watch her friends and family drive by. We’re in the middle of a pandemic. As we were planning, we knew we needed to be flexible. States were just about to reopen, but we…

July 29, 2020 By Brian

All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Cooking Through Cravings/ Healthy Living/ Lunch and Dinner/ Side Dishes

Cobb Salad: Cooking Through Cravings

July 8, 2020

I love everything about this cobb salad: the dressing, the flavors, and the hint of spice. I love how it makes me feel like a Kardashian with a never-ending bowl of salad. While there’s a bit more prep than your typical salad, it’s so worth it. Since we’re both working from home, we build in lunch and dinner prep at the beginning of the week to make our days run…

July 8, 2020 By Brian

Birthday/ DIY/ Family Fun/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

DIY Rocket Backpack: Two the Moon

May 26, 2020

I have decided that for every birthday, my kids will have a themed photoshoot. They’ll make great memories to look back on and this way we get family portraits out of it! This year’s birthday theme was Two the Moon. For our son’s portraits, I crafted this DIY rocket backpack so he could land on the moon! Because my wife and I are crazy planners, we ended with six of these backpacks…

May 26, 2020 By Brian

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Five Favorite Things: 2019 in Review

December 31, 2019

Another year has come and gone, yet it feels like January 2019 just happened. We did a lot this year. We grew as a family, learned to be flexible with life, did some crafts, and made a lot of food. We missed a lot of Five Favorite Things, but for our final post of the year, we wanted to wrap up 2019 with our Top Five Favorite Things in overall…

December 31, 2019 By Fatima and Brian

Celebrations/ Christmas/ Family Fun/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

Merry Christmas 2019

December 25, 2019

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! Santa didn’t take all of his cookies!…

December 25, 2019 By Brian

All Recipes/ Autumn/ Garden Thyme/ Thanksgiving

Butternut Squash with Roasted Garlic and Thyme.

November 24, 2019

On one of my parents’ visits, we made them Ina’s skillet roast chicken, rice and beans, and this butternut squash. To be honest, this was my first time roasting any squash. I like squash, but Fatima doesn’t, so we’ve just stayed away. However, we welcomed squash back in our lives so we could feed it to our son. At least, I’ll have someone to share my butternut squash with. When…

November 24, 2019 By Brian

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Five Favorite Things: November 2019

November 1, 2019

Five Favorite Things two days in a row?? Yes! Usually, our Five Favorite Things posts are recaps of the month. However, we’re going to switch it up and tell you about what we’re looking forward to throughout the month in addition to other things we love! In terms of food, we’re going to come down from our sugar high of October and get back to comfort food. Thanksgiving is going to…

November 1, 2019 By Brian

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Five Favorite Things: October 2019

October 31, 2019

Happy Halloween! Trick or Treating or staying inside? We’ve had our share of Halloween family fun over these last few weekends. Mercury goes into retrograde today, so that’s the only sign I need to stay inside. Luckily, it will be out of retrograde by the time we get to Thanksgiving, phew! When I got off the train, there were so many kids trick or treating. It’s our first Halloween in…

October 31, 2019 By Brian

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