Friday Issues #476 – Brown Eyed Baker
1. Final Friday, Dominic graduated from kindergarten! He has come a phenomenally great distance this 12 months, and I couldn’t be extra pleased with him. He began the college 12 months attending through iPad solely three days after his final radiation therapy and was lastly given the go-ahead to attend in particular person on the finish of September. He has grown and realized a lot this 12 months, and he continues to amaze us every day š
2. He and Isabelle have been having fun with their summer time break! They love using on the facet of the large cart at Costco and pushing their very own little carts on the grocery retailer. Although Dominic most undoubtedly āretailersā together with his personal cart like heās on an episode of Grocery store Sweep š We go insanely early within the morning, so fortunately, the shop is mainly empty lol.
3. At this time is Josephās final day of faculty! In order of this afternoon, we’re all formally on summer time break, whew!
4. Letās speak trainer presentsā¦ whereas mine are already wrapped up because the faculty 12 months is over, Iām inquisitive about what you do, OR! In the event youāre a trainer, what do you most recognize? I just lately noticed that somebody presents their youngstersā lecturers Stanley Tumblers, which looks as if one thing enjoyable for summer time (Iāve additionally seen superb opinions for the Simple Modern version, which is extra economical and broadly obtainable). Our faculty retains a doc on the guardian portal of the entire lecturersā favourite issues, which makes shopping for issues like sweet, flowers, reward playing cards, and so on., straightforward since you already know what everybody likes!
I really like the concept that Kendra from The Lazy Genius coined referred to as āDecide Onceā ā a system you may replicate repeatedly, so that youāre not at all times ranging from scratch, attempting to think about issues 12 months after 12 months. Considered one of my favourite Instagram follows, @haleywynndesigns, does an incredible job of implementing this with presents. So, Iām attempting to provide you with some concepts to keep away from reinventing the wheel subsequent 12 months š
5. This week, I polished up the next recipes to make them even simpler to observe and included extra ideas for profitable execution (bonus: theyāre all nice for summer time!): Angel Meals Cake, Peanut Butter Brownies, and Quiche Lorraine. Completely satisfied Baking! š
6. I lastly began Demon Copperhead and havenāt gotten very far into it, however to date, so good! I do know after I talked about it a few weeks in the past, a few of you actually beloved it, and a few disliked it. Iāll preserve you posted on my ideas!
7. This previous week, I made this cilantro-orange chicken recipe and served it with yellow rice, black beans, and diced mango. It was so scrumptious, tremendous straightforward, and better of all, everybody in our household ate it! That hardly ever, if ever, occurs š« I extremely suggest this meal!!
8. When you have summery stuff youāre seeking to purchase, Amazon has an enormous Memorial Day Weekend sale proper now that features particular residence and outside offers.
9. This previous week, we watched the mini-series Our Home (on PBS) and it was craaaaaaazy. I used to be hooked!
10. TGIF! These pups love to offer and get affection and Dominic loves them so, a lot ā¤ļø
