Things That Made Me Smile (May 2012)
About 150 Days Ago . . .
Georgia over at Gregarious Peach inspired me to grab my camera and document the joys and hilarity of the Potamus kids lives. I don’t know about you, but our daily routing is NOT a series of Mothering Magazine cover shots, so I had my work cut out for me!
Somehow, though, between the crayon-stained skin and bathtime splashapaloozas, I’ve manage to pull out some moments worth savoring. And oh, how I do savor them!
Doing the 366 project has given me the opportunity to step back from the busyness for a moment and really SEE my life . . . and it has been so good for me! So in an effort to be more mindful about the days that flit by, I’m going to start documenting some of my favorite things each month. Are you ready?
Here Are The Things That Made My May . . .
- A visit from my sis (and getting to feed her pregnant belly roe, marrow and a smidge of liver!)
- Making my husband fall in love with me all over again with these apple, ginger and spice scones
- This post on why if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing poorly first
- Finally winning my nephew Conner over with this ultimate beef and liver chili (I’d been striking out for days!)
- Learning a neat trick for culturing without whey from this cultured apple sauce recipe
- Honey-sweetened lemonade with my girl after a long morning of chicken herding
- Crying over a failure on Mother’s Day, and finding out that a big squeeze from my mom still makes it all better
- Beets fresh from the farmers market for this cleansing beet kvass tonic
- Celebrating the arrival of our stainless steel popsicle molds with these fruit juice popsicles
- Peace of mind about my morning scrambled eggs
- Tomato paste in glass jars from Jovial Foods so I don’t have to worry about BPA in my zucchini lasagna
- Reliving my Kool-Aid days real food style with this hibiscus tea
- Homemade bouillon, because I need my refrigerator space back!
- This conversation
- And of course, these moments ♥
What made you smile in May?
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Erica
Love the pics! So glad you enjoyed your May! It really is the simple things in life we need most.
Heather
Thank you, Erica! And I totally agree <3
Kelsey
Things that made me happy in May… -finding you blog -being skeptical that anyone in my house would eat liver and then seeing my two year old down two bowls of your liver chili recipe -a trip to Seattle, yummy seafood included -Saturday mornings at the Farmer’s Market -my baby boy (also a Micah!) starting to crawl!
Heather
Awwww, it makes me so happy to hear your son liked the chili. It never gets old watching a toddler ask for seconds! And yay for your Micah starting to crawl. So sweet, and SUCH a good name!
Emily Bartlett @HolisticKid
So sweet.
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Heather
Thanks, Emily!
jill
wonderful pics!
i am halfway thru reading your ebook and getting ready to feed my baby girl Piper her first FCLO and soft-boiled egg yolk (she is 5 months old).
thanks for your blog!
Heather
Oh, tell me how it goes! I never had any success with FCLO at that age so I rubbed it on their bums!
Rachel
Great pictures Heather! I am going to follow this great idea for When my family is visiting all summer. : )
Heather
You’ll love it, Rachel! All my faves from this year are moments I normally wouldn’t have had my camera in hand
Aimee Durham
Okay so this comment is completely unrelated to your post but I need some help. My kids are about to go and visit their dad for the summer. My boys and I just switched to a whole foods diet this past nine months and this will be the first time they will see their dad since the switch. He does not eat whole foods and eats all the kinds of stuff, and feeds my boys it, that we try so hard to avoid. So I was wondering if you had any good articles that I could send along to him to atleast get him and his parents to be informed about why I made the change. I mainly would love it if they stayed away from all the artificial stuff and HFCS. I know why I made the change and know it was such a great decision. But they tend to not believe things i say and well some scientific research would be great to back me up! Thanks for taking the time.