over the past week...

kairos caught his first vole so we rewarded him by keeping our shopping bags on the bed,

they are his favorite. his own little crinkly sounding forts!

my Stella & Dot pretties came! & in the cutest packaging i might add!

we ate donuts all weekend. & that one with the green frosting spilling out... 

ya, that's the manager's special. it will give you a stomach ache.

my favorite magazines came for the month of April!

& i made cinnamon cream cheese crumble cake (recipe here!)

& we did a little shopping for California:

husband bought these two toned Penguin boots from Saks on sale 

& is thinking about going back to get the darker colored ones!

& i scored this amazing fitting striped dress from the Gap!

hope you all had a great week & weekend. thank you so much for all the kind words i received from the video tutorial!! the response was overwhelming, i am so happy you all enjoyed it & i am getting ready to do another one very soon! Happy St. Patricks day! (we are getting ready to feast on some cabbage & corn beef ) & see you tomorrow!

over the past week...

my wound was pretty sore so i spent lots of couch time with this kitty,

lots of girl scout cookies were consumed,

god bless the person who invented samoas!

along with lots of caramel,

the only thing better than Valentine's day candy... is Easter candy!

 this was hung up by my mother on the fridge,

 little brother's soccer team was short a man so pete decided to play,

(this is a guy who played hockey his whole life. he was a smidge out of his comfort zone!)

they warmed up, stretched it out, & won both games!

we let kai sleep in our room again + we had strawberry shortcake for dessert... my favorite!

 i picked up this button up jean shirt + these colorful bowls from none other than kohls!

DAY 1          +          DAY 2

and i am doing a little experiment with my hair:

ok, so normally i shower, flip my head over to blow dry, & then curl my hair with either a one inch curling iron, or a 1/2 inch curling iron. these curls are with a 1/2 inch iron while twisting the hair around the barrel so they are more wavy than ringlets. if this experiment goes well, i will do a video tutorial!

and then, what i have always done over the years is tease my roots and add hairspray... the problem i faced with this was that by the second, and absolutely by the third day, my hair would be extremely ratty underneath from the hairspray & greasy at the roots from teasing. but i truly felt the need for the teasing to add some volume, and the hairspray to hold the curls. 

so on Saturday, i got this idea in my head that i would try to do smaller curls & then naturally let them fall out over the following days. this would allow me to try and stretch out shampooing my hair to 3 or 4 days. so the first picture of the curls is yesterday, and the second picture is of today. my husband really loves my hair curlier, but it is a lot of work... so by not having to do my hair for 4 days in a row, it makes it worth the extra effort. and i really am in love with how it looks today... just wavy & pretty.. and that picture is after i got home from the gym just now. so i am off to go rinse off, but going to keep my hair dry & i'll show you tomorrow how it looks. because this is exciting to me! my hair isn't as greasy as it normally is & it is nice not to have to do anything to it for a couple of days... because if there are two things in the world i hate doing over and over and over... it is my hair & shaving my legs!!

happy Sunday, go UCONN women & see ya tomorrow!

over the past week

the tree quickly became the permanent cat napping location 

 see what i mean?

 the stockings were hung with care

i FINALLY figured out the perfect way to curl my new haircut:

the trick is to curl one side NOT away from your face

 kairos wanted to get in on the wardrobe post

 rachael & my cousin came over for a marathon baking session

 we had a flour fight while sipping on daiquiris

 we made santa brownies... recipe here

 while using the most random assortment of cookie cutters ever for the sugar cookies

batman? a cross? & lots of animals came out to play

 & cookie pressed the cutest little trees of all.

merry night-before-christmas eve!

xox.

weekly grams

couch naps with kai

 ants on a log. a childhood favorite

baby leo. finally getting comfortable at my parents house

 brother borrowing pete's shirt "for a good cause"

painter's jeans

& a paint brush (for a shelf makeover with dipped gold)

mother + daughter feet

nyc italian ice

our good friend annie's wedding i was allowed to go to :)

waffles.

SUNDAY WAFFLES. a tradition started from as far back as i can remember. as kids we would go to church and then race back home so my dad could make them. not just any waffles though, the ones with the small squares. delicious. so, of course, pete and i started the tradition in our apartment and i look forward to it since it is just about the only food i can make semi-well. (i am a baker, pete's the cook.) -the waffle maker is the only one i've found with the small squares from macy's here. 

so full! relaxing with kai.

kai + leo

kairos telemachus.

& leonardo barbosa.
MEET THE BOYS. two years old. and yes, pete gave them middle names. and yes we use them when they are misbehaving. both rescued from a shelter. both out of their minds with energy.
-we love them.