When is it Too Much

Last week I felt that I was continually going between one activity to another.  The Daughter had fun but I was exhausted.  There was four days in a row of going to one park district to another.  I started to question myself if it was too much for a 2 year old.  I knew she loved going but by the end of the week, she didn't participate as much as she did in the beginning of the week.

Kulinarya–White and Love

The last part of May and most of June has been a bit crazy around my house.  Other than the birth of The Son and The Mother’s birthday, my little cousin got married.  It was such a beautiful wedding and I have seen a few of us even shed a tear (including myself).  Which brings us to June’s Theme for the Kulinarya  
Adora from Adora’s Box and Diona from Tita Flips picked WHITE for the most popular time of the year for wedding.  I thought it was perfect since I was helping my cousin make her wedding flowers.  Actually The mother was the one that made them.  I just helped organized and tag them.  It took a couple of weeks to figure out what to make.  Since I was in the mist of planning multiple events, I figured I could use the very favors The Mother wanted to make for her party. 
SUMAN! 

Happy Birthday Mom!

Saturday was  The Mother’s Birthday.  She turned the big 6-0!  Initially, we were suppose to fly out to California but instead we threw a party here.  Instead of having the party at my house, we went with a restaurant.  I couldn’t have a party and not make something.  We (meaning The Mother) wanted something edible.  At first we were going to do mini sumans (sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves) but The Mother had other ideas.  We couldn’t decide on one kind but instead we made three different favors.  I even found mini steamers and I also had extra mini Chinese take-out containers from my wedding (and that was 3 years ago).  I made chocolate-mocha  and san rival flavor macarons.  The Mother made food of the gods.  For those that doesn’t know food of the gods, it is kinda like a fruit cake bar but with just dates and walnuts.  We also made cassava suman instead of the rice version.  I actually ran out of glutinous rice so we made do with the cassava I picked up. 

Home schooled?

Before The Boy was born, we already decided to take as much time off as possible.  Especially with two kids and one being a 2 year old, we decided to take 9 months off between both of us.  When we made that decision, I already planning on different activities to do with The Girl. 
I tried to create a mini classroom to stimulate her daycare.  She was used to a certain schedule and I really would like to continue that schedule.  So I stocked up on so much stuff, you would think she was going to be home schooled for years instead of the time we initially decided on.  I mainly tried to get as much arts and crafts supplies I could get my hands on.  I also signed her up with different activities including football.  Yes football, I figured the kids will run around and wear themselves out.   
My first attempt to school was a painting project.  I was excited to find markers type paints.  They are less messy than the traditional paints but still had the similar affect. 

MIA

I know I have been “missing in action” for the last couple of weeks.  There is a good reason for this.  I would like to introduce you to The Son.