News Flash

Updates from our life lately: food news, kid news, life news.

News Flash!

Now that I have your attention I’m here to say I have nothing major to share. Sorry to disappoint some of you haha. Growing up when my mom and grandmother would call each other, or us, they would start the call with “Any news?” So while today’s news is casual in nature, here’s my answer to the question, “Any news?”

Birch always makes silly faces unprompted! 

Life News

Doors Open

Spring isn’t my favorite season because I always get punked by the random cold days, but I do LOVE the first days we can open the doors and let the fresh air in! When it’s The. Perfect. Temperature. that you don’t need heat or AC. 

Look at this incredible door in our bedroom!! 

Spelling Bee News

Birch has made INCREDIBLE progress on his spelling, letters, and sounding out words. At his school they say the alphabet as “ah” “beh” “ca” “duh” instead of ABCD and so he can sound out almost any word now. I’m very impressed he is so close to reading! 

I also pulled out these activity books I had for Mazen, and B is loving them. He’s more into them than Mazen was. He loves to sit and do activities, whereas Mazen was always a bit more active / on the go. 

Case in point: new magnetic puzzles have been a hit! As is the chalkboard in our kitchen and play-doh, always. 

He does love the outdoors too!

Friend News

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum:

Rory and Birch became the best of friends in their classroom and then Rory moved to a nearby town 🙁 We get them together monthly and they are still the silliest of best buds!

This was my first trip to Smith Aquatic Center! Why!? It was so great! 

We went to visit our friends who moved onto a farm while they (also) renovate their home. 

Big Boy has been into cooking!

He brought home a cookbook from the school library and has been making his own sandwiches, cinnamon sugar butter toast, and specialty flavored microwave popcorn. 

Baseball News

Mazen is also doing really well on his new baseball team! Last year he was in the Upper Minors and his team didn’t do so well. This year he tried out for the Majors and his team is amazing. He’s one of the younger ones on the team and will learn a lot this year, but I am so proud of him for trying his best. 

Cheering him on!

Watching baseball practice with cousin Nashie

Food News

7th Heaven Chocolate sent me a care package of their favorites to try. They are created to be plant-based, dairy-free, vegan, sustainable, and ethically sourced. They were all so good! My favorites were the cookies and cream and the coconut. 

Daily Harvest

Daily Harvest now has GRAINS! These are grain mixes that you keep frozen and you can heat up on the fly and add some protein and/or fresh veggies for an instant meal. So convenient to keep on hand!

And I also tried their Raspberry and Fig bites for a snack. These are also kept frozen and thaw in minutes when you need a small snack. The raspberry flavor was incredible! 

I am still enjoying their flatbreads for my lunches too. Always add a little cheese near the end of cooking! 

You can always get $25 off your first Daily Harvest box with my link!

Mostly Veggies

Speaking of veggies, Brittany has a cookbook coming out on April 18th! I’ve read through many of the recipes and can’t wait to make them. If you love to cook with plants, you need this cookbook in your library. Birch and I made her trail mix cookies the day it came and they were so good!

I even had one in my smoothie bowl for breakfast ; ) 

Cookie News

We’ve been on a cookie kick because Thomas and Birch made some chocolate chip cookies the week before and they were a hit too! 

Kath Eats Real Food

A bunch of recent meals!

Drink News

I made these nonalcoholic palomas using the Monday Mezcal for Ellen and myself when she came for dinner. They were pretty darn good!

But then Thomas came home with real Mezcal and I realized how good the real thing is….!

The best drink I’ve had this month was called The Uncut Gem at Smyrna. Check out the ingredients below – so delicious! 

I am like a cat finding the warm spot on the couch. Here’s where I’ve been working lately. I miss my iMac and big desk, but this has been a cozy change. 

That’s all the news for today!