Good Morning!
How are you on this Friday the 13th? I am doing well. Other than a Restorative Yoga class this evening, I have no real plans. There is laundry to be done and the kitchen floor is pretty dirty, but nothing major.
Yesterday I ran errands, set up appointments (including with our accountant for taxes), did some knitting and a bit of reading. It was so relaxing. One of this things I picked up on my errands was this cute little bunny basket for Iris.
Isn't it sweet? I also picked up one of those cars that you pull back and then it zooms off. The one I bought is a banana. LOL. I will get some other goodies to fill the basket for Easter.
After Iris was born and we were going through all the books that were Colin's when he was young, I was disappointed not to find two. The first was Sheep in a Jeep and the other was a Golden Book - Two Little Gardeners. I had forgotten that the author of Two Little Gardeners is Margaret Wise Brown who wrote "Goodnight Moon" and "The Runaway Bunny" - two of Iris' favorites! Anyway, I ordered both books. The Golden Book is coming from Abe Books, but Sheep in a Jeep I ordered from Amazon and it arrived yesterday! I'll probably take that to Iris next Wednesday when I will be watching her.
There has also been cooking, of course. Last night I made white clam sauce and added some smoked mussels along with the clams. Highly recommend!! It was quite tasty. Tonight I am fixing baked ratatouille - lots of veggies and a bit of cheese. YUM!
We have no plans for Valentine's Day and I have yet to figure out what I will cook, but there is time to figure it all out. On Sunday we have plans to meet up with Colin & Mailing & Iris and Mailing's parents for a brunch train ride on the Colebrookdale Railroad in Boyertown. That should be fun - it will be Iris' first train ride! Also, Sunday is Zhongren's birthday and he loves trains, so perfect timing.
I hope this Friday finds you well and enjoying life!
What a sweet bunny basket! A banana car makes me thing of Richard Scarry's books -- I always loved the worm driving the apple car. You're lucky to have such a fun thing to do as brunch train ride! I hope Iris enjoys it and you all get to enjoy watching her experience it.
ReplyDeleteThat is a cute bunny basket! My boys loved Sheep in a Jeep and most of the other sheep books. I can't remember if I've locked my car or not, but I can still recall "Jeep goes splash! Jeep goes thud! Jeep goes deep in gooey mud!" Your cooking sounds delicious and I hope everyone has fun on the train ride!
ReplyDeleteI thought of the same thing Sarah did... that worm driving the apple car! My kids loved books of all sorts, but I don't remember Sheep in a Jeep! Have a fantastic weekend!
ReplyDeleteI bought Sheep in Jeep for all my Grands. I loved that book. I even got the author to sign one copy at Rhinebeck one year.
ReplyDeleteI hear you about the dirty floors. Now that it's warmed up a bit it's a sea of mud out there. I'm giving up on the floors for the time being.
that is a very cute basket! I'm hoping for a quite valentine's day - but Dave may have other plans!
ReplyDeleteoh that bunny basket!!!!!!
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