Friday Things #403
1. Best buds always, and the way she looks at him ❤️️ (also, at least one child is moving any time I try to take a picture 😜)
2. Joseph lost a front tooth this week! I feel like they’re falling out left and right; just a couple of months ago, he lost two bottom ones within 48 hours of each other. Now that he’s missing a front tooth, he and Dominic match ;-) He’s also turning SIX in a few days, which is just totally mindblowing to me.
3. I’ve been remembering his birthday party from last year, and how it was one of the last “normal” things we did before everything turned upside down. Now thinking about having tons of people in one room and 15 five-year-olds smashed on top of each other in a bounce house seems… absurd. Definitely looking forward to life returning to normal at some point soon!
4. Did anyone watch Joanna Gaines new cooking show? I just adore her!
5. Have you heard of this new tortilla wrap trend? I just stumbled upon it on Instagram last week and it’s just crazy! You cut a slit in a whole tortilla, then fill the four different quadrants with different ingredients, fold it together, and put it on a griddle. There are some amazing combinations! This is the video that sent me down the rabbit hole!
6. So many of you have made the buttermilk scones for this month’s Bake-Along; I love seeing all of your beautiful baked goods! Thank you for emailing me photos and sharing them in the Facebook group!
7. Earlier this week, I cleaned out a ton of old makeup (like things I had purchased before I was even pregnant with Joseph, so 6-7 years old, eek!). I am probably living under a rock because I just learned THIS WEEK that almost all cosmetics products have a little open jar symbol with a number (it indicates months) to show how long they are good for after they are opened. Mind. Blown.
8. Speaking of makeup and living under a rock, I just saw a couple of months ago that Bobbi Brown had left her makeup line (which I had always been a huge fan of) back in 2016 and has since started a new beauty line – Jones Road. It is clean makeup that looks natural and fresh; I’m excited to try a few things!
9. Love this list of things to give yourself a little boost.
10. TGIF! Dapper Duke says have a happy weekend!
A: your kids are adorable
B: love Joanna!
C: we must share a rock because I did not know the Bobbi Brown thing either (and I use her Skin Serum Foundation)!
I’m glad you’re still blogging. Your recipes are consistently good!
I knew nothing about this “wrap trend” but now I’m hooked! We love quesadillas and this looks like a great way to get more ingredients — plus the video with the brie, fig jam etc – YUMMERS. Thanks!
I LOVE this tortilla hack! Coincidently, I was watching a video on the King Arthur site earlier this week on baking sourdough bread and they used the discard for crumpets. One of the bakers then cooked up a circle of egg on a griddle then placed the sliced crumpet on two quadrants, flipped it then added cheese & bacon and folded it up into a sammie. Brilliant!!! If you want to watch, it’s at about minute 43.
https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/videos/the-isolation-baking-show/ep-3-vermont-sourdough-and-sourdough-crumpets
The kids look fabulous as usual…and happy. I need to clean thru my makeup but I did know about the expiration times/date. When I open a bew product I use a sharpie and mark the date I need to throw it out on it, makes it easier for me. Thanks for the list of things to boost your mood, I needto do some of those. Have a great upcoming week.
He’s turning 6 already?! It feels like yesterday that you were blogging about being pregnant with him. And that tortilla wrap; that’s a game changer.
Happy birthday Joseph. I still remember when you had this beautiful boy. May this be a fun, and blessed celebration.
And look at handsome, distinguished Duke. Seems like yesterday when he was the pup in the family beside Einstein. Judith sure has kept the pup going in him 😊