There She Grows

Good Advice

corsakti — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:22:51 +0000

A friend linked me to this list on Elephant Journal, 18 simple life lessons written by Rebecca Lammersen for her daughters. Mostly it’s the way we’re already raising our kids. However, a couple things particularly stood out to me as a reminder of important advice I need to take for myself in order to [...]

yeah thats right my name is YAUCH

corsakti — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:30:39 +0000

MCA’s death has hit me hard – in a way that differs from any other celebrity death i’ve heard about. Not only because he was so young, and so talented, and a family man, and such a stand-up dude with his humanitarian work. Not only because of the impact they had on music [...]

The Kids These Days

corsakti — Tue, 08 May 2012 06:22:51 +0000

V at 15.5 months L at 4.8 years Sister Times Lately Too bad they don’t like each other at all, right?

Art on Rocks

corsakti — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:18:19 +0000

With a little paint, glitter and sequins (or whatever is around) a rock can become anything. We have a big bowl of rocks and stones in our living room, some of which were collected at meaningful places, others of which just plain look cool. Often because they have been decked out by [...]

One Last Easter Party Treat: No-Bake Robins Nests

corsakti — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:25:05 +0000

The tasty nests contain cocoa, peanut-butter, oats and butterscotch. A decadent winning combo, with the crunch of whoppers robins eggs on top. They are so good! The recipe is here. Mine are smaller – a tablespoon measure instead of an ice cream scoop. Sold em in bags of 2 [...]

Easter Treat: Peep Sushi (peepshi)

corsakti — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:55:22 +0000

There are few folks not familiar with the peep candy. Here’s to serving them up in a whole new way. I saw this idea on serious eats via pinterest. But decided the “seaweed” should be green of course. The rice is rice krispy treats. The seaweed holding them together is cut up fruit [...]

Hip Hop Dance Class

corsakti — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:50:37 +0000

Lil’s dance session at Segray has just ended, and I noticed this new hip hop class offered through Green Bean in Eagle Rock. Lilah is the only girl in the class, and under the age bracket. But still, not surprisingly, she is one of the boldest. She “instantly fell in [...]

Fun-to-make-treat: Homemade Lollies

corsakti — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:21:52 +0000

These homemade lollies look pretty cute and make great favors/treats for any occasion. Li and I made a ton of them to sell 2 for a buck at a community bake-sale, all proceeds of which benefit the LA Rescue Mission. It sparked a big discussion about what charity means, what charities do, [...]

Milacurous

corsakti — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:12:36 +0000

L: Vivi is milacurous. me: miraculous? L: yeah. me: lol. aw. how do you know that word? L: what does miraculous mean? me: something that is amazing, unexplainedly great. L: yeah. she’s that.

Just a Wednesday

corsakti — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:46:39 +0000

i love how when babies are tired they just lie down anywhere li drawing ‘every kind of medicine splattering around’ for papa, her grandfather who’s in the hospital