A little bit of pink to wish you Happy Valentine’s day! (That man owns a pink corduroy suit! How great is that!?)
We’ll be playing it low-key around here (which is just fine by me… I got an awfully special gift last week), maybe baking a cake or something sweet. Do you have special plans?
Talking with girlfriends the other night, we all agreed that the best Valentine’s day gifts are often experiential—a unique date, a home-cooked meal, a massage… something your partner plans to show you they love you (and pay attention to what you like). And talking to guy-friends? Well, the most common answer for best Valentine’s day plans… use your imagination.
But honestly, even if you’re still scrambling, it’s not what you give or what you do. It’s the thought or the gesture for this holiday. (i.e. My two cents? Just don’t ignore it completely.)
A few weeks back, the New York Times published a recipe for a “Marinara Worth Mastering“—alongside the call to action: “Every home cook should have a basic marinara sauce in his or her repertoire.” Challenge accepted! Ever since, Aron and I (but Aron in particular) have been meaning to give this one a shot. (And judging by how long the article remained near the top of the most-emailed list for the Times, it looks like quite a few others wanted to as well.)
Our baby Skyler is one week old now, and we’re so lucky to have a lot of friends bringing by meals (or else we’d be playing clean-out-the freezer most evenings), but Aron made this one for us, one rainy, sleepy day.
Though our days of diapering are just beginning with Skyler, ours with Hudson are numbered. He’s starting to show interest in using the toilet! Looking back, we went the disposable route, and have had varying success with different brands (though, oftentimes leaks were our fault when we wouldn’t realize it was time to move up a size!). Our current solution: we use a Huggies diaper (like Huggies Snug & Dry) for overnight. Other brands weren’t quite up to the overnights, and Hudson was routinely waking up wet. Problem solved!
But there’s another reason to appreciate Huggies: They donate diapers to children in need, through their program “Every Little Bottom Deserves a Diaper.” 1 in 3 parents in America struggle to provide diapers; in response, in 2010, Huggies launched the Every Little Bottom program and has since has partnered with local and national organizations to help build awareness. They have donated over 60 million diapers to date.
