Hyacinth flowers in the birch pot Thomas bought last fall are bringing all the springy feels to our dining room this week. The flowers smell sooooo good too! See those little egg bites up there? I have a post coming up about them. They are easy, quick and delicious – the best combo for a recipe!
Baby It’s Cold Inside
You know how sometimes it gets warmer outside than it is inside? That effect was strong all week, and I often found myself going outside to warm up! Inside, however, I had on two jackets, including my Luxe Hoodie ( <– on sale!) which reminds me of something Jon Snow would wear with all that fur up there!
Occasionally I Eat Reese’s
One reason I like shopping at Whole Foods is that I don’t have the temptation of junk food. Yes I am tempted by certain things, Oreos and Reese’s are two of my favorite not-so-real foods. (I have zero temptation to eat Doritos or swing through drive thrus though.) I went into Kroger on the way home from my soccer game on Sunday to pick up some chicken broth for our dinner recipe. While in there I passed the Easter candy aisle. Mind you I had just played two hours of soccer and was STARVING so that did not help! I bought the boys some Easter basket goodies and came out with this bag of Reese’s Pieces eggs – big ones – that I just had to try. OMG – so good.
Sunny Soccer
Mazey had a soccer game on Monday and we were treated to bright blue skies. (It poured down rain during my Sunday game – I can’t remember the last time I got rained on like that!) He scored two goals!
B. Good
Afterwards, we went to B. Good for dinner! They invited us to come on the house, and we had a great little family meal. Did you know kids eat free on Tues + Thurs? What a great deal. And if you can see Mazen’s kids meal back there, it came with a hot dog, a few fries, broccoli, and applesauce. I’d call that a pretty good kids meal to get for free. (And Mazen even ate his broccoli!)
I had the Spicy Lime and Avocado bowl (half) and the Power Play burger (half), shared with Thomas. B. Good focuses on locally sourced ingredients and humane meats, so we will be back again soon.
Boys Will Be Boys
Birch had a playdate this week with his friend H who is just a few weeks younger. Don’t they look a little alike? Similar eyes, same cheeks. Boys gotta be tough, they say!
Fresh Faced
You guys, I swear I’ve already noticed a difference in my skin after using the Beautycounter products for a week. It seems more glow-y and even. I could be biased though, so I will keep waiting and we will let the photos speak for themselves.
I had Emily take some before photos of my face. Now that was awkward! My nose zoomed in 1000%. Here’s me with zero make up on, no filter, unedited. We can compare in a few weeks!
And here’s me with most of my Flawless In Five on! (Tint Skin in Linen // Concealer in light // Blush in Melon // Lengthening mascara in black // Brows in light // + Color Intense Lips in 9 to 5) I really love how fresh and natural the makeup looks.
Workouts
I finished my iFit French Polynesia program this week! I really do think I gained running ability from the start to finish. Running at 8.0 felt like a full on sprint when I started – I felt like I was going to fall off the tread! But by the end it felt like a fast run. I’d say that’s improvement! I also went to strength class on Wednesday. Feels good to be back!
Pre workout breakfast. And after: a banana with PB!
I love my ponytail after it spends a night in a bun 🙂
Meals
I’m still eating quiche (and pita chips) all the time! It’s been my favorite part of Plenty because it’s perfect for both lunch and dinner.
Thomas brought me a Bodos bagel for lunch one day – the usual with salmon, cream cheese, sprouts and cucumbers. If you can’t tell, this one was super light on cream cheese and just was not up to par! Cream cheese is to a bagel as frosting is to cake. The cream cheese to bagel ratio must be at least 1:1 
This meal from Plenty was 100%! Shrimp, sausage, and veggies over polenta.
We also LOVED the beef enchiladas! With a homemade side salad. These might have been the best homemade enchiladas I’ve ever had.
And for dessert – my sticky little gumdrop! I love how much he loves books.
Have a great weekend and a Happy Easter!
Sally says
My girlfriends and I were just talking about how Bodo’s has been skimping on the cream cheese lately! Weird after years of them PILING cream cheese on their bagels.
KathEats says
omg it better not be an intentional change!! I had one a few weeks ago that was perfectly globbed on, so I hope not!
Sally says
Ok phew. Was starting to get worried LOL
Andrea Shome says
Ugh that bagel sandwich!! Need.
KathEats says
You need to come visit!!
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says
Yummy! I can’t help myself from a sneaky Reese’s every now and then, too! 🙂
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Sarah says
We love “You Are My Cupcake”! When my (now 5 year old) was little and tried to mimic us reading it, he used to say, “when pies are gray” (a combo of the book and the original), and on the last page, he’s always happily exclaim, “You can just bite me!” ?
KathEats says
Aww!!
Davis says
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/when-kids-realize-their-whole-life-already-online/582916/
This is very sobering with kids and their oarents blogging or gramming them 🙁
KathEats says
Definitely all things to be mindful and aware of, but I don’t think the answer is for everyone in the world to stop Instagramming their kids. We have to evolve with modern times and figure out best practices rather than fight against it.
Sara says
All the foods look so yummy. And your post has me motivated to give the dew skin another try before returning. I felt like it was just toooo light. I kind of maybe like my Supergoop Matte Primer/Sunscreen better. Hmm. Will try it again tomorrow by itself and see if I feel to skin-conscience without something heavier.
Also, have you ever done a post on avocados? I’m a newbie. I don’t really like them, but I want to. And some tips on when is the best time to slice, when to buy, how to know they’re ripe. I let some over-ripe the other day and the got too rotten. 🙁
KathEats says
Emailed you re: Dew Skin!
And avocados are SO hard to get perfectly ripe for me! One trick I learned was to check the color of it under the little stem at the top. It seems to be a better indicator of ripeness than the feel. Do you like guacamole? I tend to like my avocados mashed the best!
Tonya says
Oh wow H is Birch’s twinnie!
KathEats says
Yeah!!
Bobbie says
Oh! seeing your “Moo, Baa, Lalala” sure brought back a flash of memories! We loved those board books, and especially those by Sandra Boynton. So fun! Mind you, my babies are now 22 and 17…those books are ageless!
Love watching your family adventures!
KathEats says
Aww!! I love all of her books!
Carla says
Well since you brought it up, I am curious – how much egg consumption do you recommend?! There’s so much conflicting information on whether it’s “safe” to eat two eggs in a day, or an egg everyday, or, you know! Partly asking because my 17 MO is currently on a major food/veggie strike and eggs are always something I can interest her in, but we’re concerned if we’re over-doing it! Also for our own heart-healthy practices.
KathEats says
I would not worry about 1-2 eggs per day at all. Unless you are Gaston and are eating a dozen a day!