Monday Morning Roundup

Good morning, friends!

I am coming off of a bit of a blah weekend - just very low energy & tired despite best efforts to get!moving! (Our closest park/playground is a little over a mile away, and we walk to get there) so just hoping to start this week off on a little better footing.

I found this cookie cutter shop and I’m very excited to grow my collection for holidays and also just because I want a cactus shaped peanut butter sandwich.

Lunar New Year is this Friday! OhJoy did a post on fun ways to celebrate, and my friend Benson has a children’s book out now about the holiday - Alex’s Good Fortune

Used these wool felted red hearts to make a quick and easy Valentine’s garland for over our bookshelf. Just used a needle to string them onto some twine et voila!

For those of you looking for a rundown of the Super Bowl commercials from Sunday - USA Today has an admeter list of what seems to be most of them? AdWeek also released their Top 10 list. The Will Ferrell/Awkwafina/Kenan Thompson GM spot is my favorite - it highlights their focus on electric vehicles which I think is so important moving forward environmentally, plus it reminds me to rewatch Will Ferrell in Eurovision: A Story of Fire Saga 🤗

Parents.com shared how 4 working moms are making it through the pandemic.

Katie has been really into puzzles lately, so we got a couple of these great chunky ones from Janod (here and here) - I love that the pieces can also double as general imaginary play pieces to stack/add to train & block sets, because of how sturdy they are.

This Mickey Mouse ikea chair DIY is to die for! I fully plan to incorporate it into any future playroom or larger living room space

Following the House of Representatives report on heavy metals in baby foods, I found Jennifer’s (Kids Eat in Color) breakdown of what it means and more resources really helpful

For anyone else with kiddos obsessed with their play kitchens - Disney just released the cutest wooden Snow White’s apple pie baking set