The forthcoming Year of the Horse provided the best excuse to run out and pick up the Horse Shaped tin in the Ikea Drömmar [Dream] line. [Bea has already commandeered the baby horse tin that came with the larger horse tin for some sort of project with the stuffed animals upstairs!] Since we’re trying to go […]
Archive | January, 2014
Year of the Horse: A Lighter Chinese New Year Feast, Cabbage-Wrapped “Pot-Stickers” and Spicy Green Beans with Pork [or other Protein]
Welcome, Year of the Horse, the Year of the Lean, Mean, Race Horse, that is! As you probably know by now, we absolutely love Chinese food. Case in point, our Chinese New Year Feast Recipes from 2012. Heck, we liked our own menu so much that we re-created it in 2013. This year, we’re creating a […]
Year of the Horse: Graffiti Resolutions [Free Printable]
Who makes New Year’s Resolutions on January 1st? Why not wait and make them “Graffiti-style” on Chinese New Year? The Year of the Horse begins on January 31st. To get ready for the big day, we’ll be making these “Graffiti Resolution” Sheets. Want to try? All you need to do is print out the image or […]
Framing Gulliver’s Travels
Happy New Year! As is our way, we took the first few weeks in January to re-group after our outrageous 2013 Family Advent Calendar escapades. Of course, we haven’t actually had much time to rest. We’ve had the usual back to school rush, albeit with a bit more snow and ice to tackle along the […]