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Wednesday 26 March 2014

Treasure Hunting & Little Boy Blue

It's been a few weeks since my last post, reason being we were away on vacation in Florida! Sounds lovely yes, but actually I'm never ever going to drive down again... especially with a crying 3 month old who had the flu on the looong drive back. My poor baby!!

Before everyone started getting sick, it was day 2 of driving home and we found this antique mall in Georgia just before reaching Tennessee. I'm obsessed with antiquing. How can you not be beyond excited to wander rooms and rooms full of old stuff that's come from all kinds of places and all kinds of time periods? There's a story behind each object and the feeling of mystery and nostalgia is overwhelmingly exciting!

I came across this section of toys from when I was a kid and it was like stepping back into my childhood...

Ummmmm amazing, right?!? And there was more!

This is the kind of stuff Planet Milkshake will be born out of!! So I grabbed a few treasures and felt sad that I had to leave the rest behind. I also came across some baby clothes and got Xander a vintage outfit (I call it the Little Boy Blue outfit)! Soo awesome. Here are my treasures:

Not sure which pony this is, do you know?

Bedtime Bear!

Sweet kitschy bunny

Vintage baby boy's outfit

Cuuute!!



Wednesday 5 March 2014

November Babies @ lil' bean n' green cafe & play

A couple of weeks ago Xander and I drove to Toronto to meet some of the ladies and babies from the November Babies! Facebook group. Visiting the city is a bit more stressful with a baby, I learned. I was so worried about getting lost and being late! Guess what happened? I got lost and was late... ha.

This place is called Lil' Bean N' Green. (http://www.lilbeanandgreen.com/) It's a cute and cozy environment where moms can come and chill with their babies and connect with other mamas! Stroller parking, great food and service, a sweet play area... I really wish I lived closer so I could take Xander there all the time!


I had a green tea latte and a chocolate zuccini muffin. Xander had milk. Speaking of which it was so great to be able to nurse out in the open and not feel weird about it. Really enjoyed meeting these ladies and their babies in person after all these months!  

(There's little Xander on the end far right, in his H&M jeans and cardigan & Baby Gap socks... he's usually much better dressed than I am these days..)