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Have you ever seen someone on the street and envied how stylish they looked? Do you have a friend who is kind of your fashion role model? Are there times when you wished you came up with a particular style that is in? You wished you worn it before everyone else. You want to be one of the hipsters for just one day? 

Well, forget it because someone came before you and did it all: your dad.

One of my favorites: the big headphones trend

If you want to find out what other trends your hip dad prevented you from inventing by doing it first go on this blog. Even if you don´t go check it out. If you don´t laugh you´ll get your money back.

Picture from www.dadsaretheoriginalhipster.tumblr.com

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We have this book and Aurora really seems to like it so I thought I´d recommend it. It´s called Kribbel-Krabbel by Karin Blume. You stick your fingers through holes in the pages and they become parts of the animals on the page. It´s a really cute little book and it´s only about 4€ (in Germany).

 

Available on Amazon

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My favorite fruit is sand berry. Or wait, maybe not. On the other hand... Let me try another one. Uh no! I was right they´re horrible! Well, I´ll give it one last try. Yum! Oh no discusting! Hm kinda nice. Gross! Yummy! Gross! Yummy! 

Gross! Yummy!

Gross! Yummy!

Dear Diary

I could eat my baby! 

No literally - I could eat her... 

...clothes. 

I just never noticed how yummy her pants look until I made these cupcakes yesterday. 

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True two cats is enough but I guess Matt must have missed our two furry children so much when we we´re on Christmas break that he got Aurora her own. She is striped, she is Japanese and she poops way less than danger - which basically can be said about any being in the world though. But I guess it would have been a shock if Matt had come back empty handed from his trip to Muji.

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No further description needed, right?!

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Another great blog is "whats cooking with kids". It´s a mother on the quest to give parents suggestions on how to feed their kids healthy, organic food, how to get them involved in cooking and how your lifestyle (with kids) can be shaped by trying to be as environment friendly as possible. She has written a cookbook and is running a mobile cooking school for kids.

Stop by the blog and I am sure you´ll find great ideas.

I like especially:

1. A post in which she measures the amounts of sugar in common drinks (keep in mind that this is a page based in the USA - some of the brands are not available in Europe)

2. A post in which she describes her struggle with feeding her child in the past, how she learned and tips on the issue for new parents. Written with heart and personal experience which makes you want to take her advice because it doesn´t sound like schooling if the teacher tells you exactly how they came to their conclusions.

3. A post introducing a tool that helps you feed your family healthy food while staying on your budged. 

Dear Diary

"Auntie" Kim came to visit last weekend - it was great fun!

Me and my Mommy want her to move back! 

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Did you think we we´re going to let our child grow up without a joda doll?? Of course not! Who would teach her the way of the force?!

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This is another trinket Matt brought back from Japan. It was actually for me, it´s a heart shaped prayer sign that wishes for a happy relationship. But right now it´s residing in Auroras display shelf. I am sure she wishes her parents to have a happy relationship as well.

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Auntie Sarah is getting married in September. Auntie Sarah has asked me to make her wedding cake. Auntie Sarah has send me the link to a certain blog for inspiration. Auntie Sarah has scared me for life. This woman, I call her crazy cake lady, posts about her baking adventures and by the looks of it also has made a little business out of it. It´s beyond insane but go see for yourself. 

The Blog. 

Anyway I saw these babyshower cookies and thought they we´re cute. Plus I´ve got a baby shower bake assignment coming up. I´m going to go for cupcakes though, since I need to practise for the wedding anyway. ...Oh yeah and also because I am not insane.

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Germanys next Topmodel has been chosen. How can you be not even a year old and act like this as soon as you see a camera? Anywho... I actually took this picture to show off her lovely scarf which Kim made for her. She is taking a sowing class now and this is the first thing she made by herself at home. And she thought of Aurora, aww! I am so jealous! It´s got little elephants on the one side as you can see and white/blue stripes on the other. Plus I love the shirt and the scarf together. I am a bit of a mixed-patterns-phob but I think these two look well together. I wish I could pull the kind of style off that Aurora has. Am I old and out of style already? I didn´t expect it to go so fast.

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These foam plates with letters are nothing special. They are available basically everywhere from toy stores over drug stores to grocery stores. Every kindergarten and every household probably has them. But I was a tiny bit proud of my picture so I figured I´d mention them to be able to show it off.

Never the less they are a big hit with Aurora. Not so much for the reason we thought they would be though. Maybe they actually taste like blueberry and such and it´s like that high pitched noise that they use in England to keep teenagers from loitering. You know the frequency you loose hearing for as you grow older. So maybe these letters have a very yummy flavor that only babies can taste.

Dear Diary

... I don´t like waking up!