Nourishing young, hearts, minds, tummies, and creativity all while staying under budget
Today is Ash Wednesday: the day that signifies the beginning of the season of Lent in Catholic and confessional Protestant churches. Many will attend Mass or church services where they will receive ashen crosses upon their foreheads, among the other essential elements of the Divine Service: the Word and Sacrament. Tonight, Josh and I will…
Chocolate. Peanut butter. Chocolate peanut butter. Enough said? Right! Chocolate and peanut butter are a match made in Heaven. I imagine the conversation went something like this: Angel 1: You got some peanut butter in my chocolate! Angel 2: No way! You got some chocolate in my peanut butter! Angel 1: *tastes* Hm.. You know…
** THIS IS A BIRTH STORY. THERE IS FRANK DISCUSSION ABOUT BIRTH, WHICH IS NOT EXACTLY A PRUDISH TOPIC. IF YOU THINK IT MAY OFFEND YOU, KINDLY NAVIGATE AWAY FROM THIS PAGE AND FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO READ AND WE’LL ALL HAVE A HAPPIER DAY 🙂 ** When I got pregnant with the baby we’d come to…
Soon we’ll be welcoming a new member to the family. For us, a new baby means tons of change (obviously) but it’s particularly huge for me as mom, since our plan is to breastfeed exclusively for 4-6 months, and continue for up to Baby’s first birthday (and possibly beyond). Breastfeeding with Paisley was an unexpected…
Quick! Can someone let me know which Instagram filter to use to cover up a crappy morning? Today I could use all the heavy filters to hide the ugly truth that some days as a mom just suck. This morning started off with a series of events that jarred me into a horrible mood. Even…
Hi Friends! Paisley here (with some spelling help from Mama) to cover one of my favorite topics: food! I love to eat and talk about food constantly (cookies, anyone?) and thought that it might be fun to share with you my favorite snack combos. These are hands-down my favorites and I know they’ll be hits…
Transitioning from high chair to the dinner table was simply something I’d never considered as Paisley grew and graduated from milkies to solids and purees to full-blown meals. One recent morning we sat Paisley down to breakfast in her high chair in the kitchen, set to preparing our coffee and meals to take along to…
Well, it’s certainly been a while since we updated this section of our site. Don’t worry, we’ve been reading here at Casa Rystedt! Tons, actually. Since becoming mobile, Paisley has developed an insatiable appetite for finding books and roping Josh or me into reading them to her. She also loves to pull apart her bookshelf…
This past Wednesday was Josh’s and my third wedding anniversary! It’s one of my favorite days of the whole year – even though this year he was almost 800 miles away from me and I didn’t get a chance to kiss him until I picked him up from the airport at 11 PM. We got…
With a new baby on the way, Josh and I have been busy plotting our “two kids, one tiny apartment” game plan. Paisley and Baby Rystedt V2 will be sharing a bedroom, the backseat of our CR-V, and pretty much everything else (sorry, kids). Currently Paisley has our large second bedroom to herself and doesn’t…