To my Valentine

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Siblings love

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World's best sisters are waiting for baby boy

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It's Christmas at our house

It's Christmas at our house,
The door is open wide.

It's Christmas at our house,
Don't knock! Just come inside!
(It's Christmas at our house, Lou Monte)

I am oh sooo blessed!!

Merry Christmas!
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Sugar cookies (no chill needed)

I was looking for a recipe of cookies that keeps their edges firmly so I could bake them with the girls and have some fun together. We made them twice and they loved both "cooking" and eating them. Besides, the recipe was requested to me by two mommy friends, so here I share it.

Take time to select the cutters:

It took us about 45 minutes and the girls were changing there minds every 5 minutes. In the end I had to set a limit of 10 shapes, otherwise today we would still be selecting and I would have to bake a tone of cookies, based on Ilaria's love for every single shape!

Prepare your helpers. ( hopefully you have some serious ones, like mine ;-) )

Needed ingredients:

Mix all ingredients.

Roll out the dough 5-6mm thick. Cut it.

As these cookies are rather thick, bake them for about 4 minutes or until they are golden at bottom. Turn them upside down.

Bake them for another 3 minutes or until they are golden on both sides.

Enjoy the result!

Poftă bună!
Ralu & Co.

(cookies' source)


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Something I believe in

"(...) Yes, my wife is JUST a mother. JUST. She JUST brings forth life into the universe, and she JUST shapes and molds and raises those lives. She JUST manages, directs and maintains the workings of the household, while caring for children who JUST rely on her for everything. She JUST teaches our twins how to be human beings, and, as they grow, she will JUST train them in all things, from morals, to manners, to the ABC’s, to hygiene, etc. She is JUST my spiritual foundation and the rock on which our family is built. She is JUST everything to everyone. And society would JUST fall apart at the seams if she, and her fellow moms, failed in any of the tasks I outlined.

Yes, she is just a mother. Which is sort of like looking at the sky and saying, “hey, it’s just the sun.”

Of course not all women can be at home full time. It’s one thing to acknowledge that; it’s quite another to paint it as the ideal. To call it the ideal, is to claim that children IDEALLY would spend LESS time around their mothers. This is madness. Pure madness. It isn’t ideal, and it isn’t neutral. The more time a mother can spend raising her kids, the better. The better for them, the better for their souls, the better for the community, the better for humanity. Period. (...)"

(source)

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Maria is 2

My other October girl, Maria, turned 2 yesterday!


Oh my, when did this happen??

And what did I do in the meantime? I worried - a lot, dreamed - a lot, planned - a lot and contemplated God's miraculous creation - not enough. (Does every mother feel the same no matter how much time she spends with her child?)

I could spend entire days just kissing and hugging her. And I'm pretty sure she would allow me do this. I remember Adrian holding her and kissing her chubby cheeks few months ago and exclaiming: "Is there any job consisting in just kissing these cheeks all day long? I would gladly stay overtime." 

We are so lucky to have her. She is kind, sweet, huggable, kissable, all smiles and dances. (of course when she's not sick or scared)

And she is lucky too, being our second child, as now we know more, understand more, have more patience.

Lately she started to speak a lot and pretty correct too. 
But she was funny in the past saying: 
"acununu pazuzu"(= încă un autobuz), 
"Toto"(= Georgio - Curious George), 
"Mama, Mama, Maaaaaaaaaaaa" when I wouldn't answered fast enough, 
nana, mama, tata, buna (instead of nani, mami, tati, buni), because until few days ago she wasn't able to spell the "i" at the end of any word
"pot"(= nu pot)

She loves horses.

And Lego Duplo:

Thanks God, she gladly eats almost any meal I cook. 
And she eats a lot of fruits. Her own way ;-)


Few days ago.
Ilaria: Şi eu vreau sa fiu odată Maria.
Eu: De ce?
Ilaria: Păi Maria tot face şmecherii. Eu nu prea fac şmecherii.

Happy Birthday, sweet Maria!

 ❤, Mami

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