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Current favorites:

- Thunder clouds of love, the dreamiest blog.

- I love the idea of a relationship to do list, I know Damian and I sure need some "just us" time.
- I'm loving this DIY.
- Chocolate graham granola and Chocolate crepes with orange cream cheese filling? Yes please.

- I love the new Pillowfort home collection for kids from target. Especially this, this, this and this.

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{cotton candy clouds}

Current favorites:

- Tonight's plan include a movie and this 2 ingredient playdough with my bb.
- Want to make these pb+j fudge brownies. also read the intro to the recipe: hilarious!

- How to grow a lemon tree in a pot.
- This is so on point haha.
- Travel goals: Spain
- Currently listening to this song, it speaks to my soul.

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Been hoarding some links, my bookmarks are getting out of control so here are my current favorites:

- How to roast a chicken. Roasted two chickens today, using this recipe. Highly recommended, was always too scared to roast a whole chicken but this recipe made it look so simple that I went ahead and tried it out. The chicken comes out so juicy, even the breast! Also, truss the chicken!

- Almond joy overnight oats. Sometimes I just want to wake up and have breakfast ready. It doesn't get better than coconut + chocolate.

- Healthy peanut butter fudge. Need to make these this weekend for when my sweet tooth kicks in. I Made healthy Reese's once and they were as good as the not so healthy ones you get at the grocery store. They kept great in the freezer and were great to satisfy the sugar cravings.

- Homemade mayo in two minutes. Made my own mayo while I was on whole30 last summer and it really is so simple! This video shows you exactly how to, in less than two minutes.

- Madewell's spring collection is so dreamy. 

- This birthday party is the cutest and looks like so much fun!

LINKS | It's Friday!

This week was tough and I'm so happy for the weekend. This heat is getting very hard to bear. Help. I'm too excited for cool weather and all fall things and this is coming from a summer lover. This heat though.

Favorite internet stuff:

I recently found a poloroid camera at the thrift store for 5 bucks! I NEED this film.
I kinda really want to be bulma for halloween. I had a slight dragon ball obsession in my teen years.
25 daily habits that will make you smarter. I need to get on these.
I reallyyy want this shirt for Maximiliano.
What it looks like when men are allowed to take 480 days of paternity leave. How I wish we had this.
Wise parenting words.

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{ taken at horton plaza mall during comic con weekend, these mini piñatas were adorable. }

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Damian is away for the weekend, his band is going to play at some punk camp, 14 hours from here. I've been so uninspired lately. I started a whole30 again but this time it's actually a whole90. It's been great so far. Damian and Maxi have been torturing me by eating donuts in front of me several times. I decided to do whole30 for 90 days because honestly as soon as whole30 ended, oh my gosh, I didnt know what to do with myself... I slowly started going back to my old ways and then it went back to uncontrollable cravings. I hope with this time doing the cleanse for 90 days, it will be harder to go back to old habits/ easier to continue with healthy habits. Round two has been waaay easier. No headaches, grown up tantrums or hard core cravings. I still have cravings, but they are the controllable kind. I dropped my 3 month old phone in the toilet today. No insurance. Some times things don't go as planned. Some times life isn't as exciting as you'd like. But it is always beautiful. 

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Favorite links as of lately:

These are happening in my kitchen after my whole90. Cinnamon sugar funnel cake.

New take on after dinner mints. These would be perfect for a dinner party with vanilla ice cream, why not.

This outfit. Perfect for those in between days. when summer is turning into fall (at least in San Diego).

Travel light. What to take on your trip.

This Spa water screams summer and is perfect for whole30. I have some similar jars and a plant of mint!

If I have a daughter. That bed is a dream.

LINKS | It's the weekend!

{ so many hearts in my watermelon today }

I'm on day 28 of whole30! That means Sunday I'm having sushi and ice cream! I'm so happy with the results I've gotten from whole30. 1. I haven't weighed myself but I fit perfectly into all the jeans that I had stopped wearing due to gaining weight. 2. I don't suffer from cravings. like. at. all. 3. I can actually say no to doughnuts, chocolate and ice cream. 4. I don't have to constantly snack on something, three meals a day and the occasional handful of nuts or fruit and I'm totally satisfied. 5. I can cook the same thing for the family instead of cooking a meal for myself and one for them. My relationship with food has completely changed for the better and I love how I feel so much that I'm starting whole30 again on July 5th.

Last weekend was so much fun! I had a girls date with my friend Jasmin, then we went to have dinner with her and her family, they invited us to spend the night at their new place and after, we picked up Damian and Maxi who where back from visiting my dad in TJ. Us girls ended up staying home with the bbs and the boys went to our friends house who was actually bummed that we didn't go, they were waiting for us with s'mores for the kids. On Sunday morning we all went to the farmers market and after we had a carne asada at their place. Everything wasn't all fine and dandy we did have a big scare at the end of the day when Maxi jumped from one couch to another and bumped his head on some furniture, he bled a lot and Damian kind of panicked so we all got really scared but luckily my baby is a tough cookie and the cut wasn't deep. Some antibiotics, bandages and icees did the job. Oh boy did we get scared though, I felt so bad for my poor baby. The next day the first thing he said when he woke up was " I jump, I jump mama, I hurt!".

This weekend we have our friends birthday party, zoo date and like I mentioned a sushi and ice cream date.

Hope you guys have a great one! XOXO

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This weeks favorites:

Italy's eels have a cocaine problem.

Watch San Diego from above.

Elvis ice cream snackwiches.

Fresh raspberry and gin slushies.

Magic words.

Four cheese pizza.

LINKS | Doughnut Day

{ Happy National Doughnut Day! These are from my birthday. I'm on day 22 of whole30 so no donuts for me, yay! I'm not even craving them, I don't recognize myself! }

It's Friday! We might go to a little fair that's near by depending how we are feeling later on. It's one that my mom always took me and my sisters when we were younger, I drove by it yesterday and got flashbacks of younger days. Saturday, Damian will be going to Tijuana to help my dad with some stuff around the house and he will be taking Maximiliano. This is like the third time that he will be away from me since he was born (not counting when I was working a few hours in the afternoons). I immediately hit up my friend to make some plans for the day. It's not everyday I get a day all to myself! So far we will be having brunch at Cafe Chloe and checking out some thrift stores. Hope you all have a lovely weekend. XOXO

these weeks favorites (involve lots of food):

Of course I have to share these s'mores donuts. I think I just gained 20 pounds by looking at them.

And some more indulging: deep dish cookie pies! that involve ice cream. 

12 AWESOME recipes. Must make that chopped salad this week.

Want to start doing this short ab routine. P.S. I have no clue what Jennifer Aniston's abs look like.

And because we are celebrating donuts, here's a fun donut game for a kids party!

Lastly: GOALS.

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It's Friday! It's been raining over here today so I'll post this picture of last week when it was starting to feel like summer. Chalk, water balloons and lots of bubble blowing. 

Last weekend I talked about wanting to start whole 30, I was talking to my mom about it and she said she wanted to join me. She also said she was going to tell my little sister about it, apparently we are all doing it together and I'm excited! My mom set the date, from May 15 to June 13. I though it was perfect since it's after mother's day but before Maximiliano's birthday. Also we plan on going to the fair right after whole 30.

No date night today since Damian is playing a show, we just went out for some quick mexican food and to get Maxi a little bug kit. We then captured some snails, fed them some leaves and they will be released before we go to bed. Saturday we plan on heading over to the farmer's market, last Saturday day we were there and after we ended up in old town where there was a cinco de mayo celebration we weren't even aware of, it was lots of fun! Still no plans for Sunday so we'll see where we end up maybe we can head over to that ice cream place I've been wanting to try out also maybe pick up a new plant. We'll see.

This weeks favorites:

DIY leather and brass hanging planter. These planter diy's keep on getting better!

Everyone is making their own baby wipes.

Cutest modern mickey mouse party.

Favorite songs this week: This one & This one.

Fluffer Nutter Stuffed Oreos.

Trio of habanero salsas. Definitely will be making some.

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 { Maximiliano with grandma on a taco tuesday date | no I do not let him drink coke but yes my mom at times let's him have a sip of hers, no matter how many times I tell her not to. }

Spicy Sofritas Veggie Bowls. On the to make list.

I am definitely the Default Parent.

DIY leather strap hanging planters. YES please.

Can't decide if I want to get these or these for Maximiliano.

I've been having baby fever lately. These baby girl clogs are the cutest.

GOALS.

It's Friday and we literally have no plans this weekend and I am perfectly fine with that.

I've been really contemplating doing a round of whole 30. I feel like my body would really thank me for it. After struggling with eating a healthy diet but getting crazy junk food cravings and sometimes binge eating, I think whole 30 would help me with the sugar cravings. If you haven't heard about whole 30, you can check out their program rules here. If I do it, I would start tomorrow and that would most likely mean we would possibly go out for pizza and a coconut latte today.

What are your plans for this weekend?

XOXO, Lidia.

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{ Picnic we had last spring, those are our favorite Vietnamese sandwiches }

This weeks favorites:

This chocolate bar. It's named moonwalk.
This lost Mongolian tribe, BREATHTAKING.
Cooked this yesterday but added more veggies. SO simple and full of flavor.
13 breakfast favorites in San Diego. I'm trying Snooze next weekend.
Tres leches cronuts anyone?
Thinking of getting bangs, going to go for something like this.


I'm so happy it's finally the weekend, Maximiliano and I have been stuck inside the house this WHOLE week. He has a pretty bad cough (that has now passed on to me) and we've been resting plenty. I was hoping that he'd be better this weekend so we could go on some adventures but we'll see... Mean while I'm hoping to head to the farmers market tomorrow morning, I had the best mint mojito iced coffee last Saturday and I'm officially hooked.  We're also having a few friends over tomorrow and hopefully Sunday we can head to the zoo. Today I'm really hoping for a date with my husband, I sure need a breather. Hope you all have a fun filled weekend!

XOXO, Lidia

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{ I'm doing dishes and I turn to find him like this }

Favorite links this week:

I came upon this charming little blog. Her daughters are adorable and I'm totally getting baby fever.

I love netflix recommendations because it takes me HOURS to find something to watch.

Umm, I also love Jamie Oliver and I want to make these healthy dim sum buns so bad.

This adult version of capri sun involving vodka, my birthday is coming up.

Forever dreaming of hammocks and this one is just so perfect.

Thinking of baking some Easter cupcakes for our picnic, these look fabulous!

Excited for the weekend although this week flew right past us. This week was a lazy one for us over here so I'm really looking forward to getting out of the house this weekend! Tomorrow my husband plays a show with both of his bands so there won't be a date night which I'm kinda bummed about. Initially I was going to go with him but I really am not feeling in the mood so I told him I'd pass this time. Hope you all have a lovely Easter weekend! XOXO