Our friends Jim and Becca created the Feburary holiday of Febgiving and this year Tim and I decided to get into the act ourselves.  Tim designed an awesome invite and on Saturday we hosted 25 friends and seven babies for a turkey feast! Everyone brought a side dish, dessert or cheese. The table groaned under the weight of such deliciousness.

The feast in progress! I’m obsessed with Whole Foods brand Italian sparkling water.  Tastes amazing and costs $1.29 a bottle.

The table setting with red parrot tulips from the corner bodega, Marta glasses ($1.50-2.50 from CB2) and our silver, bought at auction. This vase was re-purposed from this experiment. I also used some of these vases from Jamali Garden Supply and mini daffodil plants.

We tucked fortune fish (left over from our wedding) into each napkin.  Everyone had fun with them.

A delicious looking plate.

A room full of happy babies.  Alex was so happy to share his toys with all the little people.

Tim and Alex toast the Febgiving crowd.

Thanks to Katherine and Joanna for the lovely photos!

I am looking forward to sitting next to my husband and laughing hysterically.  Date Night opens April 9th.

I walked by her on the street once and we were wearing the same clogs! She is adorable in the video below.

My sweet mother in law sent Alex these adorable Gap onsies for Valentine’s day.  I love them, he loves them and right now they are only $10 for two.  They look great with his American Apparel karate pants.  NB: One of my motherhood survival tips is that when I find a style I like (especially if it is on sale) I buy it in Alex’s size and in the next size up — this has massively cut down on the shopping I have to do.

I bought a red and an orange Sharpie peel-off china marker last week.  I so remember these from being a kid.  And, they are great to write with in a crayon-y sort of way. Just 99 cents each here.

Appliances make me crazy.  They are a necessity, they can be expensive, they take up precious New York kitchen counter space. They are universally poorly designed unless you buy something Italian and REALLY expensive, at which point, in my experience, you also need an Italian boyfriend to operate it for you.  We’ve been in need of a new toaster for six months and this week my nine year old Cuisinart toaster elegantly gave up the ghost and simply stopped toasting at all.  This necessitated some quick and deep toaster research as I eat a lot of toast (it is a quick, hot meal when you are a new mom, sad to say).  After an intense bout of reading almost every toaster review on Amazon, I bought the Breville Die Cast Smart Toaster ($129).  It is expensive, but, not the most expensive (by far! you can spend $300 on a toaster which shouldn’t shock me but it does!).  It is beautiful, really sturdy and well made and makes great toast.

We’re having a big dinner party on Saturday — our very own Febgiving.  I’ve been scouting around for some vintage cloth napkins and these caught my eye ($20 for four). PS Suddenly loving Etsy again after a long cool off.