Lumenocity

40 hours in 3 days.  Yep!  And a huge thank you goes out to my mom for bussing in town and being such an awesome  Grandma for the weekend - taking such amazing care of our little one and bringing him by work so I could get my fix.  They even attended both the dress rehearsal and first performance - Soren loved it!

This event was breathtaking, beautiful, colossal and humbling to be a part of.  For those that may not have had a chance to see the show, here is an excellent trailer and review from the weekend.   And yes - that is on Gramophone's website!

I was hired to record the music for the YouTube videos being released next month and the documentary scheduled for release in the late fall.  I had the pleasure of working with Elaine Lee Martone - Grammy award winning producer and just a straight up, fun chick to hang out with!  The music was phenomenal.  The musicians played with so much heart and it was humbling to see 35,000 people cheering them on this weekend.

I am proud and honored to work with an organization, conductor and group of talented artists capable of conquering such a weekend.  I am looking forward to the rest of this season and our recording projects soon to come!

photo courtesy of the Cincinnati Symphony facebook page 

Toddler Tea

We have coffee... and Soren has 'milk tea'.   

Rick and I have coffee every morning - it's our time together and our routine.  Soren started showing interest in our mugs and would say 'coffee? hot?', so I thought, why not? Isn't about time Soren joined in on the morning ritual?  We love food and I hope to pass down that appreciation to Soren.  More on the routine of food later...   

So I fished around on the internet for good, warm toddler drinks and found this recipe: 

1 cup milk (we use whole 'cream top' milk or raw)

1/4 tsp turmeric

1/4 tsp cinnamon  

1 tbsp honey

We warm it in a small pot and whisk vigrousely to combine the ingredients and get that fluffy consistency.  If you have a milk steamer (connected to your fancy espresso machine) that would be a good alternative too!  Nuking I feel gives the drink a sour taste...

It's Indian in origin and so good - sometimes I offer it in the evening if he didn't have some in the morning and make a double batch for myself!  I love his yellow-cinna-stache after a whole mug! 

He loves it.  So now - 'momma's coffee, Soren's milk tea'.  He asks for it by name and helps make it at the stove! 

Yeatman's Cove Sprayground

Don't get me wrong - I love our Coney passes.  No really - LOVE them.  There is nothing like being able to take a dip in the pool for just a couple hours at a time - enough to cool off, and enough to wear out our wee one. 

But spraygrounds are a completely different beast.   Our plans today were fouled since Washington Park is in the midst of mid-season maintenance, but fear not! Yeatman's Cove Sprayground was alive and kickin'.

We'd never been before, but Soren was totally up for the adventure.  We had a blast and recommend this spot to cool down.  It's tricky to find, nestled between the Purple People and Taylor-Southgate bridges and just behind 1 Lytle Place (Condos, I believe) - but worth tracking down.  Small, simple and a lot of fun.  

Soren's BFF and her new baby brother and momma joined us.  These two were ridiculous amounts of adorable, I couldn't STAND it.  They are always like this.  Holding hands through the center sprinklers, giving hugs after falls and rooting one another on.  It's too cute!