I’ve been missing you all and just wanted to say a quick hello and to wish you all a very happy weekend! We have my daughter’s 1st Communion this weekend, which means a whole bunch of family coming into town to stay with us. We are also celebrating all the cousins birthday’s for the first…
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Project 365 2012 – A Photo a Day Journey – Week 4
Our week four in pictures… enjoy! As always, additional pictures and outtakes can be found by following me on Instagram and Flickr. January 22nd, 2012: It always amazes me to watch little kids play with baby dolls… the instinct to be nurturing to little ones is so evident during that special play time. Although Leah…
Room to Breathe {Recipe: Red Beans and Rice}
You may have noticed I was a bit grumpy last week. I would share the reason why with you, but it is long and drawn out and involves a 5 year old screaming hysterically all the way to school and to her classroom about a water bottle. That’s how I started my birthday and it…
5 Things I Love About My Mom {Recipe: Strawberry Lemonade Spritzer}
Strawberry Lemonade Spritzer I consider myself very lucky to have a mom who I can also call my best friend. I love many things about my mom, but I’ve managed to sum up a few of my favorite things about her that make me smile. It’s the thought that counts. My mom isn’t a big…
Super Bowl Bar Food {Recipe: Classic Fish & Chips}
I’ll admit it… I don’t watch football. Before my husband and I were married, I pretended like I liked football and would lay around on the couch with him all weekend during the fall and winter acting insanely fascinated by the college and NFL football games. To be honest with you… I could have cared…
Video: Kraft Foods Big Fork Little Fork iPad App
Big Fork Little Fork is a new Apple iPad application by Kraft Foods designed to get kids engaged and excited about food and spending time in the kitchen. Since I have a couple of growing foodies in my home, I was excited when Kraft contacted me to see if I’d have an interest in…
The Dark Side of Angel Food Cake (Recipe: Chocolate Angel Food Cake)
I’m sure that I am breaking all the blogging rules by posting this on the weekend… and a holiday weekend at that, but I can’t wait a second longer to share these recipes with you. If you have a Memorial Day party to go to this weekend and you are looking for the simplest of…
Too Old for Comfort? (Recipe – Diner Meat Loaf Muffins)
I’m coming to you all, once again, for parenting advice. You’ve supported me through my experience with Postpartum Depression. You’ve offered advice when I was Parenting with a Heavy Heart. You have even stepped up when things got serious around here… remember the controversy surrounding hand-me-down undies? 🙂 Now, I am looking to you all…
Cake Decorating Woes (Recipe – Millie’s White Wedding Cake)
A little under 8 years ago, I took a cake decorating class. It was my first foray into domestication after my first child was born. I was determined that as the perfect mom I was sure to be, all of my kids’ cakes would be extra special and decorated by me. Well, to do that,…
Jealous Much?
Leah is 4 months old today! Cliche as it may sound, I can’t believe that she is 4 months already. Where has the time gone? I watch the slideshow from when she was born and it seriously seems like yesterday. When the kids woke up this morning, I said “make sure you tell Leah Happy…