Food, Family, and Lifestyle
This past Friday, we hosted my daughter’s 7-year old ‘spa’ birthday party. Naturally, there was lots of preparation to do and in the eyes of children, the most interesting part is that of cupcake making and strawberry dipping. In case you are wondering about those cute cupcake liners, I bought them at Michael’s crafts. To…
Blame it on the evening coffee habit. I made a huge batch of the crispy treats mixture, placed some in the muffin tins for the nests and then still had a lovely bowl of it staring at me. I also have a basket of empty Easter eggs from a neighborly egg hunt hanging out on the…
Tomorrow is Earth Day and there are many of us celebrating by joining forces with The Motherhood for ‘B Kind 2 Earth Day’. You want to join us? Spectacular! Simply click on the link above and pledge to do something great for the earth tomorrow. Whether it be to recycle, plant a flower or begin…
Phew, what a title. Now that we got through that, let me tell you how I came up with this gooey, newey treat. See, my babies gave up chocolate for lent and at age 5 and 6, I am so impressed. Not that we are daily chocolate eaters but with birthday parties and all, it forced the…
Once upon a time, Jennifer met Niri. First via Twitter and then IRL. These two great ladies have gotten to know each other little by little over the past year and a half. Niri knows Jennifer likes quality food and fun and invited Jennifer to a event hosted by herself and Panera Bread two weekends ago….
Apparently I gave birth to a football player. Said football player is a fresh 5-year old yet eats like a 18-year old linebacker. Said linebacker wants to wake up and eat cereal. If that route is taken, linebacker is hungry 30 minutes later on his way to preschool. I said ‘enough of this boy, you are…
The kids and I left for a short trip to get Grandma in Maine yesterday afternoon and came home late this afternoon. It is late and I found myself thinking about the cutest, funnest, and the charming moments that I have been lucky to be a part of over the past three days. Palm Sunday: My daughter…
This weekend was jammed packed. Just about every second of Saturday and Sunday were going to be occupied. Friday night was also going to be full of cleaning and final prep for our open house so I need to make a balanced but quick meal. I had purchased some ground bison with the intent of…
Name this Tune: ‘Till the one day when the lady met this fellow and they knew it was much more than a hunch, That this group would somehow form a family….” Yes, the brady bunch. That song pops into my head when I am asked ‘Why are you selling our house?’ But let me say…
