How do you plan to spend Mother’s Day this year? I love to host, and ever since getting married, I have made a special meal for my mother and one for my mother-in-law. However, this year will certainly be different than how I normally spend it. I am sure it…
Do you have big plans for Valentine’s Day? We’re going low-key this year. Since the kids are getting bigger and have some sense of the meaning behind this day, I plan on making them a homemade card to remind them how much we love them. And include lovey-dovey words that…
This is the longest title of a dessert ever! I am so sorry! I was afraid that if I shortened it, than I would somehow do it disservice. Or that you wouldn’t know exactly what it is. Sandwich cookies. Yes, they’re a sandwich, but technically not a cookie. But they’re…
Seven is supposed to be a lucky number, I told Matthew today. So, since you just turned 7, this should be a really great year. He was unimpressed. I’m slowly, and sadly, beginning to realize that the older he gets, the more uncool I become. When did being 7 get…
Do you have a favorite recipe, one you come back to time and time again? This is my come-back-to recipe. Not only is it delicious, but it has that “wow” factor, which is definitely a bonus. I’m not gonna lie, this cake takes work, but it is totally worth it….
So in early March, I came up with a list of Easter treats I wanted to make and share. Tutorials on fondant Easter bunnies, little carrots, and cute eggs, all to go along with carrot cake cupcakes. (And I don’t know why I like carrot cake, because I certainly do…
I don’t know about you, but February seems to have snuck up on me. The older I get, the faster time goes by. I mean, didn’t Christmas just happen? And now the stores are clearancing Valentine’s stuff to make room for St. Patrick’s Day and spring. Did I miss something? …
Pacific Northwesterners love snow. I say this because we don’t get it very often and it usually doesn’t last. Yesterday was our first snow of the season, and it was a very light dusting. My one-and-a-half-year-old son was intrigued by the large white stuff floating down from the sky and…
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