Our kids never had birthday parties. Let me rephrase that, for they’ve had more than their fair share, to be honest. But they were between our different sides of the family, combined with cousins or not, and even packaged up with holiday picnics. My kids don’t suffer a lack of fanfare; but we haven’t thrown … [Read more…]
Today is a big day. Not only is it the start of another year of the 12 Weeks of Christmas Treats, but it’s also my 2-year Blogiversary! Yay! Two years of delicious goodies coming out of my kitchen and onto your screen. I hope you haven’t had to replace your keyboards because of all the … [Read more…]
We are well into birthday season here! Sunday was my husband’s 35th birthday and while he was out on a mountain bike ride with a buddy, my daughter and I whipped this up for our intimate celebration: Carrot Cake Pie with Cream Cheese Frosting. Carrot cake is one of my husband’s favorites. I rarely make … [Read more…]
Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night to pee and then you can’t get back to sleep? Or worse yet, you do resume your slumber, but it takes so long to come to you that when you finally do fall asleep–and subsequently wake for the day–you feel like crap? Ever since … [Read more…]
My son, that is. My baby, a baby no longer. Sunday was his 5th birthday and, to make up for missing all the fun that Memorial Day weekend he was born, he now gets 2-3 parties every year. Not a bad a trade-off. To end the birthday weekend festivities, I baked him a cake. I … [Read more…]