Let me start by saying that I can’t take credit for this cake. I’ve seen it about 436 times on Pinterest. But my Andrew turned 12 and asked me for a cake covered in candy. I don’t really know what exactly he had in mind, but this immediately jumped into my brain full speed ahead. …
Yesterday my biggest boy, Andrew turned 12. TWELVE. Are you kidding me? In my head Andrew is still like this… But now he’s like this… I take comfort in the fact that he still likes Legos. And chocolate cupcakes. And like any other twelve year old kid, Andrew has 3 favorite food groups: cheeseburgers, pizza, …
Funfetti Cake from scratch! This easy recipe gives you fluffy white cake LOADED with sprinkles and covered in a sweet traditional buttercream frosting. This Funfetti Cake recipe is a birthday classic! In our family we have always done birthdays the same way, ever since we were small. My mom’s kitchen table is where the action is, with …
Yesterday was one of those days. Chad woke up crabby. Andrew forgot his lunch. I stubbed my toe on the vaccum cleaner and dropped a soapy dish on the kitchen floor. It broke. So I decided to get lost in the refuge of my blog. I settled on the sofa, opened my laptop up, and no …
Today is one of those rarest of days that I really don’t have much to say. That never happens, so I’m just gonna tell you to “enjoy!” I’m sure I’ll be rambling on again in an hour or two. Perhaps I should up my caffeine intake… ? For now I’ll let these photos of tender pasta rolled up …
I am the mommy that makes muffins afterschool. Family meals are often accompanied by a big slice of cake (and if it’s your birthday we can skip the meal– just go straight to the cake). I will sit for half the day and play Monopoly when I should be folding clothes. I listen attentively to my little people …
No matter the holiday, season, or reason, I am always drawn to cookies. There is something infinitely perfect about the versatility of a cookie. I can make them chewy or with a little crunch. I can make them healthy and full of oats, sweetened with honey, or calorie rich with butter and chunks of rich …
Things here have been a little hectic for the past 3 or 4 days… but not in a bad way at all. The little boys were home with me Friday for a teacher workday, and they didn’t eat me out of house and home. I took them to the library where Andrew hacked the computer …
The upcoming Easter holiday inspired me to buy a ridiculously large bage of lemons and then proceed to add lemon juice, lemon slices, and lemon zest to everything I’m cooking. When I plunked the gimantico bag of lemons into the shopping cart, ignoring the raised eyebrow that Chad threw my way (he has learned not …
My littlest sister is a pretty proficient kitchen-ista (our other sister is the brownie/pumpkin muffin queen; her ability to bake any and everything into muffin cups can’t be touched). Every once in awhile she sends me a completely random photo of something she found a minute to prepare (though I have no idea when she …