I never knew how hard being a Mother would be. The late nights, early mornings and middle of the night sick kids are hard. But that part of motherhood isn’t the hardest part of motherhood. Not by a long shot. Balancing dance and soccer schedules, doctors appointments, working from home, the kids school schedules along [...]
Cinco de Mayo is only a day away! Are you ready? If you haven’t made these cupcakes, the answer is probably, NO! We have been busy running around to choir and dance concerts this week. I’m getting really tired of running around like crazy, but glad that it will be over tomorrow. I’m planning on [...]
Last week was hot and the oven rarely got used. I wanted a cookie, but wasn’t going to turn on the air conditioner just for the sake of making cookies. That sounds crazy and so unlike me! Or maybe I am suffering massive sugar withdrawals since I decided to kick sugar after reading an article [...]
Sugar and I are slowly starting to disagree. I personally know that I have an addiction to it. Seriously, where are the support groups for us?? My mom actually has become extremely intolerant of sugar, so I started hunting down recipes for her. I came across coconut sugar as a refined sugar alternative. It doesn’t [...]
This week will be full of fun. My husband and I are spending our 11th anniversary….(birds tweeting, and tweeting) We don’t know where!! We have decided to wait and see where the sale fares for the week may take us. A last minute spontaneous little adventure. We’ve talked about spending the weekend skiing somewhere, going [...]
My little boy is in early elementary school. (Every person with a boy my little boys age please give a sigh of sympathy) Honestly they are wonderful. Full of energy! This year has been a whirlwind with him. A few visits to the principal’s office, messes and mini Lego or K’nex construction projects littering the [...]
There is one combination that just screams winter to me. Pomegranates and oranges. Mix the two together, and the flavor is just perfect. I was looking for something sweet, but spicy too. On my counter sat a box of clementine oranges. A pomegranate was sitting next to the clementines. And it was lunchtime and I [...]
So maybe I’m on a bit of a lemonade kick this week. It could have something to do with the multiple trips I take to our school everyday in the heat of the day. Drop kids off in the morning, pick up kindergartener, walk home, walk back to pick up my girl, walk back home. [...]
I forgot how hot it is this time of year to walk to and from the school. When the kids and I arrived home, we were so thirsty! Our neighbors had put up a lemonade stand, and had made this delicious goji berry, honey and lemonade mix. As we talked she told me how the [...]
With the hot August days of summer in full swing, cooking in the kitchen is not something that I want to be doing. I don’t enjoy it, and with the air conditioning working overtime, I hate to add to it’s burden by spending my time by the oven. Quinoa is one of my favorite ingredients [...]
