Candy Bar Cheesecake Brownies

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PMS and children do not go well together.  PMS and Candy Bar Cheesecake Brownies go very well together!  I love my children dearly but today I am counting down the minutes until they go to bed so that I can calm my raging hormones with a few one of these… Candy Bar Cheesecake Brownies Brownie Continue Reading …

Baked Spaghetti

Baked Spaghetti

It does not work for me to prepare dinner in the afternoon.  In the afternoon, my kids need me, my undivided attention.  When I am trying to make dinner while Caleb is asking for help with his homework, Bella is begging for a snack and Drew is coloring on the table, it just doesn’t work.  Continue Reading …

Toot Sweet Giveaway!

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It was almost three years ago when I was drowning in laundry, diapers and dishes…  I was spending my days taking care of my three babies ages four and under.  I was consumed with them but feeling as though I had lost myself.  I needed something for me!  Just a small space, that I could Continue Reading …

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

I always thought that one Halloween all three of my kids would wear coordinating costumes.  I see other families with a Mickey and a Minnie, a Luke Skywalker and a Princess Leia, a princess and a knight.  It’s cute, it’s adorable!  I like the whole sibling costume coordinating thing but it’s just not going to happen Continue Reading …

Pumpkin Crumb Muffins

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Fall has finally arrived here in California!!!  I am going to enjoy every minute of it, well at least  until it warms back up to 90 degrees next week…  In the mean time, we kicked off the season by making these pumpkin muffins.  They are AMAZING!  You really must try them :) Pumpkin Crumb Muffins With Continue Reading …

Brownies in a Jar

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I was a teacher back in my pre-baby days.  In those days, my students were my babies!  I poured all that I had into them.  I would wake up each morning, thinking about our day of teaching and learning and then each afternoon, begin planning for tomorrow.  Even on breaks and on the weekends, my students were Continue Reading …