My Blogversary, a Mini Giveaway and Mint Chocolate Cupcakes!

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Today is my one year blogversary!  This is a very big deal to me.  All of my life, I have been a “start this and never finish it kind of girl” so a year of anything is quite an accomplishment!  Over the past year, I have published 60 posts, received 309 comments and gained 136 subscribers and Continue Reading …

Pumpkin Pudding Cake

Pumpkin Pudding Cake

I don’t usually like the rain but I must say that I have really enjoyed the last couple of days of it.  On occasion, being stuck in the house on cold rainy days can actually have its benefits.  This weekend we enjoyed a cozy fire, hot chocolate, lazy pajama days, breakfast for dinner and even some pumpkin pudding cake… Continue Reading …

Slow Baked 6 hour Barbecue Ribs

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Okay, I know that it has been awhile since I last posted.  I just can’t seem to get it together these days.  Balancing the preschool and kindergarten schedules, trying to make it to the gym on a regular basis, attending soccer practice and games, remembering snacks and show and tell, keeping a somewhat clean house Continue Reading …

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

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When I was begging for a gym membership a couple years ago, my husband would often tell me to take the kids for a walk if I was wanting some exercise.  Let me clue you in on something that my husband does not seem to be aware of, taking three small children for a walk is NOT Continue Reading …

Wormy Peanut Butter Apples

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Here is a great afternoon snack to serve your kids.  Super cute and even nutritious :) Wormy Peanut Butter Apples  apples gummy worms peanut butter 1 large straw Press the straw into the apple, ensuring that it goes all the way to the center core of the apple and out the other side to make Continue Reading …

Steakhouse Potatoes

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I have noticed that I am lacking in my vegetable posts.  So in an effort to keep all the vegetable lovers out there happy, I am dedicating this post to you.  Now I don’t want to hear any complaints about the lack of nutritional value in this dish.  Potatoes are a vegetable, the fact that they Continue Reading …