because everything tastes better homemade
Tuesday was our first official day of summer. All three of my kids are finished with the school year and are home with me for the next 10 weeks! I try my best to balance activities, family time, play dates and even allow for quite a bit of unscheduled, unstructured free time. Did you hear Continue Reading …
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 …
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 …
Refreshed!!! That is how I am feeling right now. I have spent the last four mornings from 9am to noon ALONE, without children!!! This is a first for me. Every summer, I volunteer at our church Breakaway camp (VBS). I love volunteering and being a part of such a fun-filled week for the kids. However, Continue Reading …
This morning when I dropped my 1st grader off at school, I watched him from my car window until I could see him no more. It was raining out so he had his rain jacket with a hood on and was holding his umbrella above his head. He was walking fast to escape the rain Continue Reading …
After I had my first baby, several friends brought over meals during the following week. One of those meals arrived with a box of chocolates. On the card was written, “every woman who just gave birth deserves a box of chocolate”. Well, I couldn’t have agreed more! This little rule is one that I have never forgotten. When I am Continue Reading …
