It’s that time of year again, Finn’s birthday! Big birthday boy! He’s a whopping six years old now. Goodness, how does that even happen?! I swear, time moves so brutally fast. Last year I baked up those Pumpkin & Peanut Butter Pupcakes for him, which he seemed to enjoy. But this year, as I like to […]
Lately these days I’m finding I have less and less and less time in a day. I mean c’mon, where the heck does it all go?! I swear, one minute I’m groggily trying to drag my night owl rear end up for the day and the next I’m back in bed for the night wondering […]
I have a favorite chocolate cake recipe that I use for almost all cake requirements. I’m thrilled when my kids ask for chocolate for their birthday cakes because I know I’ve got it covered. But vanilla? I wilt a little when they ask for that because the recipes I’ve tried before have fallen flat. The […]
Let us not forget our furry four-legged barrels of fun this pumpkin season, shall we? It’s Pumpkin & Peanut Butter Pupcakes! Yay! Yes, going for a non-bipedal treat today. You could eat these yourself though if you wanted to. Finn, our dopey nutcase, came into our lives right near exactly four years ago at a […]
There are generally only two seasons in Chicago: sunny and gray. Construction and winter. We’re still somehow in construction despite the changing thermometer readings and the roadways are getting worse rather than better but at the same time, we’ve far too quickly switched to gray. As it goes here. This is a long way to […]
Birthdays in my house are often an exercise in How Much Sugar Can I Get Away With in One Day for the kids. And the one we celebrated this week for the newly-minted 12 year old was a case in point. Let me present Exhibit A: Did I mention yet that my kids each want […]
Let me get this out of the way: these are stupid good. You know that good. That one where you get the wiggles, your tastebuds flutter, your eyes roll into the back of your head, knees buckle, your jaw drops. Yep. Just take one bite, I thought, no big deal, you’ll be fiiine. You gotta […]
