Hello sweet friends! Last week my kids and I were chatting about how totally cool it would be to have our very own leprechaun. Molly said she wanted a leprechaun to help play pranks, and to eat snacks with she and her friends. I, on the other hand think that ...
My Messy Valentines
Hello friends, Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and sadly, it is the least of my priorities. It feels terrible to say that, because as you know, I LOVE celebrating every little thing to the max! Let me explain.... Our family has been dealing with some big challenges ...
“Pinch Me!” Our Crab Cookie Recipe Featured by Coastal Living
Hello sweet friends, This week I had one of those "pinch me" moments. The good kind, for a change. Normally I'm like, "pinch me... this has to be a nightmare," or "pinch me, I need to wake up and get these kids to school, but I had too much wine with the moms last ...
The Perfectly Imperfect Cookie
Happy Easter, friends! There is something about this time of year that makes everyone want to start baking again. One look at Pinterest and you will see fancy bunny cakes, beautifully decorated egg cookies, and pastel cupcakes aplenty. However, instead of trying to ...
Kooky Cookies
Boo! Around our house, we prefer to make Halloween a little more kooky than spooky. This week, we got into the kooky Halloween spirit by baking monster themed sugar cookies with inspiration from one of our favorite artists, Ed Emberley. If you and your kids have any interest ...
Fortune Cookie Quest
Following in the footsteps of my daughter, I hopped from stone-to-stone, ensuring not to step on any cracks in the rocky pathway. We played under Redwood trees at the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. How in the world did we end up there? ...
Earth Day
Earth Day is almost here, and in the spirit of keeping it real, I will admit that our big family could do more to help the environment. You could build a school out of the amount of recyclable trash just inside my minivan at this very moment. So, in honor of our planet, we ...
Baking for Endangered Species
I wanted to have a bake sale to support a project that I am doing in school about endangered species. We are offering homemade animal crackers to our teachers, and will raise money to save the African Wild Dog's habitat!" Madison, Age 9 Earlier this week, my ...