Food, Family, and Lifestyle
One of the ‘crafts that the preschool did last year with my oldest was to have all the kids walk on paper with painted feet. What I loved so much that as we descend the stairs to the lower level, this long paper went down along the wall. It was so sweet to see all…
BlogHer was upon us and this mommy had tons to do so I needed a super quick and all in one kind of dinner. I relied on the old family favorite: some sort of marinade with balsamic vinegar. I have great balsamic raspberry recipe but I did not even want to stand at the stove…
The joys of summer: sun, breeze, warmth, friends and ice cream! To wrap up this great series on Ice Cream (and celebrate the last day of the Social Challenge), we decided to have some of our lovely friends over to enjoy some ice cream floats. Both real chocolate and vanilla ice cream were on hand…
The week before school started was a busy week and I realized there were so many things I planned on doing more of during the summer. One of them was plenty of time on the beach with daddy. So we went down one evening and while daddy and daughter romped in the water, Ben and…
Many of you may have seen my Emmy award nominated (not really but it should be right?) vlog on safely pitting an avocado. Well, I was then left with a cut avocado so besides my ‘best dip ever’, I was not sure what I was going to do with it. I turned to my reliable…
This is the first year that I need to deal with the whole back to school ‘thing’ as my daughter is starting Kindergarten next week. Therefore, I wanted to make sure we fit in some daytrips and we began with a trip to Dinosaur Place in Oakland, CT. I packed up plenty of water &…
We all know who our children love the most: the grandparents. They come over to play, sometimes bring gifts for no reason, let them eat junk and rarely scold them. Who wouldn’t prefer that over parents? My mom was down for a week and a half and we had a blast. The kids and grandma…
We are in the midst of trying to de-clutter and simplify our house on a rather small budget. One of the main rooms that needs some TLC is the master bedroom. I decided to purchase a pin-tuck duvet in natural and will use some plain white sheets. This is also a great way to go…
