If your kids are anything like my two year old, then you know how much they love, and sometimes hate, the grocery store. It's a necessary evil that we have to bring them along when we need to do the weekly -cough daily cough- grocery store run. They do or don't sit in the cart, they do or don't want a piece of cheese, they're happy to sit or they aren't. Most times for us, it's a crap shoot. L NEVER lets Daddy touch "her cart". She has to get the "right" piece of cheese (Meunster pleeeease!). She needs the cart with the "blue race car". Honestly, it's kind of hell-ish if you would please pardon my french. Throw an infant into that mix and sometimes it just becomes impossible. Exhibit A: ... read more
How-To: Host A Cake Tasting
The very mention of the word "wedding" conjures up images of tradition and ritual. There are certain elements of a wedding that are just classic; unavoidably fun and exciting moments for the bride and groom. One of those moments and events is the ever important cake tasting. When else in life can you sit down to taste various cakes and frostings until you are stuffed to the gills? But this classic experience is not such an easy task for the small time, home kitchen baker. How do you make so many different kinds of cakes and frostings for just a few people to take just a few bites? Obviously the answer, for me, came in the form of pairing down to the basics. I used my classic, go-to ... read more
Foodie Flashbacks
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Gracie’s Hospital Photo Shoot
These photos were taken of Grace while she was still in the NICU. She was eleven days old and a mere 4 pounds 13 ounces. [slideshow] ... read more