Once upon a time, Sheaffer said on Face Book, “hey, anyone know anything about 3-4 year old soccer”…we all said “no, who wants to do that?” and then we all formed a team. Not quite sure how that happened but…
Bundt Cake #55: Chocolate Coffee Hazelnut
I have never tried to hide my coffee and cake addictions from you. I am very honest about how I could easily live on both of them. To me, nothing is better then a big piece of cake and a…
Smith’s First Haircut (what?!)
What? Smith is almost 3, how is it his first haircut? Well…it’s his first professional haircut. Here’s the deal…Andrew started cutting Smith’s hair when he was 3 months old. We thought it was too much trouble to take a 3…
Tips and Tricks: Baking Essentials
Hello! Hello! It’s Fall! I don’t know about you but nothing gets me in the kitchen cooking and baking more then autumn. Every Friday during the month of September, I’m going to feature a few tips and tricks that I use…
First Day of School
Tuesday was my kiddos first day of preschool for the year. It’s hard to believe this is Kensington’s third year! They only go two days a week but they love it, and I just love their school. This was Smith’s…
Dinner Tonight: Honey Mustard Brisket Tostadas
Welcome back slow cooker…I’ve missed you so much. There really is nothing I like better then a meal in my slow cooker. I like knowing that my food is bubbling away all day…I love the convenience of it…and I love…
Labor-ing
On Labor Day, we had a family party at my aunt and uncle’s house. It’s our official “last swim” of the summer (which was odd for my kids because our house is already decorated for fall and they thought summer…
Oreo Cake Balls
I know, I know…cake balls are cake balls, right? Pretty much this one method will teach you how to make the glorious cake ball…until now…now I found a recipe in my Cake Ball cookbook (don’t judge…you know you have a…
Pinterest Told Me To…
Good morning September 4th! My babies started pre-school this morning, there’s a routine to my day, the beach bag is packed away, Starbucks has the pumpkin-spice latte out and I need to figure out what to wear (let’s face it,…
Dinner Tonight: Meatball Sliders
Oh.my.heavens. This dinner rocked my world. ROCKED IT. It was so good in fact, that we had it twice in one week (I hardly ever repeat a meal ever, much less twice in one week!) These meatballs were just so…
Bundt Cake #54: Caramel Apple Cider
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times, Andrew and I love apple cider and especially cider mills. Caramel Apple Cider is quintessential fall and just says September. I blogged about our love affair with the cider mill…
i-Phone Life without Andrew
Andrew was out of town a large part of the week, so it was just me and these too… A boy, a butterfly and a couple of popsicles. Speaking of popsicles…Kensington wanted to pose with our Poppy Popsicle…











