The sweetest girl in the whole world just had her first birthday. I am honestly still a bit stunned that she is a year old. That whole third-child thing? It’s real. Time is legit zooming by way faster than it did with Jake or Caitlin. Back when I was 42 weeks pregnant with a baby […]
This is my birthday week. I marked the occasion with some truly enormous, truly delicious chocolate chunk cookies. At this point, you can’t be surprised by my adoration of chocolate chip cookies. I think I must have made every chocolate chip cookie recipe under the sun, from the famous (the recipe from Baked and Neiman […]
Last summer I made a wedding cake! Or, to be more precise, I made a bridal cake, a groom’s cake, and several sheet cakes for the absolutely gorgeous wedding of some friends of mine! The bride used to babysit my children, and her mother is one of my dearest friends and mentors. It was such […]
I have a new favorite dessert. Them be fighting words, people. Favorite is a strong statement. It’s almond butter cups. You know, like peanut butter cups, but with almonds. And, surprise! Oats! And coconut oil! And maple syrup! Instead of a dry, crumbly nut center, these cups have an almost cookie-like base with homemade chocolate […]
I like to call people up on their birthdays and sing to them. So someone call me up and croon a little tune, because this blog is FIVE YEARS OLD! And I just can’t believe it. Naturally, to mark the occasion, I baked a cake. Because what good is a birthday celebration without cake? Happy birthday […]
Yesterday, Jake decided to read all of my cookbooks. He pulled pretty much every single book off the shelf, one at a time, to ooh and aah over the glorious photos and recite every single letter in every single recipe title. That kid. Adorable. Somehow in the middle of this, I developed a hankering for peanut […]
One of the hardest parts of giving up dairy has been figuring out what to eat for breakfast. There have been a lot of mornings in the last month and a half that found me staring listlessly into the open refrigerator for five minutes, walking away grumpily, going back two times, and then opting to […]
There is so much to be thankful for! Day 7: Thankful for new friends and birthday parties. Thankful for family visiting from out of town, for cuddles with Caitlin and s’mores around the fire pit. Day 8: Thankful that my brother is home from his adventures in Africa! Day 9: Thankful for the cool weather […]
My son is smart and wily and creative. He is thoughtful and determined and energetic. And he is 3 years old! This year for Jake’s birthday, I really wanted to keep it simple. I wanted to spend less time worrying and preparing, and more time marveling at how my tiny baby turned into this enormous, […]