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talking about emergencies (how to call 911)

With the death of a local mother of small children, my brain started to spin with the “what if’s”…I am pretty good to not lean into those thoughts and let then take over but instead approach them with a practical “how can I help this situation” kind of thinking.  So while turning it over in …

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Happy Birthday “Where’s Waldo”!

The boys were thrilled to receive costumes from The Morris Company to celebrate “Where’s Waldo”‘s 25th birthday!  It’s hard to believe that he is 25 this year! The boys love the books and were more than happy to act the part of Waldo in their new costumes. Thanks for sending them and happy birthday Waldo! 

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what I made for Monday – Perfect cake – delightful frosting & rolled marzipan!

Sometimes you find a recipe and think “I’ll never make this another way”.  And this is that cake recipe.  I have tried TONS of cake recipes and they are never quite what I want them to be.  They are either too heavy, or too dense, or too vanilla or too flat or too something that …

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helping out the new mom – a huggies post

I’ve been asked by BlogHer and Huggies to take some walks down memory lane and explore some (what I think will be) FUN subjects about babies and having them and getting ready for them and all the fun stuff that goes with THEM! I volunteered for this series for selfish reasons. I think it will …

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i’m curious – chime in. :)

We’re approaching our first birthday with a child in elementary school.  It changes things a bit in that Moses has this huge pool of people that could potentially be included in his birthday celebration, but Doug and I have concluded that we aren’t that family.  I find huge kid parties overwhelming and Moses is naturally …

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what I made for monday – mini pumpkin pies – and mini mini pumpkin pies

Hello friends!  I hope you enjoy this mini pie recipe as much as you enjoyed my last one!  This one is even easier than the mini-apple pies!  Tis the season for all things pumpkin and I just couldn’t hold out making something to suit the tiny feeling of fall in the air.  Want to make …

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what i made for monday – easy oreo truffle bar – only six ingredients!

Oh man.  I know I say this a lot…but you are really not going to like me for showing you these.  They are AMAZING.  A close number two to the No-Bake Peanut Butter bars from a few days ago.   I found a recipe for these on Chef in Training and tweaked it a bit.  …

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