Happy Easter

May your day be as sweet as this. Available, with many other yummies, at Richardson’s Candy Kitchen in Deerfield, Mass. Thanks, Easter Bunny!

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Who knew two-year-olds could sit still?

Not me! This little love is Henry’s pal, and Henry could learn a lot about SITTING STILL FOR A MINUTE from his friend. Just a sneak preview from today for his family. Shannon, you all are up next, haven’t forgotten about you! 🙂 *** In other news, I’m roasting a giant turkey right now. Because…

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Food Friday: A Roundup of Summer Birthday Cupcakes for Kids

Poor Henry—he’s been two for a few days and we haven’t yet given him any chocolate cake to shove in his face yet. (I did make good on my chocolate promise and gave him a few chocolate chips before bed on his birthday. “YUMMY!” he reported.) We celebrated with ice cream and presents this week,…

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Two years already!

June 2008, Henry at 23 months Dear Sweet Baby Henry, Is this the last time I get to call you that, now that you are a big two-year-old-boy? Your nurses tagged you with that title as soon as we named you, but I’m not sure if the laughing, mischievous toddler that you are today can…

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Food Friday: The Antidote for Sleep Deprivation

For those of you following along at home, you might recall that I have 3.5-year-old and a 1.5-year-old here. If you do the math and include the pregnancies, the teething, the ear infections, the things that go bump in the night and the internal springs that jolt them out of bed at unspeakably early hours…

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Food Friday: Some “leftovers” from 2007

Food Fridays are back, after some serious slacking in the blogging department from me, or perhaps we can just call it a RESEARCH sabbatical. Which was very productive—oh, the research I did. Thus, before we move into the realm of new recipes for 2008, let’s review a few outstanding points from 2007. Warm Croissant Chocolate…

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