Our new favorite thing to make is homemade crackers.  This recipe calls for chickpea flour, so if you don’t have a bag in your cupboard, go get one…and let it sit there for several months before you try this recipe.  … Continue reading →

I am addicted to newborns.  The day after Behr was born I missed being pregnant.  It was the same with the girls, only it hit me that this is my last baby.  For the last 5 1/2 weeks, I’ve spent … Continue reading →

This is one of my girls’ favorites.  I credit the mushroom spaetzle at Prime Meats for opening their eyes to the delicious and weird world of mushrooms and spaetzle.  The dough is very simple, the process (if you don’t have … Continue reading →

Mae finally lost her first tooth.  She asked for apples every day, to try to help it fall out.  She proudly showed it to me, hanging there so stubbornly.  It really was gross and I was convinced she was going … Continue reading →

It’s becoming a tradition for us to go to Cape Cod every summer with the kids.  After the 5 hour drive with 3 carsick ladies, it’s well worth it.  My brothers spoil us with nightly BBQ’s and ice cream and … Continue reading →

I have to believe that being a parent is making me a better person.  Although half the time my kids make me feel like a total asshole.  Scratch that, no one can make you feel anything.  But I do feel … Continue reading →

Coming from Cape Cod, I have so many things to tell you.  One of which was the resurrection of our love of soft serve dipped in chocolate shell. I made my own shell when we got back, and I’m scared … Continue reading →

Bobb Watkins said ‘hi’ to me in my dream.  He was my swim coach, and he passed just after Christmas last year.  I thought about him pretty constantly for a month and a half after I heard the news, then … Continue reading →

Eternal is an exaggeration, it’s only been 3 months.  But still, it feels like forever when every scent either makes you dry heave, want to dry heave, or just wish someone would heave ho you out of the room and … Continue reading →

Tonight I tricked my girls into eating the pizza I made from scratch. When I brought it to the table Mae said ‘Mmmmmm, it smells like REAL pizza!!’ then she took a bite and said, under her breath, ‘This doesn’t … Continue reading →