Sister brought her littles over yesterday after school for a Haunted Gingerbread Party! It is SO nice out that we set up the little soiree on the porch. Since I already have the porch decorated, all I had to do was set the table. I pulled the rats and spooky trees from other places for… Read More
With perpetually busy schedules, it seems like impromptu girlfriend gatherings are better these days than trying to coordinate a date well in advance. A few weeks back I invited my neighbors over for Friday happy hour just a few hours in advance. I wanted to share some tips and tricks for how to pretty effortlessly… Read More
Hold on to your hats, y’all… I am finally, after seven long months, going to share pictures from CeeCee’s Mad Tea Party birthday soiree. It’s not that I didn’t want to share, but getting pics out of Sister is like getting gold out of Fort Knox. :-) The party was at Sister’s club and CeeCee… Read More
One of my favorite traditions is to have a special snack waiting on the littles after their first day back to school. I first did this five years ago when John started Kindergarten. I was so weepy and nervous and it gave me something to do while I missed him. Little did I know at the… Read More
One of Honey’s most favorite desserts of all time is mint chocolate chip ice cream. Serve it up in cake form and he is over the moon. Since we were eating out for his Father’s Day din din, I took time that afternoon to make him a dessert I knew he’d love – a Mint… Read More
We wrapped up the last day of school with our annual Walk of Fame and a sweet summertime snack on the porch. I went with a watermelon theme and made the cutest little watermelon inspired fruit pizza tart to go along with it. I mean, it’s hardly a celebrating without something slightly naughty to go… Read More
I shared our annual last day of school Walk of Fame yesterday and wanted to pop in with the special summer kickoff snack that rounded out our celebration! I usually do something fun and festive on both the first and last days of school. I try to use stuff I already have around the house and,… Read More