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He throws like a boy. He drinks out of big-kid cups semi-reliably. He plays family games with shades to maintain his poker face. He reads “Reformed Perspective” to stay discerning. I’ve taught him all I can.
About Anna
I believe in God, the power of optimism, and the ability of food to bring people together. I love to share everyday homemade food with family and friends (and the internetz)! I love cheese, proper grammar, an organized house, dark chocolate, my husband, and my 5 sweet kids.
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Perfect Chocolate Chip Muffins
You know when you see those big, bakery style muffins in double chocolate, carrot, and vanilla chocolate chip and you just want to have them allllll, even if you can literally see the oil oozing out of their over-stuffed pores? I do. Chocolate chip muffins were my siren call in every box of muffins my […]
Monday Moments: Coffee Break
After a morning off school spent at the park disturbing turtles, dodging goose poop and collecting other people’s Easter eggs in the bark mulch, nothing hits the spot like a good cuppa with good friends. Every week should have at least one morning like this, shouldn’t it? Here’s to this amazing stage of stay-at-home motherhood, when you […]
Chai Spice Cookies
The minute the weather turns hot, my mood in the kitchen shifts. Suddenly I want nothing to do with ovens, stoves, and standing and stirring while my feet swell, and the whole house gets hot for the sake of a cookie. Thankfully we’re still in the season where cooler days are common to break up […]
Monday Moments: Peace of Mind
I’ve been struggling with a silly sort of anxiety that keeps me up at night, in which I have visions of myself being a terrible parent, unable to save my panic-stricken children from certain drowning, quicksand, and other likely suburban issues. Ever one to set my mind at ease, Carl took it upon himself to […]
Homemade Honey Garlic Sauce
As I’m about to tell you about the value of making your own sauces from scratch, I feel it’s only fair to also tell you I bought a not-insignificant-sized jar of Cheez Whiz last week. So please, don’t take me too seriously. I mostly make my own sauces because I don’t remember to buy them, […]
Monday Moments: Captured
So this crazy kid recently informed me that only Aunty “Felfea” could take pictures of him. Given that I have no reasonable pictures of this child who is always in motion, I was quick to take him up on it. Aunty Felfea agreed willingly, probably unaware she was going to have to break a sweat in […]
Nanaimo Bar Cheesecake
Sometimes you just know something is going to be a hit. Or at least, you buy the 4 bricks of cream cheese and a bunch of chocolate and whipping cream and hope like crazy you aren’t disappointed about moving up a pants size. I am not the least bit disappointed. Of all the crazy things, […]
Monday Moments: Gardening
Our weather has been gorrrrgeous, so we’ve been cleaning out our abundant weeds and overgrowth, transplanting herbs, and planting strawberry plants. All of this required some watering, and Carl brought home a fabulous bright red watering can for the occasion. Kids watering plants with too-big watering cans is basically the cutest things ever. To be fair, with […]
Monday Moments: Easter
“But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and […]
