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I could get used to this country-ish living. With beautiful, if unpredictable, spring weather and our new abundance of flat land, the nearby river trail beckons daily. School mornings and bedtime, though, don’t necessarily agree with post-dinner bike rides and walks. Add to that our dinner time being shifted half an hour later to accommodate our […]
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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Funfetti Sugar Cookies
Last weekend we went out for nachos and dessert because, well, healthy, and something shocking happened. I couldn’t finish everything, Didn’t even want to finish everything. Couldn’t have eaten more if I tried. I’ve officially transitioned Gavin onto bottles and, with the loss of breastfeeding, I get full again. I literally haven’t felt really, truly full for the […]
Monday Moments: Flashback
While we were moving I found an envelope of old pictures I had borrowed from my sister, who had gotten old photo albums from my Grandma of pictures from our childhood. There were so many gems I’m so happy to have copies of, and the best part was my dad’s captions on the backs. It […]
Monday Moments: Bubbles
There’s nothing better than a few $1 tubes of bubbles to entertain children for an hour on a spring day. We have a concentrated blower who may or may not be ok with her brothers popping her bubbles. The only way to find out is to try, right? And another blower who always, always, always […]
Chicken Avocado Pasta
Friends, it’s time I cut back on the blogging. I got a new job I am so very excited about, but it means something has to give, and I’d really rather that something wasn’t sleep. I’m sure most of you, like me, find it absolutely horrifying that I could have chosen to have an abortion in Canada […]
Monday Moments: Moved
We’re alive! I’ve always loved moving, and this was our 6th house in our 8 years of marriage, so I thought we were good to go. But I was not prepared for what moving means with 4 kids under 6, with a major cough/cold/flu attacking me, a big paper and presentation due for school, interviewing […]
Peanut Butter Date Snacking Bars
Self-checkouts are all the rage these days in grocery stores near me, and I always wonder how they manage to prevent major loss this way since it is would be so easy to bag two things at once, or just skip the bagging process altogether and walk on out with your belongings. The attendants never […]
Monday Moments: The Help
I’m so behind at life right now, I don’t even care that my kids are in pajamas in 90% of the pictures you’re about to see. At least they’re IN pajamas, I say. Despite the chaos and confusion they’re in the middle of (but what does moving MEAN, Mom? Where will our stuff be?), I […]
Monday Moments: Big Brother
This little man has been giving me some serious attituuuude of late. He has definitely reached the point of being ready for Kindergarten, despite his adamant claim that he is “not going”, and we’ve been fighting a little. He would love nothing more than for me to play and craft and read and bake and generally […]
Chocolate Wedding Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream
We’re off to spend part of our day at Children’s Hospital today getting little Gavin’s kidneys tested and I’m very much not looking forward to it. Although we’ve known from before birth that one kidney was larger than the other and this is decidedly not normal, it hasn’t bothered him in the least, and I’d […]
