Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This morning I dressed the girls in green, braided their hair, and sent them off to school so I can get my very first corned beef into the crock pot and bake a loaf of Irish soda bread. I’m having more fun than usual this year now that I know I’m […]
What to do when your Ancestry DNA results are a total shocker!
Handyman Tim hails from Northern Minnesota. His entire life he was brought up to think his family is descended from the vikings in Norway. For years and years we’ve had countless jokes about my strapping, burly Viking Warrior of a husband. We’ve joked about eating lutefisk, wearing horned hats, and every time we head to Epcot […]
6 tricks for the easiest St. Patrick’s Day ever
I can’t help myself. I think St. Patrick’s Day is one of the most fun least pressured holidays to celebrate with kids ever! No gifts, no big parties, no major effort needs to be involved in any way. It is just a fun mid-winter holiday to have some playful family fun. Other than making something […]
A rainbow of flavors
Taking care of ourselves is one of the most important and the most difficult things to execute for many moms. It is all too easy to pour all energy into caring for our little ones, but everyone suffers if there is nothing left in your reserves at the end of the day. I’m so pleased […]
How to bake a rainbow layer cake
When I was hunting for inspiration for the Peanut’s birthday party, I stumbled across Whisk Kid’s mind-blowing rainbow layer cake that had been featured on Martha Stewart’s show. The picture of the cake sliced open was so amazing to me I just could not get it out of my mind. I chose the rainbow theme purely so […]