As I’ve mentioned, we all choose what we want for our birthday cakes in our family.  Up until this year, we’ve really lucked out in that, {J, O & S} have always just agreed on the same kind of cake.  So this year was a ‘first’.  They had all spent their own bouts of time flipping through their big sister’s cook books, and it seems 2 of them had seen something they wanted, and they knew exactly on which page, in which book, it was.

So this post isn’t directional recipes, per say, but a few cute ideas you may like to use for your kids, or yourself, sometime!  Good news: Birthdays are not a requirement!  An ordinary Sunday, the kickoff of a school vacation, or… (READ MORE......) | 3 Comments

Just another short post, with lots of photos, from our blessed Easter Sunday……

The kids woke up to these surprises on Easter morning.  They were thrilled!

The kids, looking all dapper, just before heading out to a beautiful Easter morning mass.  {A} altar served, as usual.  Then our friend from our church, Dr. Ann, had a gift bag for each of the kids after mass! She is so thoughtful! Didn’t take photos of that, but I should have, darn it.

When we got home, we had… (READ MORE......) | 6 Comments