It took a village this year to make our tummies happy.  Now that the kids are getting older, they aren’t satisfied teaming up for competitions anymore.  This year we featured a house, a bakery, a chalet, a toy shop, and a gabled house. If I do say so myself, the kids managed to hold their [...]

This is what happens when the leaves are slow to show off their autumn colors.  Annie just has to make her own!

I know they’re tacky treats!  It’s taboo to bring them to a party since they lack both gourmet and originality points.  But I like them so I made them anyway.  Sometimes you just have those days where you’ve scheduled 27 hours worth of stuff in a 24 hour day…these treats are good for those kinds [...]

…So here is something for everybody!  We started with a can of homestyle refrigerated rolls.  Generic work just fine. I used the smaller ones, but I think I’m going to try the larger biscuits next time. I found a handy, dandy water bottle top and made myself both a doughnut and each corresponding hole. Heat [...]

It’s summer and anything goes.  Man, I really should needlepoint that on a pillow.  Okay, so maybe not, but can you guess what the kids and I decided to make together?  That’s right…120 truffles!  We made oreo cream cheese, dark chocolate and dark chocolate with a mint shell.  Oh my, are my taste buds happy. [...]