Background: Last year in January (2013) my family flew from Philadelphia, PA to Fort Lauderdale, FL. “We” are made up of myself, my husband Bob and our (then 4 year old) daughter, Lily. Once we landed in Florida, we rented a car and drove to Miami where we spent the night at a hotel downtown … Read more
Years ago when Lily was born, the birth announcements that I sent out were hardly anything to look at. One picture, slapped onto a thin 4×8 piece of photo paper did the trick. When my niece was born a few month later, my sister’s announcements put mine to shame… big time. They were beautiful – … Read more
We have already been subjected to several pretty impressive snow storms so far this season…. seems like as soon as one snowfall melts, another falls. Lily absolutely LOVES playing in the snow and would spend hours outside if I let her. Today we whipped up one of the easiest concoctions out there – and she … Read more
The crowing jewel to our Christmas Eve dinner – brownie bite strawberry santa hats! These things taste as sweet as they look, you’ll find it hard not to pop one, two, three… We couldn’t believe how easy these treats were to make – and a big shortcut was to pick up a container of round … Read more
2013 has been a year that I really put so many ideas that I have had or seen into action. This one is no exception. I have probably seen half a million pins for this appetizer idea, in all different forms and sizes. Here is my version: I used three bars of chunk cheese (pepperjack, … Read more