Three little pumpkins sat on the fireplace insert. Can you tell which pumpkin belongs to which child?  Yes, it’s pretty easy. Ane asked for Ariel, which about killed her father’s wrist and hand with all that scraping.  Tad initially wanted Darth Vader, then a hammerhead shark (the Webmaster had found all these patterns online), but […]

Hello all!  It’s me, Rerun! I have been doing quite well with my solid foods.  I now eat both breakfast and dinner.  For breakfast, I usually have baby oatmeal mixed with a fruit of Mommy’s choice (I’ve tried apples, peaches and pears so far, with peaches being my favorite).  For dinner, I have rice cereal […]

I don’t know what it is about Trader Joe’s, but turning Ane loose in there is just like sending a cat into the herb store for a little catnip.  We never leave with what I had planned on getting.  Ane is always finding something new to buy. However, each time we go in, she discovers […]

I discovered a recipe for Candy Corn Cupcakes via our local newspaper, and I had to try them out.  They just looked like fun, and I had all the ingredients on hand – plus candy corn for a garnish. Here’s what mine ended up looking like: The recipe uses a pound cake – probably to […]