Easter Basket Birthday Cake

Alyssa turned 8 this year. We had to postpone her party cuz everyone was so sick here. Ended up having it this weekend and since we did, she asked for an Easter theme.

Happy to help, I went out and found a silicone egg mold and baked up a bunch of egg shaped cupcakes. I intended on the girls decorating them but out of the madness I call my mind, I thought, why not make an egg basket for these cupcakes and so I did...

Out to the Movies

Today was movie day. I had planned on taking Zack to see Horton Hears a Who and was going to ask his pal Sami to go along. Dan also invited Sadie to come to the movies so Zack and his best gal pals got to go. We also took along Alyssa, Jonny and Mikey. So I still managed to take along 6 kids though this time they were not all my own.

We had a blast, the movie was quite cute and all of the kids had so much fun. Zack’s friends were so good with the lil ones and all of them ate more popcorn and candy than any kids should.

Cannot wait to do more with the kids friends.

Feel Good Food

We all have them, something that just makes us feel good no matter how we have been feeling prior to dinnertime. And I am not just talking chocolate ladies, I am talking a home cooked meal that always makes you feel good.

I have a couple of meals that can change the course of a day for me. One is the meal that won my heart when Dan cooked it for me and the other is dinner tonight. I will have to dig up the recipe that Dan uses, but for now here is mine.

I start with Italian sausage in a skillet and fry that up. Add in some onions, garlic and peppers, hot or mild. To that I add my veggies, tonight is asparagus, zucchini and yellow squash. Some Italian spices, basil. oregano, parsley and a dash or 3 of hot peppers since I used mild bell peppers. Finally a bunch of chopped up tomatoes. Serve this with penne pasta and top it with grated parmesan, add some warm French bread to the side. YUM!

This recipe can be tweaked in many ways but no matter how I cook it up, I feel good about eating it.

In the Land of te Sick...

We are running into week 2 of illness in the house. It has hit everyone now except Alyssa and it looks like Michael is on his 2nd go round, poor kiddo. So my days, in addition to trying to heal myself are filled with making sure everyone gets their meds and tons more laundry... I will be very happy when this passes.

Blue Jean Quilt

My latest blue jean quilt. This one I made for Dan.
He wanted it large and colorful.