Last week I was at the grocery store with Leland and we couldn't resist the cute little white pumpkins. I bought one for each child and promised Leland they'd be able to decorate them. Later we took out washable markers and each kid got a pumpkin and a damp rag and they colored and re-colored to [...]Continue Reading
Easy Baking with Kids – Dark Chocolate Haystacks
These Dark Chocolate Haystacks were a fun and quick to make cooking project with my preschooler. I like to cook with my kids a lot. I know it's not easy for everyone, but for us it's one of the ways we connect. In fact, you can find our favorite recipe books here. Post includes Amazon [...]Continue Reading
Eggs to Celebrate Spring
Last night we dyed eggs in anticipation of a visit from the Easter Bunny on Saturday. No, it's not Easter, and we were planning on celebrating on the Equinox (we generally celebrate the seasons around here rather than religious holidays,) but things were too chaotic last week. So instead we'll [...]Continue Reading
Our Favorite Cookbook for Kids
I'm loving the kids cookbook we got J for Christmas. The book is Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschoolers and Up, by Mollie Katzen. (Amazon affiliate link) It's got pictures with each recipe so even pre-readers can see what to do next. The recipes are just right for [...]Continue Reading
Wish Boats and Burning the Tree
Happy New Year! This has got to be one of my very favorite family traditions- burning the Christmas tree. What a send off to the previous year, and a bright hello to things to come. This year we also made wish boats (if you'd like to make these there's a great tutorial HERE on youtube) out of folded [...]Continue Reading
High Altitude Chocolate Chip Cookies
This is a great recipe for chocolate chip cookies if you live at high altitude. We're at 7000' and most cookie recipes turn out flat and crispy here. This one makes nice soft cookies. The original recipe calls for 2/3 C butter, but I use only 1/2 C and it's fine. Also I usually use all whole wheat [...]Continue Reading
