Halloween Tarts

You thought this was going to be a post about baking, didn’t you?  Alas, no.  It’s more of a social commentary.

I’ve started getting catalogs with Halloween costumes in them.  I was paging through one of them this morning when I was faced with this:

and this:

Trashy Halloween costumes for teen girls.  Because you can’t possibly dress [...]

Jungle Birthday Cake for My One Year Old Monkey

 It’s been ages since Bub’s first birthday.  But I meant to blog on the cake that I made…so here it is!  Bub’s first birthday cake!

 

 

 It was modeled after this jungle-themed decoration.  If you look closely, you can see the lion, and the giraffe, and the lizard.  I was going to attempt the zebra, but by [...]

Survival Kit: Traveling with a One Year Old (Or, Products that Allowed Me to Not Lose My Mind)

There are a few items that made my life significantly easier while traveling with a one year old.

The first one:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duct tape.  Yep.  Duct tape!

I used it to:
- hold cords up off the floor
- tape the refrigerator door shut
- tape drawers shut
- tape a blanket over the windows dividing our suite’s bedroom from the living room.

Tell [...]

Vacation: Day 5

The next day, we went hiking on the trails around the lower falls area.    

  It was really beautiful.

 

Bub rode in the Kelty carrier again.  We borrowed the carrier from a friend of mine, and I’m so grateful.  We wouldn’t have been able to go on this hike without it.

 

   We saw gorgeous sights…

  …and had a really good [...]

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