How to Make the Perfect Birthday Cake

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I have a friend (shout out to Callie!) who makes the most amazingly beautiful cakes. I have tried to make pretty cakes, but the fact is…I usually fail. I make ugly cakes. The one thing I’m good at, though, is making cakes that people LOVE to eat. They taste amazing. And once you’ve had a [...]

10 Signs That Your Little Girl is Growing Up

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Reese turned 9 yesterday. She is my youngest daughter, and the petite one of the family. She’s always been the “little sister.” I’ve got to face the facts – Reese is not going to be a little girl for much longer. The signs are everywhere. Top 10 signs that my little girl is growing up: [...]

Birthday Boy – Wordless Wednesday #WW

Twizzler celebrated his 11th birthday on Monday. It’s unbelievable to me that he is so old. I’m guessing that the fact that my third child – and oldest BOY – is so close to middle school and (gasp!) puberty is a sure sign that I am indeed old, too. Since he wanted to be with [...]

Peanut Butter Cup & Oreo Layered Dessert

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We celebrated a birthday in the family this week and decided to make a new recipe instead of the same old birthday cake. My oldest daughter found this dessert on Pinterest (I believe she has even more pins than I do) and we followed the recipe to TasteofHome.com. We modified it a little – specifically, [...]

Planning the “Perfect” Delivery #aMillionMoms

Yesterday, I shared my second Million Moms post. It has been many years since I was in a hospital delivering a baby, but in writing this post this week, I think I finally found closure. And peace. Did your child’s birth go the way you hoped it would? The moment that I held my oldest [...]

A Week in My Life – Day 6 – My Birthday!

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Yesterday I turned 37. Who would have known that 37 would be my best birthday in years? It started out like just about any other Saturday: soccer, soccer, and a little bit of flag football thrown in there. My only complaint about the team sports this week was that I wasn’t able to sleep in [...]

Peanut Butter, Pinatas, and 40th Birthdays – Photostory Friday/ GMYBS

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As of Wednesday this week, I am married to a 40 year old man. I feel so old. When CandyMan turned 30, I threw him a huge surprise party, which I pulled off flawlessly. It would have been a perfect birthday had he not just had hernia surgery a few days before. Number 4-0 seemed [...]

Necco is 12! PSF – Give Me Your Best Shot Linky

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It has taken me nearly a week to recover from the 12-year-old birthday sleep over party that occurred at my house last Friday. Kidding. It wasn’t really that bad. It was noisy, yes. It was messy, too. But I was more than happy to play host to good kids having good, clean fun together. I [...]

My Baby is Six – PSF GMYBS Link-up

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If I had any doubts about the fact that my baby is growing up, those doubts are gone today. Yesterday, AJ celebrated his 6th birthday. I remember when KitKat turned six years old. She seemed so old. Now with my baby turning 6 and my oldest in high school, gone are the days of bottles, [...]