December 2024

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Jel Sert for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. When I was young I spent a lot of my summer outside riding my bike to the school to ride in safety on the playground, to the park for tennis or to the pool for […]

I have been asked how the older girls are doing and how much do they know and understand. On Saturday, the day after we found out, we explained in very simple terms to all three what was going to happen in the near future. Later that day I was with just the 2 older girls […]

Save Print Chocolate Coconut Pecan Brownie Author: Five Little Chefs Recipe type: Dessert Prep time:  10 mins Cook time:  30 mins Total time:  40 mins Ingredients 1 (19.5 ounce) boxed brownie mix 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut 1 cup mini chocolate chips ½ cup chopped pecans Instructions Follow the directions on the boxed brownie mix to make […]

**The links in this post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. I have always enjoyed Melissa and Doug products. Little Passports is a new company that intrigues me. The idea of learning about a new place each month sounds like something […]

Five Little Chefs – Parker House Rolls    We LOVE fresh rolls at home. When we all saw Parker House Rolls from Alex Guarnaschelli we had to make them. Alex had a pony tail on the Next Iron Chef.  Each time we watched the show Little Chef D said she wanted the girl with the […]

I got to the hospital early this morning to swap with Jeremy. The nurse was wanting to stay on top of her pain which I loved to hear even though Haley doesn’t want to take it but finally does. I was told we are going home today but there are certain things we need to […]

She slept so much better last night! We decided to only wake her once to give her medicine. That meant she would be a little off schedule but she would be able to sleep more. She woke up with her head hurting some. We immediately gave her medicine. Surprisingly she wasn’t thrashing in pain she […]

For Valentine’s Day we have a yummy tradition that the Little Chefs help make, EAT and share chocolate covered strawberries. This year, however, we decided to mix things up a bit and try a new take on the delicious chocolate dipped strawberry….to turn it inside out and have the chocolate on the inside, Chocolate Filled […]

Last night Haley slept better then in the hospital but still not the best. We had to wake her up to take her medicine. As you can imagine she did NOT like that at all. After screaming and yelling she finally took it. She is expecting it to taste horrible like the steroid medication. Luckily […]

Five Little Chefs – Fettuccine Alfredo It is Giada day again. We were talking about taking a vacation somewhere. The conversation turned to talking about going somewhere that has something to do with cooking. Little Chef A said “Giada lives in California, we could go there!” I’m pretty sure her thought was let’s go to […]