These swirled pumpkin cheesecake brownies are fun, festive, and easy to make! Not too sweet, with a subtle pumpkin flavor, let the kiddos help whip them up!
One of my motives behind starting this blog so many years ago was to get the family more involved in the cooking and planning process. In the end, that motive has paid off! Josh has come to find the kitchen to be a retreat in the evenings when he comes home tired from work. Grace has discovered her independence and I believe much of her confidence from being able to stretch her culinary wings (She has proven to not only be capable of many baking endeavors, but also making more complex, French-inspired dinners!).
You may even remember our little Cooking with Gracie series of posts from back in the day when I would bring Grace into the kitchen with me to try out various recipes from one of her cookbooks.
Of course, I want Eden and Christian to benefit from being in the kitchen, too! Which leads me to this recipe. I think every mom struggles with balancing enough time between each kid in general, but when a new baby comes into the picture (as in our case) the struggle becomes even more challenging. I find that there are simply not enough hours in the day to take each child aside and spend one on one time with each of them! [Read more...]
It's Sunday evening and as I write this, I've got a latte sitting next to me and dinner in the oven and I'm reflecting on the day as Josh paces the floors with a hiccuping little Ruby in his arms. Today was a win in my book. We got up this morning after waking several times in the middle of the night to feed Ruby (who seemed a little fussy last night) and I got to church for the first time in probably two months. It felt good to be back! While Ruby took an extended nap afterwards, I got laundry done and then we took her for a walk.
Hey there everyone, I hope you all had a relaxing weekend and a nice Columbus Day. It must be "newborn life," but I'm having the hardest time keeping my days straight. Or maybe it's just mom life, ya know? I'm sure I'm not the only one having this problem. Right?! So, apparently it is Tuesday, not Monday. My bad.
With a newborn in the house, it feels like October just showed up in a hurry and I'm left wondering...where did the last month go? It still feels like the beginning of September, when I was anxiously awaiting Ruby's birth, and yet, this week she'll be three weeks old!
At this point it shouldn't be a secret as to how much I love ALL THE PUMPKIN THINGS! But in case you're a new reader and you don't know this about me, be warned. Like coffee and cats, pumpkin-flavored everything also happens to be my jam!