cultivating me

This morning the kids and I made breakfast together.  We had a lot of fun together and it was a good reminder for all of us to keep trying to find ways to spend this kind of time togeher.  We are all so busy these days and it seems as if our time to just [...]

my oldest son is having a breakfast party this morning in his classroom.  it is an early dismissal day for him as it is the last day before they begin their winger break.  his first thought was to make a coffee cake but the recipes he liked were too time consuming for our afternoon schedule.  [...]

I don’t know what it is about hash browns but I just can’t cook them.  I can make mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, oven fries, french fries, potato chips, potatoes agratin….but I cannot make any kind of potatoes that require the use of a skillet.  I must not have been born with that gene.  No matter [...]

Last weekend the kids were with us for the weekend and I decided to get back into the swing of making breakfast with the kids on Saturday mornings. Luis made the pancakes but we also tried a new recipe: Baked French Toast. Now see, I already have a problem with it because is French Toast [...]

yesterday morning i woke up early.  not because the neighbor’s dog was barking or there was a lawn mower running or because the kids were being too loud running up and down the hallway.  i got up early ON PURPOSE! 8am to be exact and i was completely excited to do it. a couple of [...]