If you’ve been following, you know I live in the South. But I’m a New Englander, raised in a place where “snow day” means you better dress warm because you still have to wait for the schoolbus at the corner, only there’s about 2 feet of snow and sideways sleet hitting your face.
I miss it.
But [...]
When I was little, I LOVED McDonald’s Happy Meals – the boxes with the yellow ‘M’ handle and the little plastic-wrapped plastic decoder or plastic figurine of something or other.
Source: The Motherload
Yes, I went to McDonald’s three times when I was in India because I’ll admit, the McAloo and fries were really, really good there. [...]
ZomppaTonija’s little one’s meal of juicy steak and Fruit Loops. Why not?
One of my favorite books as a child (and still is today) is Harold and the Purple Crayon.
For those of you who are not familiar, it’s the story by Crockett Johnson of little Harold who uses his purple crayon to draw his adventures – it’s a lovely story about imagination, creativity, and making possibilities real.
Well, [...]
How many of you remembering making those “Indian headdresses” and “Pilgrim hats” out of construction paper to celebrate the “first” Thanksgiving? It seemed rather simple. A project that taught us how all the Indians and the Pilgrims got together and became friends. That was history. Pilgrims are history. Indians are history.
What little kids often learn [...]
Apparently, my love of food goes way back. Wayyyyyyy back. Some of my parents’ favorite stories about me basically include me sitting in front of a steamed bun for hours, quietly fawning and lingering over it. Easy way to keep me quiet: put food in front of me.
Fun and happy childhood memories often include food [...]
Baby food stories: we know you have them. Funny ones, weird ones, happy ones. We want to hear them!
When ZomppaB wrote about her decades-long search for the perfect yogurt, little did she know that so many others shared the same plight…and the same love for YoBaby! Check out the story here.
Her love for and commitment [...]
Let’s face it, I’m no spring chicken. That wrinkle running down my forehead isn’t disappearing and those stray white hairs that gave my hair “highlights” are no longer cute.
Even my taste buds have matured. Whereas I used to have a palate of a sophisticated 5-year old…the day I hit 31, my taste buds made leaps [...]
If you cannot tell already, Zomppa Patty is a true baker. She’s creative yet analytical; flexible and adaptive (helpful when certain flours aren’t rising properly or eggs are a bit larger than normal) yet precise and deliberate (I sometimes call it a wee bit anal retentive), dramatic (check out the colors) yet strangely patient when [...]
Berry season is upon us and farms in this area have initiated their annual ‘Pick Your Own Berries’ (PYOB) events/activities. Children by the bus load head to the plethora of local farms during the summer to fill their baskets with vivaciously, ruby red strawberries. Yummy.
Before scheduling our trip to one of the local farms, I [...]
