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toddler-approved recipe: pizza bread

For days when we just have too many activties and not enough time to cook, here is one quick and easy open face sandwich that Bud is sure to eat.

Today's Lunch:

PIZZA BREAD

1 slice of wheat bread

1 slice of american cheese

1 tbsp marinara sauce ( I used Prego traditional recipe)

In an oven toaster, toast the bread with the cheese. Once the cheese is soft, spread sauce over the cheese and swirl together so they mix. Put back in the oven toaster until cheese and sauce mixture is bubbly. Slice diagonally into quarters and serve.

Try this with some ham and pineapple for a Hawaiian Pizza Bread.

style crush: Jenna Lyons

Jenna Lyons, president and executive creative director of J. Crew, is my ultimate style hero. Her style is really a study in contrast - mixing utilitarian staples with sparkly, glittery pieces.

She has inspired me to look at my closet in a different way and come up with excting ensembles using existing pieces that I wouldn't have otherwise thought would go well together.

I am totally channeling Jenna's tomboy chic look for spring!




photos from here, here, here and here

edible table setting

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This makes me want to host a playdate.

Have a playful weekend, bunnies!

festive weekend

oh happy day

I'm looking forward to celebring Easter Sunday with our MN foster family. We're having a potluck and I volunteered to decorate the venue with these easy-to-do colorful streamers.

I'm also thinking about making these tissue pompoms. Aren't they the cutest?

Now I have to get back to filling up the plastic eggs with candies.

How are you celebrating Easter?

good housekeeping

Here's how I justify the current state of our humble abode.

Let's just say I'm living my life to the fullest these days.

Speaking of trying keeping the house in order, the Mister found The Good Wife's Guide from a Good Housekeeping issue published in 1955. It's crazy!

I'm grateful for my husband who lovingly prepares our meals and who makes time to read to our little boy every night before we put him to sleep.

i got told by a six year old

Yes, I just got told by a six year old at the playground!

We brought Bud to the playground the other day. Usually it's just me and the little guy who go but that day the Mister went with us and so I brought a bag of Cheetos to snack on while I watched them play.

I admit, I really have low EQ when it comes to food. We haven't even been at the park more than 10 minutes and I already brought out the bag of Cheetos. Naturally, Bud saw the bag and wanted to have what I was having. He was climbing up the slide and I told him "I will give you some when you slide down". Because I always follow through with what I say, I gave him a piece when he reached the bottom of the slide. I didn't realize there was a six year old boy watching us and I got surprised when he blurted "You give your baby Cheetos?".

I suddenly found myself looking for the right words to justify my actions to a kid. I said "It's his first time to taste Cheetos", which was the truth. It was the first time I let him taste Cheetos and now I wish I could take it back. You should have seen the look on that little boy's face. I felt so guilty!

I felt even worse was when he said "Our baby only eats fruits." I got a lecture on nutrition from a six year old!

But wait, look who else is giving her kiddos Cheetos.