I’ve always loved to make school lunches for my son fun while he’s still young enough to enjoy it (I’m sure in the teen years he will NOT want bento lunches anymore). I’m always looking for ways to make them themed for a holiday or something going on at school. You can simple or elaborate […]
What’s For Lunch – Halloween Edition
I think Halloween is a fun holiday so I wanted to add some Halloween touches to my son’s lunches. Now these aren’t the fancy themed lunches you see all over pinterest, but these are still fun, quick and hold up well in a 6 year olds lunch box. My favorite is the ghost sandwich.I had […]
Baseball Themed Fruit Kabobs – Healthier Sports Snacks
My son’s first baseball game of the Fall season was this Saturday which also means time for game snacks. Post-game snacks are a big deal to the kids. I feel it’s really important to make theses snacks healthy because they’re kids and we’re training them to be athletes. Now I’m all for sweets as I do […]
Desert Botanical Gardens Bugs Art Exhibit
We joined the Desert Botanical Garden recently using a great deal through Groupon and with the gorgeous weather this weekend and a lighter work day for me we decided it would be the perfect day for a trip. We also took advantage of our Groupon to Honey Bears while we were on that side of […]
What’s your favorite lollipop? {National Lollipop Day}
My favorite to eat? chocolate Tootsie Pops. I can never make it through without biting it to get the tootise roll. I love the look of the colored huge carnival suckers (especially the Hammonds lollipops, they’re gorgeous!) and unicorn pops but to eat, the classic Tootsie Pop is my favorite.What’s your favorite Tootsie Pop flavor?The […]
10 Random Facts About Me
Want to learn a little bit about me? I thought a list of 10 random facts would be fun Before becoming a cake decorator/sweet shoppe owner I was a scientist. My previous job was as a molecular biologist for a biotechnology company in San Diego. I grew up in King of Prussia, PA (aka “the […]
Memorial Day Weekend Escape
As a sweet shoppe business owner its hard to get away for weekend trips – because our speciality is parties, most of our business is on the weekends. Holiday weekends are often quieter for us because there aren’t as many birthday parties and showers. We could tell Sunday was going to be quiet so we […]
Holiday Cards – have you started yours???
Its December – have you started your holiday cards yet? The last few years I’ve done photo cards with a picture of my son. Most of our friends and family have also switched to Christmas photo cards and I love displaying them – I found this great card hanger from Target a few years ago […]
BBQ Pool Party with the Neighbors!
This past Saturday we hosted a Thrill of the Grill party sponsored by House Party and Oscar Mayer – we invited our neighbors, set up the slip-n-slide, got the pool ready, and fired up the grill! We received Oscar Mayer hotdogs, Heinz katchup and some Oscar Mayer logo products for our guests to enjoy. I […]
my 40 x 40 list
Inspired by Sugar Jones (Sugar in the Raw) who I met at Bloggy Bootcamp Phoenix a few weeks ago I decided to write my won 40 x 40 list – 40 things to do before I turn 40 start at ‘mom blog’ guest blog vlogging run a 5k take up yoga (again) do a yoga […]