Pookie regularly amazes me with his creativity.

I just know he is going to be a published writer one day.  

Baby toes

Baby toes have so much personality.  I am grateful for my Biscuit and her cute little feet.

Baking with babies

My friend Michelle stopped by today with a vegan goodie:  Pita wedges and two different flavored hummus dips.  They were SO YUMMY!  So I begged her for the recipes and made pitas for the first time today. 

My sweet Biscuit overlooked my work.  

She is often my kitchen companion.

And this little Peach fell asleep by the garage door sad that I was busy rolling out pitas and couldn't hold her and Daddy wasn't home yet. 

But she managed to snitch a carrot first...

Easy kitchen herb garden pots

I've had my eye on chalkboard pots as an herb garden and finally made my own today.  They were super easy and rather inexpensive. 

- 3 clay flower pots

- Chalkboard spray paint

- Masking tape to cover the rim while painting

- Jute string to tie around (I've had a spool lying around my house for a decade.)

If you make these, be sure to link so I can see!

Guess who's 6?

This cutie pie.

He requested a Sponge Bob cake from the commissary bakery.  Since going to a whole foods plant-based diet, we don't have eggs or food coloring and other cake making supplies.  

Even though he's only seen one episode of Sponge Bob (while waiting for an appointment at the clinic), he chose it because it's yellow.  Hammy loves yellow!

He licked off all the frosting from the toys and hardly touched his piece of cake.  

I told Danny, "Cut them big pieces of cake so we can get this over with."  

After cake, the two oldest told me each separately, 

"For the next birthday, can you make the cake?  There was too much frosting on this one."

And Bun, who's birthday is next, told me, "Next time get a little cake.  This is too big for our family."

Wolf in Sheep's clothing or how to ruin your diet with 7 ingredients

These may look like your ordinary rosemary and garlic French bread loaves, but they're not.  

They are weight-loss thwarters!  I have GOT to stop making them.  I love them TOO much.  My scale will attest to this...

How do you get a Tater to sleep by 7 pm?

 

Answer:  Have a wild playdate with 9 other kids and then have him eat 1 large serving of roasted broccoli, 2 helpings of vegan spaghetti shells with nutritional yeast, and 2 cups vanilla almond milk.

It's too hot for my to-do list...

I speak for the trees!

Peach loves all things nature. She spends hours happily digging holes in the backyard.

Now that we are trying to re-grow the grass, she can't play out there. So she has very much enjoyed the nature walks we've been going on around the neighborhood.

Danny captured this picture of her on one of the giant tree stumps near the playground.