It fights fat:
Coffee contains caffeine, which helps speed up your heart rate and thus helps you burn more calories.

Earlier this morning, Littlest One opened the pantry door looking for a snack. After perusing the pantry’s contents, he made his choice and showed it to me. This is what he wanted:

I wasn’t crazy about him having so much processed sugar so I instead offered him these:

So, which one did he pick? He picked the [...]

On Sunday, we had our annual Christmas party with my mom’s side of the family. My contribution was to bring the cake, as usual, so I got the brilliant idea to contact my neighbor Kathleen and had her make us one of her wonderful, scrumpdilicious cakes. This time I had her make a carrot cake. [...]

On Saturday Little Miss Throwsafit and I went downtown and had a tea party at a little tea house call the British Tea Pantry. We had a wonderful time. She looked so cute taking little delicate sips of our Rooibos Sweet Sin tea from her china tea cup.
For lunch she had macaroni and cheese while [...]

It’s time to change to the Up North Christmas theme.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Our went very well. My mom made a wonderful turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, and rolls. I contributed the strawberry jello salad, which I have to say was excellent. I have never been a big jello [...]

Today Little Miss Throwsafit is four years old. Four! It’s a cliché to ask this but it’s so true: where has all the time gone?
On Saturday night, we celebrated LMT’s birthday as well as my dad’s who turned 66, I think.  I’m losing count.  Isn’t that terrible.  Anyway, here are a few pictures from our [...]

What can happen when you turn your back on a 17 month old while he’s eating ravioli:

What a mess! He is going right into the bathtub.
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Is there anything that embodies the sweetness and innocence of childhood than a little one enjoying a treat and getting it all over his face?

What is it about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that are so good that I still love to eat them? Is it the happy childhood memories associated with the PB&J sandwich? Maybe it’s the salty/sweet combination. Whatever it is, after I made my daughter a PB&J on whole wheat bread, I made one for myself [...]