Clay loves to slide.

This afternoon, my husband walked in the door and I told him that we needed to get out for a bit.  Cabin fever much?  The weather is killing me.  We hopped in the car and headed to the playground before a really delicious dinner.  Recipe to be shared later.:)

Lemon Bars

I love anything lemon.  Sweet, savory, lemon does it for me.  These lemon bars are one of my favorite desserts on the planet and completely remind me of my mom.  When I had my oldest son she came to my house to take care of us and these are the first thing that I asked her to make for me.  I love them.  They are easy to make, hold well, and freeze like a dream.  I usually cut the squares pretty small and freeze half a batch for another time.  I make these in my Cuisinart but you can easily make them by hand.  That is what Martha would do.  But as we all know, I am no Martha.

Also, had a bunch of gorgeous Meyer Lemons laying around and wanted to use them up.  They made these a little sweeter than I would have liked.  If I were to use Meyer Lemons again, I would have definitely reduced the amount of sugar in the filling or cut it with some full strength lemon.  I loved the bright yellow color that the Meyer lemons gave me, but these are supposed to be on the tart side.

I add the baking powder at the last second and give it a whirl right before I am about to pour the filling into the crust.  The baking powder gives the top a bubbly sort of crust..

The full size recipe card can be downloaded here.

February 5, 2010 - 8:44 pm

Jennifer - A definite fave!! I want to make these this weekend!! I am the only one that will eat them, hehehe….

February 5, 2010 - 11:21 pm

Nicole - these look amazing Bree! I’ll be over tomorrow to pick some up! ;)

February 6, 2010 - 1:13 am

Brenda Bisharat - You do this to me ALL of the time…I’m hungry and I see your blog and then I want it! I get inspired, think I will make them, copy the recipe and then just dream of having your baked goods! Thanks for always sharing!

February 6, 2010 - 3:23 pm

sonja wright - Aw, snap! Those look delish. You need to publish a cookbook with all those mouth watering photos…

February 7, 2010 - 1:30 pm

Betsy - Lemon bars are my absolute favorite. They remind me of my grandmother. Thanks for the recipe. I second the cookbook idea. Your pictures are excellent and make me want to go make everything you post.

February 7, 2010 - 1:31 pm

admin - thanks Betsey! That is very nice of you to say. I promise you that these are DELICIOUS.

He is made of cute.

And it is a good thing, because this little dude is trouble!  This morning I found him walking around the house swigging an empty Corona that he pulled out of the recycling.  Gross.  Kinda funny, but gross.  Then later, I found him helping himself to the side of one of the tiers of chocolate cake that I was cooling.  Then at lunch he was mad that I would not give him another chocolate milk so he picked up his plate and threw it on the floor.  Are we approaching the terrible twos?  Nap time, I love you.

February 4, 2010 - 8:52 pm

Nicole - Grant and Clay can have a plate throwing party! Good thing he is adorable ;)

This face

is too gorgeous for words.

Valentine Cards for Girls

I decided that this year instead of the paper Dora the Explorer card that I would make the kid’s Valentine’s cards.  I had so much fun making them that I thought that I would share them with you.  I made these 5×7, but I am planning on making these wallet size.  I am attaching the full size download at the bottom of this post.  Enjoy!

Tomorrow I will hopefully have some boy Valentine’s ready for you.

The font used here is a paid font, so it needs to be replaced if you do not have it.  It is Amelie.

This font is a free font called Print Clearly.

Link for Valentine

Link for Flower Valentine

February 5, 2010 - 6:32 pm

Autumn - these are adorable!

February 5, 2010 - 6:35 pm

Autumn - Bree, these are simply adorable!

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