Busy here...

as now they are all turning 5, 7, and 9 respectively!

I'm exhausted.... and school starts in a few weeks!  I've missed blogging but I am having a blast with these 3!  Woohoo for summer fun and birthdays all in August!!!!

Another Pinterest find

Melinda, a dear friend, pinned this recipe... and I was dying to try it out.
This was her favorite part of the steps!  ;) (smashing the graham crackers!)

Little one went a bit over board with the marshmallows!  :)  (you can tell which ones he did and which ones I did!)

 S'mores cookies, anyone?  Ooops.... wait, we don't have any left over, sorry! But go here and try them out for yourself... SOOOO good!

Scones!

She and I have been baking a lot lately...  She's a great help because she actually reads the directions! (I wing a lot of things... But I specifically advised her that "winging" baking recipes is not a good idea... Hope it sticks when she is a mom and baking for her children...).

Today... blueberry and cranberry scones! I cannot remember where the recipe came from.  I thought it was a bit dry, so we're going to try another recipe later on this month.

Breakfast anyone??

I think the best part of summer vacation is being able to enjoy breakfast.  Without having to rush out of the house in the morning, we make time to eat.. together!  It's a great feeling for me.  So we have been experimenting on different recipes.  This is one of our favorite.  The other is making fresh waffles.  Everyone tells me to make extras and freeze them... Um, we never have any left over!  :)

This is our favorite crepe recipe (but here it's called English pancakes). It's the easiest recipe! (1 C flour, 1 C milk, 3 eggs, 1/4 C powdered sugar) -- I normally double the recipe.

So, I make them...

and the children embellish them anyway they like... (Nutella, whipped cream, jam, whatever fresh fruit we have on hand, syrup, etc):

This is how I enjoy mine... filled with homemade apricot preserves made by my dear friend, Matt, and whipped cream... yum!

I hope you are enjoying your summer!  We certainly are...

Busy....

with summer vacation!

Spending time on the beach with friends:

Paddling around at our favorite amusement park:

Enjoying the local library activities:

Loving our season pass to the local water park!

Enjoying our friends' pool !

So... if we are not around a lot these days... It's because it's summer vacation and we are BUSY enjoying every bit of it!

Happy Father's Day, Dad!

Seriously, this IS what he wanted to do on his day!  (BBQ on the beach and a few trips on the kayak with friends and the children) Although the weather wasn't the best... we still had a blast as a family - joined by some good friends as well.  We are very lucky!

Dear Pinterest...

I think eventually, I will have to cut you off my list of things to do before bed because I am sooo hooked!!!  This is another reason why!

Eldest child and I had tickets to watch her friends dance and we wanted to make them a bouquet of flowers... Enter Pinterest and this wonderful blog that walked us through!

We started with this:

Then she began assembling the petals together:

And she even used the hot glue gun on her own this time! 

 And it was beginning to look alive!

And this was the finished bouquet!  Isn't it beautiful?!

We had such a fun time putting these together (in no time really!).  I look forward to making more of these!  FUN!!!! (They were well received after the performance!)