Don’t you just want to eat all that right this second? Please excuse me while I hide out with my lemon monkey bread and rewatch every Portlandia episode for the 100th time.
Melissa from No. 2 Pencil is the culinary genius behind this scrumptious dessert. It takes only forty-five minutes total to prepare and cook! Once it’s done, set it on a DIY cake stand and serve to your guests (shh, let them think you slaved away all day on it). Keep the monkey bread coming and try Jaime’s heavenly Chai Monkey Bread.
Melissa’s Pancake Pops and Slow Cooker Chicken are also sure to please a party of hungry guests. If you feel like this treat needs an extra little something you could always put a bird on it.
Enjoy the Delicious Lemon Monkey Bread Recipe after the jump…
AHHHHHhhhh Aruba. This trip couldn’t have come at a better time. I had just returned home from Africa a few days prior, only to make the life-altering discovery upon landing that I had been adopted as a baby. It was on overwhelming few days, and the chance to head to Aruba and clear my mind for a long weekend was just what I needed.
Warm air, warm water, warm people, and some space to breath. I mean, look at Palm Beach! Your worries melt away.
I could get used to this. And I did.
So much to see:
So much to do:
Let me tell you more about my jaunt to Aruba and encourage you to take one happy trip to one happy island after the jump… (more…)
The classic Salt Water sandals have been a tried and true favorite for many a years, so instead of ditching an old pair, give them a makeover. Rachel from R&R Workshop did just that to her little girl’s white Salt Water sandals and turned them coral with dye. A pair of mint green ones would look so cute too! Were you a Salt Water kid?
While I was in South Africa last month, I got crazy.
Something came over me, I just had to get my adrenaline pumping (or just be the one to not chicken out) when we arrived at the 1,316 foot-deep Oribi Gorge. They wanted us to “gorge swing” but we didn’t want to. But somehow, I managed to make myself do it. It was awesome. Watch the video!
So I did it, I attempted the world’s biggest gorge swing at Oribi Gorge in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, and lived to tell the tale.
Watch the video: Exhiliration! Excitement! And the gorgeous sound of the Lelapa Marimba Band! Then tell me, Do I have a right to call myself a badass? I debated the appropriateness of using that word in my video, but then I was all “Umm, you know what? I AM a badass!” Ha.
This post was inspired by our sponsor, Juicy Juice, who believes that it’s never too early to start a conversation about higher learning. Thank you for inspiring a day of educational fun for me and my family! My husband Carleton and I both went to the same college (GO BEARS! CAL FOREVER!) and believe that a solid education is the best gift we can give our daughter. To that end, we like to turn family time into learning time whenever we can. This game of “Sink or Float” is loads of fun (kids love playing with water and making messes, right?), but it’s also really a science experiment in disguise.
We set up a “sink or float” tray, with a bowl of water and two hand-drawn life preservers labeled “sink” and “float.” Then we went around the house to gather test subjects.
We then taught Scarlet about the scientific method by asking her to share a hypothesis for each item and test it out to see if her hypothesis held water (ha, see how I did that?). Based on the results of her experiment, each thing would be placed in the space labeled for the correct category; either “SINK”
or “FLOAT.”
The experiment got really interesting when she decided to test out some juice boxes with varying degrees of juice remaining in them to see if they would float or sink when full, half full, or empty.
The scientist manned her station,
and with a little input from Dad,
began her lab work. Would her hypothesis prove correct? Would she learn anything or get bored? Did her right shoe end up in the water? Did my house end up a total mess? Does she now want to be a scientist when she grows up? Find out the answers to all of this and more, and get inspired to create a day of educational fun for your family after the jump… (more…)
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