Cookies for Breakfast?!?!

I posted a recipe awhile back...I couldn't find the page but I know I had posted wanting to try these!  Well I happened to have buttermilk for another recipe so I baked them last night and served them for breakfast today!  They were a HIT!  Even hubby {the anti-wheat bleached white bread lover} liked them! AMAZING!

I let the grains soak all day and put them together last night..they are super moist and delish!  Kids thought they were in heaven getting to have cookies for breakfast so I win the super cool mom award while getting healthy stuff in their little tummies! SCORE!  Serve these with some fresh fruit on the side & start their day off right!

Hope you enjoy the recipe like we did! We used chocolate chips {of course} but I think it would good with raisins too!

GIANT Breakfast Cookies!

Lazy Days Skirt!

Thanks to my friend Jenn for sharing this skirt pattern with me...super easy & so cute! I let the girls pick their fabrics for these skirts..I was able to coax Emmie into something we both liked but Savannah was harder to convince ;)  She goes for the bright & vibrant prints which isn't all bad but check out these fabrics we ended up with & know that these are SUPER tame from what she started with! I am talking hot pink & black leopard print, then there was one with monkeys & palm trees....anyway, she was thrilled to see her skirt yesterday when she got home, so much that she wore it to school today! I see myself making several more of these skirts, the ribbon hem is just too sweet! Not to mention these are CHEAP, I only used 1/4 yd for Emerson & 1/2 yd for Savannah + ribbon!

Oliver + S Lazy Days Skirt

fabric for 1 more skirt each girl :)

Perennials & Vegetable Gardens

I was very lucky with the house we bought when we moved to NY, although it was a total mess inside & outside, there were tons of perennials in the yards.  I have spent the last several years moving things around and transplanting into gardens since it was just thrown all over with no rhyme or reason.  I have learned a lot about gardening, both for flowers and vegetables and am still learning every summer!  Here are some pictures of some of the perennials I love in our yard, most were here but we have added a few here and there too.

Peonies! We have 3 varieties, dark pink, light pink & white - they all smell heavenly!



    Rhododendron                                                                                   Lupines

Poppies                                                                            Lilies

 

 Lilac (we have all 3 type, pale lavender, deep purple {showed you here} & this white)

Remember last summer on this post that I showed our new vegetable garden?  Well this year we decided to remove that HUGE Lilac for more room, we have rototilled everything & finally got the garden planted over the weekend.  We have sugar snap peas, 4 types of tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, green peppers, cucumbers, green beans, & for the first time cantelope!  I am still working on an herb garden with cilantro, dill, parsley, basil, peppermint & chives.  Thanks to a friend who overbought strawberry plants I now have a small patch of strawberries to go along with all the other fruit bearers; our Cortland apple tree, 4 blueberry bushes, 4 grape vines, raspberries & blackberries! 

Weekly Menu!

Meal #1 Cavatappi Pomodoro & tossed salad w/ garlic bread
Meal #2 Navajo Tacos & spanish rice
Meal #3 Paninis w/ potato salad & watermelon
Meal #4 Pork Chops & rice pilaf w/ green beans & drop biscuits
Meal #5 MYO pizza night w/ tossed salad & cantelope


Snacks & yummy treats:
Frozen Hot Chocolate
Chocolate Zucchini Brownies {I have made these several times & they are insanely good!}

Baby Announcement!

Remember here when I showed you our new neighbor who built a nest on our porch just steps from our front door?  As of this morning 2 of the baby robins have hatched & the third egg is cracked! So exciting, they are tiny and so sweet!

Friday FAB finds!

Homemade Salad Dressings

I love salads in the summertime especially & there are great recipes in here!

Kids Play Tent

How fun is this!?!?

Sprinkle Rimmed Glass

Savannah saw this & freaked! This would be super fun for a birthday party or just a glass of lemonade in the summertime!

Photography Tips

Always looking for ways to use my new camera to get amazing pictures!

 Patriotic Flowers

So cute for upcoming 4th of July, glue onto a hair clip, sew onto a headband or just use to decorate!

Gone Country!

It always cracks me up when my teenage nieces come to visit me all the way from the big city in Arizona. All they want to do is go offroading w/ Uncle Dave, fishing, walk around town & visit the little market daily, cow tipping {disclaimer for my sisters -I don't allow that}.  I LOVE that they enjoy my little country village & all it has to offer, I think its a nice break from their normal always on-the-go action packed lifestyles, although let me tell you, their cell phones are NEVER out of reach!

Yesterday we went fishing at the lake followed by a stop at the Drift Inn for ice cream and they had a blast, hoping to make a day of it again tomorrow since we are letting Savannah skip school!