MSPI Friendly Brownies After much tinkering around with the recipe, we finally perfected chewy, chocolatey brownies! 1/3 cup coconut oil (melted) 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup cocoa powder 2 eggs (room temperature) 1/4 tsp salt 1/3 cup flour (we use whole wheat) 2 tsp vanilla extract Mix in the order listed. Note that the eggs …
I’ve been getting the hint that it’s time to leave… Our next door neighbors had time to separate, move out, sell the place, renovate it, and the new owners have moved in. Our across the street neighbor bought a house elsewhere and left. Our up the street neighbor has finished construction on a new house …
Here are a bunch of simple recipes you can use for packing preschool lunch! Since Little Boy started going to preschool, we have had to send in his lunch (almuerzo). This is more like a very large snack that they have around 11 a.m. To clarify, here’s a brief overview of when meal times fall. …
Recently, a women from one of the expat groups that I am a member of, posted an article about how hard it is to be an expat wife. To sum it up: losing your job identity, living in a place where you don’t speak the language, and having to set up a life for your …
Planning to visit New Orleans with kids in tow? There are great options for visiting New Orleans with a baby. It may look different than the days of walking down Bourbon Street with a beverage in hand. Having a toddler on your trip to New Orleans does change things. However, with one day to spend …
After this post, M decided we needed to re-group to prevent burn out. So we decided to head out of town for the weekend. We returned to our favorite hotel in Puerto Vallarta, the Westin. Here are the highlights:
When it’s too expensive to fly, you have too much gear to carry, or flying feels unsafe, consider taking a road trip! Even with a baby and toddler in tow, there are ways to manage and make it into an adventure! How we adjusted our time line for a road trip with a baby and …
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Nursing a second baby Baby Brother was born knowing how to latch on and that is a blessing I do not take for granted. While he did not nurse immediately following the birth, within a couple of hours he sure did and by his second day of life my milk had come in and we …
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