Happy Easter!

I hope everyone has had a very happy Easter! We definitely had a very busy day, starting with our very first egg coloring. I have to tell you the second those color tabs hit the vinegar I was immediately taken back to my childhood. Does that happen to anyone else?


The kids did really well, and there were only minor stains, which in toddler world is a huge success!

We waited to do baskets until Mimi and Paw Paw got here. Did you know that the Easter Bunny left baskets for Aaron and Jill at their house too??? Lucky ducks! He never left baskets for me at my grandparents houses. Here are the ones from our house:


I don't know who was more excited about the My Little Pony's, me or Jill. I will admit while the Easter Bunny was putting together their baskets they may or may not have spent a large amount of time brushing said pony's hair to ensure proper fluffiness and shine. May or may not...


Instead of doing a big dinner we had a big breakfast. I made cinnamon rolls, a Dutch baby (apple oven pancake) and Mimi's sausage balls. It was super yummy!

Hope you had a great day and that you remembered that is was about more than chocolate and Easter bunnies.

Dutch Baby!

I made this for breakfast earlier in the week and just had to share it! It is called an Apple Oven Pancake (sometimes called a Dutch Baby) and I found the recipe in my trusty Williams-Sonoma cookbook.

What you need:

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 cups diced apple (about 3 apples)
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar... See More
• Juice of 1/2 lemon (I skipped this since I used gala apples not granny smith)
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 large eggs beaten
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• Powder sugar for dusting

What to do:

• Preheat oven to 425 and let your baking dish heat for 5 minutes
• In frying pan over medium-high heat melt 2 tablespoons of the butter, add apples and saute until tender (about 5-7 minutes)
• Sprinkle them with brown sugar, lemon and cinnamon.
• Coat baking dish with remaining 2 tablespoons of butter to coat bottom and sides.
• Spoon apples into bottom of dish
• In a bowl whisk together egg, milk, flour, vanilla and salt until blended.
• Carefully pour batter over hot fruit and bake for 20-25 minutes.
• Dust top with powder sugar.