E has a Junior Scout ceremony this afternoon. This is our cupcake riff on the Thin Mint cookie – chocolate cupcake stuffed in the center with mint chocolate ganache, and topped with mint buttercream frosting. And a little dark chocolate shavings for flair. Off to enjoy them now… Update: Since the cupcakes seem to…
Month: September 2012
out and about
I rarely try to get the girls to stand together and “smile” for the camera – it just never happens. But if I stand back and watch, every once in awhile (or a few times in a morning) I’ll catch them at their very (sisterly) best. Fountain hide and seek and fish watching. It was…
saturday morning in the garden
Days just don’t get much better than these. Brilliant blue skies, crisp sixty-five degree breezes, early fall flowers and crystal clear ponds and fountains to drag your hands and toes in…unbelievable. Every year I say the same thing when it finally comes – fall is the gift you get for riding out the summer around…