Callie Feyen

Realize after making pumpkin pie for almost ten Thanksgivings that you need milk and heavy cream; not either/or. It’s always good to read through the instructions and ingredient list no matter how long you’ve been baking. A “pat in the pan” crust is easiest. Just mix together flour, a little salt, butter and a little milk or cream (either/or is… View Post

Sometimes Hadley drops us notes.  Here are some of my recent favorites: This was slipped under our bedroom door around 5:45 in the morning.  It was nice that she left a couple of lines to write a response. Here’s a note she wrote during a timeout. In case you can’t read it: “Dear Daddy, People can be mean sometimes but… View Post

:: A l’il paper crafting for various events. Harper had a Thanksgiving Feast at preschool last week and she was in charge of bringing in napkins.  I bought white napkins like a donkey – WHAT MOTHER in the age of Pinterest, and all the DIYness in the world buys white napkins and thinks that will be acceptable?  Her highness was… View Post

Since it’s a long weekend, I think that if you have time you ought to take a trip to the library or a great bookstore in your neighborhood.  If you’re in DC, check out Politics and Prose.  Or, if you’re in Raleigh, take a look at Quail Ridge Books.  South Bend has a great used bookstore, too.  It’s called Erasmus… View Post