Friday Issues #476 – Brown Eyed Baker

1. Final Friday, Dominic graduated from kindergarten! He has come a phenomenally great distance this yr, and I couldn’t be extra happy with him. He began the varsity yr attending by way of iPad solely three days after his final radiation remedy and was lastly given the go-ahead to attend in particular person on the finish of September. He has grown and discovered a lot this yr, and he continues to amaze us each day šŸ’™

2. He and Isabelle have been having fun with their summer time break! They love using on the facet of the large cart at Costco and pushing their very own little carts on the grocery retailer. Although Dominic most undoubtedly ā€œretailersā€ along with his personal cart like he’s on an episode of Grocery store Sweep šŸ˜‚ We go insanely early within the morning, so fortunately, the shop is principally empty lol.

3. At the moment is Joseph’s final day of college! In order of this afternoon, we’re all formally on summer time break, whew!

4. Let’s discuss instructor items… whereas mine are already wrapped up for the reason that college yr is over, I’m interested by what you do, OR! For those who’re a instructor, what do you most respect? I not too long ago noticed that somebody items their children’ academics Stanley Tumblers, which looks like one thing enjoyable for summer time (I’ve additionally seen wonderful opinions for the Simple Modern version, which is extra economical and broadly obtainable). Our faculty retains a doc on the mum or dad portal of all the academics’ favourite issues, which makes shopping for issues like sweet, flowers, reward playing cards, and many others., straightforward since what everybody likes!

I really like the concept that Kendra from The Lazy Genius coined referred to as ā€œDecide Onceā€ – a system you possibly can replicate repeatedly, so that you’re not all the time ranging from scratch, making an attempt to consider issues yr after yr. Considered one of my favourite Instagram follows, @haleywynndesigns, does a tremendous job of implementing this with items. So, I’m making an attempt to provide you with some concepts to keep away from reinventing the wheel subsequent yr šŸ™ƒ

5. This week, I polished up the next recipes to make them even simpler to observe and included extra ideas for profitable execution (bonus: they’re all nice for summer time!): Angel Meals Cake, Peanut Butter Brownies, and Quiche Lorraine. Blissful Baking! šŸ˜

6. I lastly began Demon Copperhead and haven’t gotten very far into it, however to this point, so good! I do know once I talked about it a few weeks in the past, a few of you actually liked it, and a few disliked it. I’ll maintain you posted on my ideas!

7. This previous week, I made this cilantro-orange chicken recipe and served it with yellow rice, black beans, and diced mango. It was so scrumptious, tremendous straightforward, and better of all, everybody in our household ate it! That hardly ever, if ever, occurs 🫠 I extremely suggest this meal!!

8. You probably have summery stuff you’re seeking to purchase, Amazon has an enormous Memorial Day Weekend sale proper now that features particular house and outside offers.

9. This previous week, we watched the mini-series Our Home (on PBS) and it was craaaaaaazy. I used to be hooked!

10. TGIF! These pups love to provide and get affection and Dominic loves them so, a lot ā¤ļø