As a parent, you typically have two moods which directly impact the way you view your kids. First one, you’re pretty free, you feel like you could cuddle or play with your kid: in this case, they’re super cute. Second one, you’re really busy doing whatever it is you’re doing: here, they’re a pain in the ass. That pretty much sums up my relationship with both my kids for the better part of 7 years now.

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Happy Easter, everyone! Wow, I don’t even know where to begin with this post. I could just ignore all the crazy that’s going on and be like hey guys, how cute are these meringue kisses?? Or I could open the floodgates to all the thoughts I have about this situation – from the actual disease, to the number infected and number of deaths, our economy, our hospitality and arts friends, to the essential workers and frontline staff who put everything on the line every single day, to isolation and home schooling and our collective loss of sanity, to cancelled birthday parties and much anticipated holidays, to goddamn virtual funerals and new babies who can’t be cuddled, to heart break and tears and hope and unity and for once in history, we as one are all in the same boat, all battling the same enemy.

I don’t know if you want me to open those floodgates.

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pear and cinnamon cake

This is going to be too much info for y’all non-parents but for parents, this is everyday, even dinner, conversation: Sofi does not poop regularly. When they say that once you have kids, you obsess over their shitting and eating, they were not kidding. But as you know, Sofi has that eating side sorted (see #sofieatingface) so it’s just the former I have to worry about.

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Giant xmas cookies

Note: if you’re here just for the recipe, scroll down to the very end, I won’t be offended, I promise. This post is pretty much going to have nothing to do with Christmas or cookies, and definitely nothing to do with Christmas cookies. I’m just going to talk about myself for many many paragraphs, mainly because well, this is my blog, right? So I don’t really need a reason. 

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I was bitten by the baking bug over the weekend and pumped out two batches of cookies. The first was a soft macadamia and peanut butter cookie, based on this choc chip cookie recipe. The awesome thing about that choc chip cookie recipe is that it’s just a base, and you can add any mix-in you want! Mac & pb is the hubby’s favourite, so it’s also a good thing I baked another set of cookies because he legit ate ALL the mac & pb cookies in 24 hours, seriously.

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It’s winter now in the southern hemisphere. The days are short, the darkness is long, and ok, I get that our friends in the far north are probably having a chuckle because actually, we still get daylight for a solid 10 hours a day and when they hit winter, they get oh about two. But I digress. Winter is a really tough time for me. Not in the least because I’m always always freezing, but because all I want to get in my face is SWEET STUFF.

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