Southern Banana Pudding

This recipe involved, among other things, a can of sweetened condensed milk, an entire package of cream cheese, an entire tub of cool whip and 2 packages of shortbread cookies. I swear I will never make it again but it is soooo good!

Pictures

It was a chilly drizzly day today but we still managed to make it out for family pictures at the JCC. Here are a couple pics of the kids beforehand:

Salon Buddies

Mandy and I both got new 'dos today:

Maybe people will stop confusing us now?? But probably not -- a little girl ran up to me in Manhattan Bagel this morning and said, "Are you Rebecca's Mommy??"

End Of Week Update

Mike survived his first full week of commuting to work full time since MAY and is liking his new job so far, yay!

Amelia was up most of the night with an ear ache last night so I took her to the doctor this afternoon (we finally have insurance yay!) and she does indeed have an ear infection so it's amoxicillin for her twice a day for 10 days. 

Charlie managed to squeak his Math grade up from a 92 to a 93 over the past 2 weeks and with his other grades holding steady that means he has straight As with 2 weeks to go in the marking period. Way to go Charlie! Next hurdle? A science test on Tuesday for which he has to know the 6 steps of the Scientific Method in order, as well as be able to define "independent variable" "dependent variable" and "control group." Oy. 

Tomorrow I am getting my hair done and Sunday  we are having family portraits taken for the first time EVER!!

Slowly Getting Better At My French Braiding Skills

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

So yummy, why have I never made you before?? Oh I know why -- because the recipe involves carmalizing butter and brown sugar, separating eggs, whipping egg whites into merengue, and weird ingredients like cream of tartar, that's why...

I Decided It's Time For Halloween Already

(With a little help from Charlie and Ben, who dragged a box of Halloween decorations over from Mandy's garage...)