• Food

    Homemade Hot Chocolate

    My little baby is now four and half months old! Although I haven’t reported it here yet, we had several troubles with his eating early on. One of the saddest was that…

  • DIY

    Eitan’s Room

    We have a baby!! The first exclamation point is sincere. The second is because someone might actually read this post. If you had asked me to write this a few weeks ago,…

  • Food

    Chocolate Halva Bark

    This is my first post as a new mom. I’m currently writing this at 8pm. Rich has already gone to sleep while I take the first shift of the night (the easy…

  • Travel

    Old Sturbridge Village

    Although just a day trip, we had a wonderful time visiting Old Sturbridge Village. First we met at Cedar Street Grille for brunch. The food, which we liked in the past, was…

  • Travel

    Copenhagen

    After many years of discussing it, we finally decided to take a trip to Scandinavia. At first, Hannah attempted to plan this trip but quickly became overwhelmed. When should we go? Which…

  • Food

    Baked French Toast

    I tried making baked French toast once before, for Mother’s Day 2012. It did not go well. Instead of laying the bread flat, I stacked the slices. The problem was, the egg…

  • Food

    Chocolate Cake

    I tried a variation on this recipe to create a chocolate orange cake which worked well. I wanted to use orange because I made my Moroccan meatball tagine for Shabbat and I…

  • Food

    Shalach Manot 2019

    For my shalach manot this year, I decided on an Israel theme. Partially, this is because we are celebrating one year of taking Hebrew lessons. It is also because I wanted an…

  • Food

    Turkey Shepard’s Pie

    With kosher ground turkey readily available at our local Sudbury Farms, I took some time researching recipes other than turkey burgers. This recipe was one of those finds. Keep in mind that while it…

  • Travel

    Kennebunkport

    For Hannah’s mom’s birthday and her parents’ anniversary, we wanted to give a surprise trip. Since we assumed she would prefer to go away with all of us (think: children and grandchildren),…