Since returning home, life has been busy and wonderful. It's good to be back!
On the first day of each quarter, the teachers at my school have a potluck lunch where everyone brings a dish to share and we eat together catching up on everything that has happened during our break. I was told that it was too hot to turn on the oven, so I made these no-bake cookie dough bars and they were a HIT!
The only problem with these bars is that they killed my trusty hand mixer. One of the beaters would no longer lock in to place, and it started to smell like it was about to start on fire. I took this failure or my hand mixer as the opportunity to finally get myself every girl's dream kitchen appliance - a Kitchenaid. Isn't he pretty?
Once September hits, it's fall in my brain. Even if it's 100 degrees outside - like it has been ALL week - my brain says apple and pumpkin and FALL. I declared pumpkin season officially opened with these pumpkin chocolate chip mini-muffins that I brought to school for my team before parent orientation last week.
And of course, with fall and pumpkin comes one of my favorite parts of September, the return of the Pumpkin Spice Latte to Starbucks!
My brain might be saying fall, but my body is still saying summer and I'm trying to enjoy the last pool days of the summer!
September also brings with it one of my favorite days of the year - my birthday! I had a wonderful birthday weekend, ended perfectly with dinner with TDN and two of our dear friends. Heather made an incredible meal for me. I am so thankful to have her in my life.
I'm also thankful that she caters so well to my peanut butter cravings. She made me a chocolate peanut butter cup cake with peanut butter frosting. It was incredible. And sent us all immediately into diabetic shock. But it was worth it. So worth it.
We enjoyed some time together, some time with friends, some hiking, and some time with Little Max. TDN thought Littles might want to ride in a Google bike with us. He wasn't a huge fan, but he was a trooper!
That's life!
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