I’m running so late today! Will my day ever end? I couldn’t even make it home in time to get dinner started. So I called Adam and asked him to start dinner. I heard the pause in his voice as he said "We can wait for you to get here. Don’t worry about it."

Southern Belle Bars! The name alone just makes you think of spring, the South and a time that is rich with history and traditions. Nothing seems more spring-like, elegant and fun to me than the Kentucky Derby.

Any given night if you ask my kids what they want for dinner the reply is usually “Pizza!” In various forms; Pleading... Pizza plllllleeeease? Demanding.... pizza!

Making cookies at the holidays is one of my favorite memories as a child. It starts to feel like the holidays when we start to make cookies! As a mom, I couldn’t wait to make and decorate cookies with my own children - who happen to be boys. That’s where my Rockwell moment ends and reality begins.

It’s a big day tomorrow for a special group of friends. It’s RACE day! A few months ago, I made a simple pledge to myself to eat better, lose some weight and get in shape. In my adventures to try and be more healthy, I was able to find an amazing group called Strong Women In Fitness Together, a women’s running club near my home town of Philadelphia. I hesitated - they would probably be these amazing athletes. In my mind, the ladies would actually run fast and LOVE to work out... UGH. What I found was full time moms, career girls, out of shape and in shape women in all body sizes as well as athletic abilities.

We have our annual fright fest coming up! It’s one of the best pre-Halloween parties on the block! All the guests are invited and told to bring the craziest, grossest Halloween themed foods and snacks.

Halloween time with boys means making the scariest, grossest, "I dare you to eat that" type of foods around. My job as a mom is to make sure they are quick and easy to make! What’s big right now in my house? Zombies, aliens, ninjas, transformers and (thankfully) Bob the Builder. When it’s time to make cookies to take to our school Halloween party, these scary spiders are sure to be a huge hit in the classroom!

Ever have a childhood dream? How about the opportunity to fulfill that dream as an adult? I am extremely lucky; I am a therapeutic riding instructor for children and adults with disabilities in the heart of the city in Philadelphia, PA.