by Flora Caputo | Jan 7, 2012 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
The transition into 4th grade for us has not been an easy one. Our daughter has been forced to grow leaps and bounds to keep up with her older classmates. It seems there is such a difference between 9 and 10 year olds. My daughter is one of the younger 4th graders....
by Flora Caputo | Jan 3, 2012 | Recipes, Uncategorized
We finally had our first snow to herald in the first Monday in 2012. And it wasn’t just a fluffy snow, but a crisp, icy snow that likes to blow around. I have to admit, Chicago has had almost springlike temperatures. I was beginning to wonder if cranky-pants,...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 1, 2012 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I made these cake balls for a holiday school bake sale 5 weeks ago, and am just putting them up now. I have grown to love making cake balls for big events where I need to make a lot of something for a lot of people. Usually big potlucks, festivals, parties and...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 30, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Santa brought my daughter this really fun toy called The Mega Ice Cream ball. She had her eye on it for a while and I was not sure if the thing really would work. We tried it twice and it worked both times, and the ice cream was really great!The premise is that your...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 29, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
OK. I have to kind of pre-apologize for this recipe. I know its close to New Years Resolution time and all, and this recipe is really not on that regime whatsoever. Its decadent and delicious. But it is great for brunch guests for sure, which you still may have...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 26, 2011 | Crafting, Uncategorized
Here is a great, green craft idea that is fashionable and easy. I found the idea on a wonderful craft blog at https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/ I wanted to post this earlier, but I did not want to spoil the surprise to some of my friends and family that were receiving...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 17, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Are you baking?I just spent three days straight baking. We Caputo women take it pretty seriously. I take vacation time and hang with the lady folk of our family, baking traditional Italian stuff while listening to carols. It’s nice. I started...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 6, 2011 | Career, Uncategorized, Womanhood
Well, get prepared to be a little depressed. According to this study, men seem to be happier with better work/life balance. They seem to take more breaks for themselves, make more money and do less housework.SO, what lesson is this for me?I am going to take my...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 6, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I recently finished a school project with my daughter about the Northeastern States. She had to collect a handful of recipes that were representative of those states. She really wanted to make sure she had a handful of maple and apple recipes in her cookbook. And in...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 4, 2011 | Crafting, Uncategorized
My daughter has become obsessed with dragons, preferably Asian ones-but she will take any as long as its big, fierce with lots of teeth and scales. Recently, she had to do a book project in which they had to create a bag for the book, and put items in it that relate...
