Happy Father's Day

I'm so, so blessed to have a husband who is not only my best friend but an amazing father to our son Lucas. I'm equally blessed to have a father that truly is my hero and still the person I look up to most in my life.

To you and yours, I hope this was a wonderful day to celebrate with the amazing men in your life that you can call DAD.




See you soon, friends!

Pancake Art

As always, we've been exceptionally busy lately. And that means we try to take even more advantage of our weekends as a family. Sometimes this is easier said than done as we battle to cram in birthday parties, baby showers, weddings... you name it, summer months have it. But last Sunday we had NOTHING going on. What a great feeling!

So we decided to take advantage and have a lazy morning with a big breakfast. Pancakes, bacon, hashbrowns... mmm, a little slice of Iowa heaven! Lately Lucas has decided that pancakes are one of his favorite foods, so I decided to have a little fun with it.

Ingredients:

• Pancake mix or recipe



• Squeeze bottles (I used the ones from my Due Date cookies)



• Food coloring - optional



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Directions:

• Mix up a batch of pancakes and add batter to your squeeze bottles (this is when you can add color if you'd like!)



• Lightly spray your griddle or pan



• BEFORE you turn on the griddle, trace your shape or design




• Now heat up your griddle to 350 degrees. Once your design starts to bubble, fill in with regular pancake batter or another color!




• Once bubbling, flip pancake and allow other side to cook.

How cute are these?

Way more fun than regular old pancakes! And if you don't want to use food coloring, you don't have to. Just follow the steps above and remove the color. For example:

Don't forget if you're going to write words, write them backwards! Now you let the design cook for a bit, then flood with more batter. The part that you put down first will be just a little darker and will stand out:

Breakfast never tasted so fun :)