Last night, I babysat our family friends’ toddler! (Actually it’s a really cute story…my third grade teacher married my fifth grade teacher! They never worked at the same school together, but my friend and fellow classmate’s mom had the brilliant idea of setting our two teachers up. And now they live happily ever after with their cute daughter, Rachel!) Anyway, Rachel is so easy going and so much fun…and a very smart cookie for her age too!

The other thing about Rachel is that she is one of the best eaters! She is almost two years old and for dinner I served her rice and chicken and salad with carrots, avocado, cucumber and tomatoes!

Doesn’t that sound like something us old people (in comparison to her age) would eat for dinner?! She ate every last bite…except for the rice! She took one bite and decided she didn’t like it…so she just opened her mouth and let it fall into her bib pocket! It totally made me laugh and think of this cute video I had seen a few days ago of kids trying new foods!

The little girl with the pigtails was my favorite!

I have always preferred salty and savory to sweets. A bag of potato chips just sounds so much more amazing to me than a couple pieces of chocolate. That’s why my favorite breakfast is Eggs Benedict instead of pancakes or French toast. But, when I found a recipe for savory pancakes with bacon, corn, cheese, onions and chives, I was so excited to give it a try. And it had bacon in it so how can you say no to that??

And let me tell you something…it was so delicious that I nearly fell out of my chair. Especially when you drizzle warm maple syrup all over the pancakes. It’s the perfect balance of savory and sweet! I’m definitely going to be making these over and over again.

Last week, my girl friends from high school and I got together for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory! It was the first time I had seen them all together since Christmastime! So, we had lots of catching up to do. And it was the first time our friend Diana tasted cheesecake! It is one of my favorite desserts (it’s what I have instead of a birthday cake every year since I don’t like regular cake!) so I was not going to let her leave without trying a slice. We decided to take the dessert home with us, where we could spend more time together than the restaurant hours would allow us. Diana loved the cheesecake (how could she not?!) and we had lots of fun together. I’m happy everyone is home and reunited. I love you girls!