Hunting for Easter eggs

We did our first Easter egg hunt this year. Last year, we did a hunt with my parents when we were on a camping trip in Oklahoma, but this year, Julian really got into the egg dyeing and Easter Bunny hiding the eggs thing.










18 eggs was just enough, and we didn't go crazy with candy. (Julian had an Easter party earlier in the week for that.) It was all about the hunt, and the other fun things we found along the way, like this cute snail.

A different kind of bread pudding, plus my sister's new food(ish) blog

Been having a lot of fun at work lately, writing about these adorable Easter-themed (and easy to make) cake pops, as well as a Mexican bread pudding called capirotada that is full of dried fruit, nuts, brown sugar syrup and, of all things, cheese.

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My sister, Chelsea, and I have been talking a lot more about food lately. She's always been an astute shopper, but now her focus is on ingredients. We talk about genetically modified seeds, so-called "natural" chicken, organic milk, "Fresh" the movie, rice bread and grocery store prices. We're both officially food dorks in the best kind of way. I was bugging her this weekend about starting a food blog. She needed a place to share her discoveries, like the bruschetta grilled cheese she'd just made. And then just like that ('cause that's how my determined sister rolls), she started Simplicated. I'm so excited that she's at least testing out the blogging waters, now matter how much it ends up being about food.