Treat Yo Self Tuesdays!

Let's be honest, this is a totally appropriate blog title. I think "Treat yo self" is like my motto.

I'm gonna drop some pics of our fave snack places below just to make you hate me, or so you can go check them out!

This past weekend the kids and I went to Cocohodo & Sweet Vivian's for some liquid nitrogen ice cream!

I love this place bc they have an awesome variety of coffees and teas PLUS they do latte art which for me is like....yasssssss! You know I'm all about presentation!

 

This place is super cute, it's in this random shopping center that is half deserted and doesn't look like much from the outside but it's adorable and they have a new patio that I will definitely be spending some time once this Fall weather rolls in!

 

When someone orders ice cream they put on quite the show and all of the kids run over to watch!

 

Then there's the fact that the ice cream is insanely good!! They use real ingredients and it shows!

 

We got Nutella, peanut butter, and strawberry! They were all amazing but the Nutella flavor is TO. DIE. FOR. 

Oh and my green tea latte was incredible too! 

I don't think they have more than one location but if you are around the Katy area I definitely recommend it! They have food too, I think crepes and such but I have yet to try anything but dessert! When I do, I'll let you know!

   Now to a very important topic: DONUTS. There's this little hole-in-the-wall donut shop here in Katy called GLAZE! It's in Old Katy which I don't venture to often but this place is worth the trip!

If you are a donut snob like I am (sorry fellow Houstonians, Shipleys is garbage) you will love this place!

 

On this trip we tried Strawberry Shortcake, Peanut Butter & Jelly, Birthday Cake, (and not pictured) the Bananas Foster Fritter, Sausage Kolaches, and Breakfast Tacos (bc this girl never passes on tacos!)

Everything was SO good! The kids were bouncing off the walls for 3 days...seriously.

Oh and since we are practically on the topic of CAKE...sending love to my fave cupcake place SMALLCAKES!

 

Most of you know, I'm like the queen of cupcakes! I have tried probably every cupcake place in the Houston area and when I travel I always look for cupcake places wherever I am!

There's a lot of competition out there and a lot of argument over who is the BEST but in my opinion SMALLCAKES wins, hands down!

They always have an awesome variety and great flavors plus the cake and icing is perfect! Not too dense and heavy, not too light and fluffy, perfect!

Last but not least, just a little shout out to my long time love Starbucks! 

The Pumpkin Spice Latte is back and the basic white girl in me is loving it! However, since it's still 100 degrees here, in the afternoon I like to get a Chai Tea Latte on ice and I ask them to add the pumpkin spice syrup and it's AHHMAZINGGG! I shared this tip on FB and everyone went nuts!

Also, because I'm festive, I am loving that they turned the birthday cake pops into Mummies for Halloween!

 

That's all for now! Next post will be Halloween themed!

-xo-

Danielle

It's Fall Ya'll!

My favorite season is here!! Although, here in Houston, Fall is just a state of mind bc it's still 100 degrees. lol

If you follow me on FB you know that I've been a bit under the weather, I'm still nursing my 18 month old and I started having extreme pain on one side that I thought was a plugged duct and kind of brushed it off and though it would go away if I did what I usually do when I get one. After 2 weeks, no luck so I saw a doc and was diagnosed with having Mastitis. I questioned if it really was bc I've had it before and this seemed different, the pain was worse but I never got a fever like I did before. I was treated with antibiotics and after 6 days there was no improvement so I was put on a different antibiotic. After 8 days on that I was still in severe pain and found out that it most likely wasn't even mastitis to begin with but a different type of infection. So anyway I started a new prescription now that seems to be helping after 5 weeks of being in pain 24/7!

So anyway with all of that going on I haven't been as festive this year, I've been stuck on my couch with a heating pad or an ice pack trying to move as little as possible. I have been keeping most of our Fall festivities at home for that reason. Whomp whomp whhooommmp. 

Here are a few pumpkin pics from grocery stores bc that's pretty much the only place I've been since all of this started! We will get out to a real pumpkin patch soon!

 

First pumpkin pic of the year at Sprouts!

 

Next we went to Whole Foods where sitting on a pumpkin seemed like a good idea to Scarlett!

 

Here was another trip to Whole Foods!

 

Actually talked all 3 of my kids into a group pic! Anndddd they all smiled! #ParentingWin

 

and of course we couldn't leave out this one from Trader Joe's!

I will be doing a few Halloween posts ASAP! We spent this past weekend painting pumpkins and making haunted gingerbread houses! Post coming soon! 

-xo-

Danielle

Skinny Spinach Lasagna Rolls

Skinny Spinach Lasagna Rolls

This has been one of my fave go-to recipes forEVER! It's super easy and fast if you use a good quality jarred sauce but sometimes I make my own sauce from scratch, just depends on how much time you have! 

Ingredients: 

• 9 lasagna noodles, cooked 
• 15 oz frozen chopped spinach, thawed and completely drained
• 15 oz fat free ricotta cheese 
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 large egg
• salt and pepper
• 1 jar of marinara sauce 
• 9 tbsp (about 3 oz) part skim mozzarella cheese, shredded

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 350°. 

Combine spinach, ricotta, Parmesan, egg, salt and pepper in a bowl. Ladle about 1 cup sauce on the bottom of a 9 x 12 baking dish.

Lay out lasagna noodles and make sure the noodles are dry. Take 1/3 cup of ricotta mixture and spread evenly over noodle. Roll carefully and place seam side down onto the baking dish. Repeat with remaining noodles.

Ladle sauce over the noodles in the baking dish and top each one with 1 tbsp mozzarella cheese. Put foil over baking dish and bake for 40 minutes, or until cheese melts. Makes 9 rolls.

To serve, ladle a little sauce on the plate and top with lasagna roll.

Sull La Vie

OMG.

How long have I been talking about bringing my blog back? Everyone keeps asking and I say that I'm working on it which is pretty much the equivalent to your friends asking you if you are on your way and you say "Yeah! I'm leaving my house now!" when you are actually just getting out of the shower.

I have picked it up here and there and toyed with it and ultimately decided I wasn't vibing with my old blog anymore and it was time to break up.

Soooo...enter my new blog!

It took me forever to come up with a name...like FOREVER. I'm a mom to a 13 yr old daughter (teenagers SUCK) with Dyslexia, a 9 year old son with ADHD, and a toddler with more sass than even I know what to do with and I find myself in these crazy situations on a daily basis where I'm like WTF?! Since I have a toddler I have been TRYING (key word: trying) to stop screaming WTF every time shit hits the fan so lately I've been saying "C'est la vie"! If you don't know what that means, it's French for "That's life"! Much more toddler friendly...at least until I perfect cursing in French.

Anyway with my whole crew of Sullivan kids over here (my poor other half Loren is outnumbered, all of the kids took my last name so he is the Lone Lauver) we are pretty much Sulli everything so Sull La Vie just kind of clicked!

This blog will be all kids, food, travel, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, or whatever strikes me as interesting that day and I hope you follow or subscribe or whatever it is that you do on here!

Oh and always feel free to comment with questions, feedback, or topics you'd like for me to blog about!!

Here's to me keeping up with this thing!

-XO-

Danielle