Addicted to Wholefoods pizza dough

Have you tried Wholefoods pizza dough? If not, you must. Delicious. We've been featuring make-your-own pizza at least once a week and this dough is our go-to.
Inspired by the Barfoot Contessa's Pizza Party, we line up a selection of cheeses, olive oil, pizza sauce, vegetables and meats and the kids have a ball creating their own dinner.

Jessica Alba's gift...

A few weeks ago we sent Jessica Alba a gift basket (similar to the one sent to Halle Berry that is featured below). Convinced she was having a boy I included, along with a gift certificate, our cream rodeo kids pocket tee & bloomer set. Cowboys are in now for girls right?!

Halle Berry's Gift Basket

Hand Picked Pumpkin teamed up with Custom Made for Kids, Four Peas, and The Chocolate Cake Club (all Chicagoland-based, mom-owned companies) and sent this beautiful gift basket to Halle Berry & Gabriel Aubry just after the birth of their daughter Nohla. We included a Hand Picked Pumpkin Carnival Bloom tee & blooomer set and gift certificate.

Celebrity Buzz

Celebrity pregnancies and birth announcements are always so intriguing. Today as we were shipping out Hand Picked Pumpkin gifts for Christina Aguiilera & Jordan Bratman, Nicole Richie & Joel Madden as well as Courtney Thorne-Smith & Roger Fishman it was especially fun to read the announcement from Matthew McConaughey that he is expecting his first child with girlfriend Camila Alves.

Jerry Seinfeld and Sheryl Crow

Date night: Tuesday night Pete and I attended a NML company show in Milwaukee starring Jerry Seinfeld and Sheryl Crow. We had a blast.

I have never laughed harder in my life! Seinfeld was awesome. He covered a wide variey of topics ranging from politics to Starbucks to marriage. Tears were literarly streaming down my face as he talked! If you are able most definately see his show!

The beautiful and very talented Sheryl Crow played after Seinfeld. She was clearing working the crowd! And we hope to see her again if she is ever in town playing at Ravina or Millenium Park.

Rod Stewart should know about hpp

In the same issue of Instyle mentioned below I also came across this amazing quote by Rod Stewart regarding parenting his son, Alastair. He says, "It seems that my parenting skills have improved with experience," and adds, "I've learned that you've got to just let your children be who they are and celebrate their individuality."
Celebrating each child's individuality is what Hand Picked Pumpkin is all about! (that's acutally part of our boilderplate). Maybe we should send Rod a note of introduction!