isaac helped make his birthday cake this morning: and then he did a little coloring:
baking
helping
whenever i make anything, isaac wants to sit on the counter (“right there”) and “hep mama”…sometimes, help can come in the form of putting in some ingredients and/or stirring. other times (usually) it means licking beaters and poking fingers into tasty looking batters or ingredients (like sugar, which he calls “rice”). anyhow, here are some […]
family visit
late tuesday night (early wednesday morning, actually), my parents and jake rolled into town. since then, it’s been a festival of eating, playing the wii, more eating, shopping, cooking, eating, gifts, and eating. here’s jake and isaac contributing their strongest skills to the cooking: on christmas, isaac wasn’t as interested in getting gifts as […]
definitely NOT germ-free holiday baking…
(and yes, he’s still wearing the same shirt from yesterday).
gingerbread skeletons
here are the finished gingerbread men that isaac helped me with.note: he did not help with the final decor.
gingerbread helper
isaac helped me make some gingerbread cookie dough tonight.stay tuned for shots of the finished product… (licking the beaters is always the best part…)
helper
isaac has been a really good helper lately.he likes to help load the laundry from the washer to the dryer.he likes to put his dirty diapers in the trash.he puts his empty sippy cup in the sink (or sometimes the trash).he picks up his toys when he’s done before he gets another.he has his own […]
Cookie Madness II
It’s all over. The madness, that is. I completed the cookies on Sunday night during the Survivor Finale MARATHON. It’s a relief. Now, to distribute…. Anyhoooo… Another 4 days left of school and the semester comes to a close. It’s getting hectic. And exciting. I’m excited to go home (again) for Christmas. To the snow. […]
Cookie Madness I
I am about to embark on this year’s day of holiday baking. It’s fun at first. I’ll let you know how I feel about it later. Time to get started (11:25 am)….
Cookie Madness!
I’ve been making crazy amounts of Christmas cookies. I made (alcohol free) rum balls, no bake oatmeal cookies, puppy chow, chocolate chip, chocolate coconut bars, gingerbread and hershey’s kiss peanut butter cookies. I got some BAD recipes from christmas-cookies.com. I’m publicly denouncing them here. Less than two weeks until we head to NY for Christmas […]