Joshua on August 29th, 2010

In the middle of June , I saw this post on TheKitchn.com which mentioned that they had seen a glass tube for sale on Etsy that was made to cook tube shaped loaves of bread. I thought it was pretty awesome frankly and showed it to Amber and mentioned “Hey, if you ever see one [...]

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Joshua on August 23rd, 2009

Last week I ran across this very easy recipe for making butter and thought the kids would like it.  I asked Wesley what he thought and he was all for it.  Of course, what goes better with homemade butter than homemade bread?  Nothing, that’s what.  So we made bread, too. This morning Jillian and I [...]

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Amber on August 21st, 2009

I knew I wanted to make Jillian’s cake have something to do with ducks and turtles.  She is in love with them right now.  My first idea was to sculpt a 3D cake.  A turtle on the bottom and a duck riding on it’s back.  I knew it was a big undertaking, but I was [...]

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Amber on February 25th, 2009

For Wesley’s bedtime snack tonight I cut up some apple and arranged it in a circle on his plate.  When he saw it he said that I made him a flower.  But that the flower needed a middle.  So I got about 5 chocolate chips and put them into the center. Wesley had been eating [...]

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