And we're off!

Internet has been down.  Gr.

Here's a few highlights of the past few weeks.  In picture.

The first, and MOST important is,

WE HAVE A WALKER!!!!

A lot of people have been giving me condolences, but I'm rather relieved and excited. So in celebration of our new walker, we splurged on some new shoes.

Here's Daddy and 'The Kid' learning how to put on the new shoes.

Trying to walk in the new shoes.  This is where the term Noodle Legs comes to play!

 Not earth shattering, but, Daddy and 'The Kid' sported their new Arsenal gear.  'The Man' is determined our son will be a fan.

This part IS earth-shattering news!  I made HAPPY FACE BREAD!!!  I figured out what I was doing wrong.  Yeast.  Not enough yeast.  Not NEARLY enough yeast.  Hey,  I never said I was a whiz in the kitchen.

 Papa's 65th birthday...and he's SO excited.  AND I have a new niece who was born on the same day.  (January 25th).

 Lot's of park days.  Rain or shine.  Lady Chan needs to get out of the house.  And because the internet's down I had good reason to leave!  So sad.

 Fun with toast.  And with Papa.  Random I know.  But.  I thought it was cute.  And if I think it's cute, it's going on the blog.

Tootles!!

Say 'No' to Crack

A couple weeks ago I mentioned SAD FACE bread.  I hate SAD FACE bread.  SAD FACE bread is no bueno!

But, HAPPY FACE bread came for a visit last week.


Well, mostly HAPPY.

Looks good from here, right?

 

How about here?

What the...?





The book that I use shows beautiful pictures of these cottage loaves of succulent goodness.

I realize the food stylist is using specimens most worthy of a photo, but still!   

I get 'crackage' every time.

I don't see where there's a Trouble Shooting section for 'round-loaf-crackage'.

I'm thinking about using loaf pans from now on.  Plus, it's an excuse to go buy something cute for the kitchen. Doesn't cooking seem so much more pleasant and fun to do when you have good looking kitchen-ware??  (The MB would disagree, but, we're not listening!)

I swear I'm going to lick this bread-making challenge.  In search of the world's easiest and yummiest bread recipe.

Tootles.

More than meets the eye

I bought 'the kid's' first toothbrush today.  Let me first say, that yes, I am tickled by the fact that I'm buying my son's first toothbrush.  Tickled because he has teeth.  Teeth are neat to have.    

But really, what's the point of all the graphic bombardment?  It's a toothbrush.  This is a tool you use to scrape the junk off our teeth.  You're not looking at it when you're brushing.  And when you are done brushing, who sticks around to stare at a tooth brush?  

All that aside, I opted for the only cartoon I was familiar with.  TRANSFORMER'S (jsh-tsh-dsh (those are robot noises) more than meets the eye).  I figured if I got something that 'The Man' likes perhaps 'the kid's' father will be more inclined to help win the battle of tooth decay, than say, the lazy mother.



And before I forget, I must document another VERY IMPORTANT event.  I made SAD FACE BREAD.  This is special bread that involves forgetting the yeast.

  
It makes for a good teething biscuit.  It keeps 'the kid' happy for a very long time.

Tootles.