Cooking... baking... in the kitchen

I'm not a chef. By far a good one at that. I've burnt butter (in the microwave), but I do make the best prepackaged Nestle Tollhouse cookies ever! Well, since provident living has become bigger... or maybe I'm just actually listening, I've been trying to do better at preparing meals for my family. Nathaniel loves "farm" boy food, so I've been antsy to make Turkey Pot Pie for him. I finally found a recipe and tried it. It turned out yummy. I do have to share with you what I used to make the crust (homemade crust). Remember, I'm not a baker... which pretty much means that I don't have the appropriate utensils...


If you aren't sure what you are looking at, it's a play dough rolling pin. :)

Teeth

Leo cut his two bottom teeth yesterday. He's also rolling over all over the place, picking up Cheerio's and sitting up.

This project was 2 years in the making. The larger frame was a window pane I bought at an antique shop. It had six smaller window panes. Well, the window broke and I was forced to think outside the box and find something new for it. The wood panel with the wreath, I made at Super Saturday. The chicken wire was from Nathaniel's grandpa's chicken coop.

Boys birthday's

For the boys birthday, they asked me to make a treasure map to their present. I also added in 4 clues along the way. The treasure map was even burnt around the edges (note: do not do this inside the house. it smells of burnt paper for a long time). The map took them to their first clue. The clues were about the boys. Like one of Ethan's said "Ethan is learning to start laundry"... so the clue was taped to the washing machine. I did this for each of them and they loved it. I also enjoyed watching them try to guess the clue.


Ethan looking for his clue.


Jonathan trying to read his treasure map.

Isaac has decided to go by his first name Jonathan. He is also learning to spell it. I figure at least he is in kindergarten when he's making the change. He was also really excited to learn that Papa's first name is Jonathan too.