Cookie Time

Yummy, our first batch of pizzelles have been made! This is of course the first of I'm sure many more to come. I think I made 3 batches last year but Mike recalls it being 4 or 5.

I love the winter baking season, we should bake like this all year long. On my list for this year: of course more pizzelles, peanut butter blossoms, mint chocolate chip cookies, rocky road fudge, sugar cookies, peanut butter balls, Amish Friendship Bread, and whatever else seems yummy ate the time. My little mixer always gets lots of good use this time of year. I LOVE BAKING! I'm excited if you can't tell.

The tree is up

The Unveiling

The day has come to see what's in the box. First I blew out the candle on my Carvel Ice Cream Cake, when I say "I" I mean Rachel and I.


Then the wrapping paper with Rachel's assistance has been torn, the big box revealed and what is in side?A new printer, but not just any printer, a wireless over sized printer meaning I can print on my 12X12 paper for scrapbooks! Yeah! Thank you, Mike!

What could it be? You decide.

This big box has been sitting in my closet for a week now, taunting me. So now you too can join in on the wait. Let me know what you think it is, because I'm at a complete loss.

Fruit Smoothies

At least once a week Rachel will ask for a smoothie. I have a hard time saying no to this request. You can even ask Rachel what you need to make a smoothie "Strawberries, Bananas, Milk and Yogurt" all healthy. So sure you want a smoothie you got it.

Today I let Ashley begin to help in the kitchen with the above lunch drink. She had fun dropping in the bananas and strawberries. Rachel was such a good big sis and was handing her the strawberries to put in, instead of doing it herself.

Who would say no when you get a result like this?

Martini glasses in our house are called Smoothie Cups

Halloween Night

One funny story that didn't get put into the scrapbook because I forgot to and I'm not going back and redoing it. But anyway... So Rachel and Ashley were up at a door, Rachel knocked and they waited patiently for the door to be opened. Rachel held out her princess bucket and said the standard, "Trick or Treat" and the man put a piece of candy in her bucket. Ashley follows Rachel's lead, holds up her pumpkin bucket and says, "Ahhh", while chuckling he places a piece of candy in her bucket too. Rachel took home a bucket and a half full of candy. Way too much.

Pumpkin Carving

After putting Ashley to bed we pulled out the pumpkin and carving tools and let Rachel help carve her first pumpkin. She was squeamish about touching the pumpkin guts, but enjoyed eating the toasted seeds. After I showed her how to blow out the candle she was no longer afraid of burning herself and wanted to do it again and again.