Our new microwave has a great feature!  A child lock! When the child lock is on, you can hit all the buttons you want, and nothing happens!  A certain preschooler, for example, will be unable to cook a Duplo to medium-melt.  All you get is a lot of beeping noise – which is, apparently, what […]

Saturday morning, we had no plans.  We could be lazy.  The Webmaster and I did not want to get up early.  So when the boys got up early, we just turned on a movie – in our room, even – and they sat down and watched.  Thumper was all snuggled up with me, and I […]

Yes, the cookie baking is in full swing here.  But I’m not finished yet. I have to make more macaroons… … and maybe one more batch of shortbread.  I made both lime with dried cherry (pictured) and orange with dried cranberry. I have plenty of gingerbread spritz… … and peppermint snowballs. I’ve also made at […]

It’s that most magical time of year when ingredients are combined and go from this… To this… There were a few stages in between, like the boiling and stirring and adding of marshmallows and chocolate. Tad helped me make a batch, but the concept of “constant stirring” is a bit much for him.  We’ll keep […]