I was getting the kitchen cleaned up after dinner, when Tad brought me his bowl and cup from the table.  He saw me with the sink full of dishes, and a sponge in my hand, and pointed.  “Can I try that?” Why, yes.  Yes you may. He used a little more water than I would […]

I still need to work on getting my decorations up, but the baking has to get started!  I tackled one of the more labor-intensive traditional ones first – Gingerbread Bears!  I was also initiating Ane into the mysteries of creating the perfect (or not) bear. She helped for one tray, putting the mini chocolate chip […]

I must have been around Ane’s age when I started baking cookies by myself.  Gichan’s favorite has always been chocolate chip, and I remember that being the first cookie recipe that I made all by myself.  I was crushed when my cookies were spreading like crazy, and were like lacy pools of dough studded with […]

It was one of those days when Thumper would not let me put him down so I could do anything.  It’s very hard to make dinner with one arm while the other one is balancing over 20 pounds of clingy, needy baby. So I sat him on the stepstool in the middle of the kitchen, […]