cupcakes and pancakes

Here are the cupcakes the girls and I made to follow the dinner I made for some guests we had over on Friday night. Chocolate with chocolate and vanilla frosting! 

Every saturday Chris makes pancakes for the girls. On this particular saturday we happened to have the "kids" table set up from the prior nights festivities. The girls invited "the best daddy pancake maker" for breakfast at the kids table. Mom was refusing pancakes since she ate too many of those cupcakes in above picture!

Conversations at lunch time.

Italian biga bread

It's like this: I don't have time to make home-made bread. Well, at least I thought I didn't... until I found this recipe- http://amberskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/09/italian-bread-biga-style.html
(these are mine)

....and really- each step only took about 5 minutes OR LESS to complete and in the end- two gorgeous, tasty, fluffy, chewy, white italian-bread-goodness. I can't wait to make it again with some whole wheat flour mixed in and maybe a loaf with some herbs.. this recipe has opened a whole new world of bread making for me- and well some extra time on the treadmill *sigh*.. cuz let me tell you, this bread is good alone, toasted, toasted with butter, with butter and jam.. and I figured this out by eating almost half the loaf last night. Who's the fluffy one now?

(proof, i hate half)

Date with Daddy

Anna's elementary school had a family dance last night. We thought this would be a great opportunity for Anna and Chris to do something alone-together.

Hi.

My name is Dylan. 

I can sit.

Grab my toes.

Grow a big tooth. Drool.

Smile lots. Give BIG KISSES!

it's a sideways circus!!!

You expect me to eat whAt??!!

The day after.

Last night, Chris and I went on a date and this is the picture our babysitter emailed me today. 

Dylan Sue- 6mos old!!