First snow

We woke up to a snow covered house. Adrian spent the majority of a 5 hour span outside.  Not playing, goodness now. Working.  His grandparents got him a new shovel for Christmas. He's been itching to use it. He shoveled paths everywhere, including from the house to the garage and his play area.  He wanted to do the whole driveway, but the snowblower helped with that. He wants chains for his John Deere wagon. And a John Deere with a plow.  Of course.  Miss Audra went from claiming she liked snow to asserting that it's 'too too too cold".  I hear ya! 

All in all, so magical having this fresh blanket of snow.

In our kitchen, with kids.

 

If you've been around these parts long enough, you know that I'm in the kitchen A LOT.  And you'd know that I fully embrace having helpers in the kitchen. Sure, it's more work then they first start, but with practice, they are definitely helpful. A 3 and a 5 year old are already helpful.

Case in point.

Leftover oatmeal muffins.  No stirring done by me.

 This kid can crack an egg better than me.

 I can shred the cheese while they spread the sauce.

 Using all this milk is a laborious process. They are always grabbing me a spoon/wipe/etc or shutting the mixer/food processor off. 

The most butter I've ever made in a week.

Homemade greek pita pizzas. All ours.

Spinach dip. *Almost* all ours.

A great way to use our homemade BBQ sauce, sour cream and cheese.  Hawaiian nachos.

 When it comes to cheesemaking, he knows how to cut the curd.

And this little lady enjoys stirring the whey out of the curds.

 

My day to day includes kitchen work with them. I wouldn't have it any other whey...err....way.  Love little hands in the kitchen. .

 

 

 

Christmas 2015 Recap

From the Christmas story to presents to playing outside....magical. The whole day was magical through the eyes of my littles, which of course made my heart go pitter pat as it was bursting with love.

Lots of gifts from very generous friends and family.  We got them a KidKraft puppet theater for free(I made curtains), a $10 drum set, a couple hand me downs/thrifted finds and  10 books each  (which I usually pick up for a couple quarters or less). Friends/family got them the rest.