Goodbye
4 days ago
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Pumpkin Patch
We took a trip out to the Redmond South 47 farm. Which it turned out had a lot of cute places to take pictures, and very expensive pumpkins. So went home with a lot of fun pictures, but no pumpkin.
Halloween
Our friends the Johnsons...
Invited us to thier Halloween party.
Kara got to eat at the "big kids" table, and suprised us eating a real apple, skin and all.
What we didn't know...
No wonder they said to just bring ourselves!
Dressin' up at music class
Daddy and Kara at the church Halloween party 2008
Daddy and Kara church Halloween part 2007... humm
Trick -or- Treating in Daddy's Haunted Hallway at work
Already preparing for NEXT year, costumes from the Clearence rack at Target. (only $3.50 for both!)
Invited us to thier Halloween party.
Kara got to eat at the "big kids" table, and suprised us eating a real apple, skin and all.
What we didn't know...
No wonder they said to just bring ourselves!
Dressin' up at music class
Daddy and Kara at the church Halloween party 2008
Daddy and Kara church Halloween part 2007... humm
Trick -or- Treating in Daddy's Haunted Hallway at work
Already preparing for NEXT year, costumes from the Clearence rack at Target. (only $3.50 for both!)
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Pippi's Pepparkakor
For the past 11 months or so I've been serving as a co-den leader for the wolf/bear den for our church's cub scout pack. So most Wednesday afternoon's Kara and I are busy with a bunch of 8-9 year old boys (who find her adorable!). As part of this months "Adventures in Books" theme we made Pippi Longstocking's Pepparkakor cookies. Like Pippi, the boys rolled the dough out on the floor (on a tablecloth). The boys had a great time both making and eating the cookies! They were very tasty and seem to keep well. Here is the recipe from Family Fun.
3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1 large egg
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda, dissolved in 1 tbsp. water
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. salt
In a bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the molasses and egg. Stir in the remaining ingredients until well blended. Cover with plastic wrap and chill 4 hours or more. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into hearts with a heart-shaped cookie cutter. On ungreased cookie sheets, bake the cookies 8 to 10 minutes, or until the edges just start to turn brown. Cool on a rack and store in an airtight container. Makes 4 dozen 3-inch hearts.
Excerpt from the book:
--That morning Pippi was busy making pepparkakor--a kind of Swedish cookie. She had made an enormous amount of dough and rolled it out on the kitchen floor. "Because," said Pippi to her little monkey, "what earthly use is a baking board when one plans to make at least five hundred cookies?"
3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1 large egg
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda, dissolved in 1 tbsp. water
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. salt
In a bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the molasses and egg. Stir in the remaining ingredients until well blended. Cover with plastic wrap and chill 4 hours or more. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into hearts with a heart-shaped cookie cutter. On ungreased cookie sheets, bake the cookies 8 to 10 minutes, or until the edges just start to turn brown. Cool on a rack and store in an airtight container. Makes 4 dozen 3-inch hearts.
Excerpt from the book:
--That morning Pippi was busy making pepparkakor--a kind of Swedish cookie. She had made an enormous amount of dough and rolled it out on the kitchen floor. "Because," said Pippi to her little monkey, "what earthly use is a baking board when one plans to make at least five hundred cookies?"
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
A new view
Today we turned Kara's car seat around to forward facing. When she had her year check-up she was just under 20 lbs, her weight was 25th percentile but her head size was 75th percentile. So, we decided it would be best to leave her rear facing a little longer and let her body catch up with her head some. We needed to move the shoulder straps up a notch and shes almost 14 months now, so we decided it was time to turn her around and give her a new view. I think she liked it!
We also decided it was time to turn her crib into a toddler bed. She's never liked waking up to find herself in her crib and would cry to be let out right away! Plus she's been climbing on and off the couches, so we knew she would be able to let herself down without falling. She likes her bed much better now that it doesn't feel like a cage to her and was climbing in and out of it laughing, jumping and playing peek-a-boo. And I feel much better not wondering if she's going to succeed at climbing out!
We also decided it was time to turn her crib into a toddler bed. She's never liked waking up to find herself in her crib and would cry to be let out right away! Plus she's been climbing on and off the couches, so we knew she would be able to let herself down without falling. She likes her bed much better now that it doesn't feel like a cage to her and was climbing in and out of it laughing, jumping and playing peek-a-boo. And I feel much better not wondering if she's going to succeed at climbing out!
Happy Birthday to me!
Monday was my birthday. Jeff brought me home a dozen roses and we had Tillmook Cookies and Cream ice cream! YUM! Earlier in the week we had gone out to Red Robin for my free birthday club burger. He also bought me a copy of a book I'd been wanting, "Glimpses into the life and heart of Marjorie Hinkley". Saturday we had a joint birthday party with Marcus Kertesz, who had just turned 11.
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