Grace's Birthday

This was the best birthday yet. I made the cake but used a boxed cake and premade icing. What a cop out. the decorations as you can see were gummy butterflies that Grace picked out at the Bulk Barn. She also picked out the sprinkles on the top.
The garland I saw on Prudent baby. I changed mine a bit but I think it still turned out nice.
I had to leave it up cause it makes the kitchen look pretty!

No knead bread.

This is my first attempt at No Knead Bread. Try it out. Its super easy and very yummy!
Here's a vidoe of the original recipe.

Mummy's helpers

Here are some pictures of the kids and I working together in the kitchen. Elijah and I made some muffins. He used the mixer all by myself. Grace was especially helpful. She feed Ian for me, peeled the carrot for the soup, opened the cans for the soup and stirred the soup. I think she even helped me with the dishes. I hope this will be a trend that will carry on into her later years...helpfulness!

Domestic Bliss

I had bought a turkey awhile back because it was a good price. Since, I have not had the time or will to cook it, but today I finally did it. First I roasted it. I boiled the neck, liver and heart with carrot, celery and onion for Ian. I didn't puree the heart or the liver for him but I'm hoping all their goodness got into the veggies the neck meat and the broth. Then I took all the meat off the turkey and put it into a pan to rewarm later for supper. I put some pan drippings in the bottom of the pan to keep it moist. Then I made my broth with the carcass. We definitely didn't eat enough turkey at supper. Lots of leftovers. I'm going to make soup for supper tomorrow with my broth and extra meat. There is a lot of broth so I think I'll give some soup to someone. I'll make a double batch. We can use some of the turkey for lunch meat. I'll freeze some for a cassarole later. I"m not great at remembering to use frozen leftovers. I also have a hard time thinking of ways to use cooked meat. I'm hoping you can use it the way you would meat with less cooking time. I was going to make a lentil casserole this week. You'll find the recipie at my girlfriend's blog on the Jan. 19th entry. I made it a couple weeks ago and everyone liked it. I added some cut up boneless chicken thighs, but I wonder if I could put some cut up turkey?


I thought I would add a picture of the yarn I'm using to knit Ian's sweater. I rolled it all into balls this afternoon. 50g skeins don't take any time at all to ball. I'm used to larger skeins that seem to take a long time to get into a ball.
I put some puff wheat on Ian's tray today and he picked it up and ate it. He loves eating. I actually think he must be having a growth spurt because he's nursing consistently every 3 hours or sooner.