Last night, Elliott, Alice, Burbur, and I went for a walk, our dog absolutely loves the snow and acts like a complete loon while she is out in it. I decided at this point that we were not having school today, there was no way I was going to try to leave my neighborhood, when I got up this morning though, I found out that school really had been cancelled. Yet, remember that lovely little Tegrity program? Yes? Well it also makes it so teachers can save their lectures from years past and just have you listen to those when school is canceled, I guess at least that makes them cram less into their lectures.
Since we had a snow day though I decided it would be a good idea to practice some more cooking, I really enjoy making things from scratch, because then we can control every ingredient that we are eating, no HFCS! I found a recipe that could work in my bread machine and went for it! Our bread machine gets quite a bit of use, and was worth every penny, I can make everything without getting sticky fingers, I hate sticky fingers!
While the dough was mixing and rising in the bread machine, I had to tackle the kitchen, it was covered in dishes! (Elliott does most of the cleaning and he likes to clean on Fridays........) So there was a lot of cleaning that needed to happen, in the middle of this one of the neighborhood children rang the doorbell............... He wanted to shovel our driveway!!!! Now, this might just seem like a way for him to make some extra money, but we don't have a garage! There is only about 5 feet of sidewalk for him to reach b/c our cars cover most of the rest of it, and it is a very short driveway. For this he wanted $5, I kindly told him no thank you through somewhat gritted teeth due to what I hear after the doorbell rang! Alice.... She had woken up from the nap she desperately needed, she got quiet right away so I figured Elliott had put her back to sleep (he was napping as well). I continued my cleaning, when all of the sudden, baby Alice came into view. She was fiercely crawling towards me and the open dishwasher... ah silly Baby, I retrieved the baby, returned her to Elliott, at which point she started crying furiously, and I escaped. 10 seconds later she was sound asleep.
Elliott and Alice woke up a bit later, after I had gone and finished reviewing a Physiology lecture, and we were ready to roll the dough out!!!
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| Why am I in this funky suit? |
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| I loved her face here, my mom brought this hat back from when she got my little brother |
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| Daddy? What is on your face? Alice does not approve of masks, warning, next picture has Elliott with his face covered in a T-shirt, he looks like a ninja, and I know I have some friends who have mask phobias. |
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| who are you? I feel scared |
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| please, put me down, or give me back to Mommy, now! |
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| Alice loves helping! |
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| and she nabs the dough! |
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| Daddy would prefer less helping... |
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| we retreated to the other side of the table, much to Alice's chagrin |
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| consoling herself with the dough she grabbed |
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| the evidence, and she tried for some more |
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| I love her eyes! |
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| plotting her next move... (Daddy requested that we vacate the premises) |
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| pre-rising |
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| in the pot, they are in olive oil |
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| getting glazed |
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| yummy goodness waiting to be devoured!!! |
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We let Alice have one of the unglazed ones, she loved it! It is the sweetest thing we have ever let her eat, but she let us know with the constant screaming while we cooked them that she was not going to be left out of this experience. She then proceeded to walk all over it, and smoosh it, but she enjoyed it
This snow day was wonderful overall, and I actually got to cross more things off of my to-do list than I added to it.
