Mybigthirty

[...] right off if they’re ripe. Melt butter in a 13×9 inch baking dish. Combine flour, 1 C sugar, baking powder, and salt; add milk, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Pour [...]

[...] cut oats 3 C milk 4 C water 1-2 tsp salt (or to taste) 2 tsp ground cinnamon (or more to taste) 1 C sugar 1/4 C molasses Toasted pecans to top Mix the sugar with the molasses in a medium bowl. Add the [...]

[...] .   Peach Sorbet 2 quarts (8 C) of pitted, sliced peaches* Juice of half a lemon 1 C water 1 C sugar 2 tsp lemon zest (optional) *I used half unpeeled white donut peaches and half peeled yellow [...]

[...] to Jordan for taking this picture.   I carved one monster for William, and one for Lucy: Uncle Justin gave him a toy jack-o-lantern. He had fun at Uncle Justin’s birthday: He was standing [...]

[...] to open presents at Grandma and Grandpa’s house: Somebody was tired. This was one of Uncle Justin’s presents for the babies. Thanks a lot, Uncle Justin. William got a rocking caterpillar! [...]

[...] I blow on his face. His thighs are too fat for the snaps, haha. He’s playing with Uncle Justin and Hallie before my birthday dinner: His papa forgot to wrap my present until the last [...]

[...] to a Rotary Club luncheon with Scarlett, Autumn, and Talen. William loved the ballet. Uncle Justin was going baby fishing with his keys. Naked frog baby! Rolling all over the place. [...]

[...] when he starts standing/walking. He’s a cool dude in his sunglasses from Aunt Wendy: Cousin Hallie just adores William, and cannot give him enough kisses. He’s ambivalent at this point, [...]

[...] momsicle – a frozen breast milk popsicle. He liked it! Always moving, this one. At cousin Hallie’s birthday party. After his shots. This is why it’s become so difficult to [...]

[...] after bath time. It’s all fun and games until somebody pees on the floor. Grandpa, cousin Hallie, and William. He really wants his books. Look how skinny he looks now! He split his lip, but [...]

[...] it means to have an entire lifetime of missing you ahead of me. As we’ve watched your cousin Hallie and your little brother grow into beautiful little people, all the things that we’re [...]

[...] egg (plus whatever you need for the brownies, don’t forget!) 1 tsp. vanilla 1 1/2 tsp. almond extract 2/3 C powdered sugar Milk to make a thick paste (approx. 1/3 C) 1/2 C sliced almonds 1/2 C [...]

[...] out of milk so used cream, yum) 6 C fresh ripe peach slices* Juice from half a lemon 2 tsp. almond extract *I sliced a shallow cross on my peaches then blanched them in boiling water for 30 seconds. [...]

[...] ’s perfectly wonderful as is, but I think it would also be good with a teaspoon of almond extract stirred in just before freezing, or maybe a handful of slivered candied ginger. I went [...]

[...] steep. I just used as much as I needed) 1/2 C sweetened condensed milk 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 C milk To finish: 1 C heavy cream 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 2 Tbl. sugar 1 C toasted coconut (shredded or [...]

[...] butter 1 C all-purpose flour 1 C + 2/3 C sugar 1 Tbl. baking powder Pinch of salt 1 C milk (I ran out of milk so used cream, yum) 6 C fresh ripe peach slices* Juice from half a [...]

[...] individual portions. 4 apples, cored, peeled, and chopped (I used Braeburns) 2 C steel cut oats 3 C milk 4 C water 1-2 tsp salt (or to taste) 2 tsp ground cinnamon (or more to taste) 1 C sugar 1/4 C [...]

[...] Lucy’s little brother or sister to meet them all. We’ve also been back to the Ronald McDonald House the last two Fridays. The first time, our friends (who were staying there when we left) [...]

[...] attended his first ballet at the Rotary lunch (we went with his auntie Scarlett from the Ronald McDonald House), and he was rapt. We also battled a diaper rash forever. I did everything I could [...]

[...] anyway. He got to visit Santa Claus twice, and even saw Mrs. Claus when they visited the Ronald McDonald House (and we got to see Autumn and Aaron and Talen!) Mommy tried to take some pictures of him [...]

[...] to play (roughly, in true boy fashion), and eat:   Major events this month included Aunt Keshia’s birthday, visiting Aunt Shelby and Uncle Adam, Tabatha’s pre-Thanksgiving [...]

[...] .     But really, he spends most of his time charming his mama. Playing games with Aunt Keshia. Kung fu kicking. Totally bored in his stroller. Just generally brightening my world. [...]

[...] ;s asleep. When he’s awake he’s usually flailing all over the place. Asleep on Aunt Keshia. Rocking his monster jammies. Okay, I don’t know why he does this, but he seems to [...]

[...] am I on the table, Dad?” Getting ready for trips with the map of Sequoia National Forest. Milk coma. Nervous papa first few days home. I came back from the bathroom and found them sleeping [...]

[...] . One night this was the only way he would sleep. Much better to sleep on daddy. Or mommy. Milk coma. And this made me cry. When he was just starting to crawl, he crawled to Lucy’s shadow box [...]

[...] sling the first time I put him in it. Loving the musical glow worm his great grandma got him. Milk coma. Trying to eat the giraffe from Autumn and Aaron. This is how he nurses. Except this is when he& [...]