Yesterday I put up my knitting. I’m not sure how I feel about it… but at the moment it is ok. I’m just not working on it at the moment and we really needed the space in the room. We have this huge storage/drawer unit we’ve been using for both kids to house clothing and diapers… well a few weeks ago a drawer started to hang and in true preschooler fashion “if it’s stuck, just pull harder!” That poor IKEA furniture had no chance. The Girl comes to tell us “the drawer is broken” and me thinking oh it’s just stuck goes to investigate. Nope, BROKEN. Pulled apart, bearing housing for the slides falling out on one side, and it is wedged in the slot in all it’s broken glory. We moved everything out of that drawer into The Girl’s IKEA Trofast unit with drawers (that thing is a workhorse). Now, The Boy’s clothing is exposed and he empties the drawer at every opportunity (because honestly…wouldn’t you!?). We’re worried that they are going to attempt to climb it at this point. So we’re busy relocating, shifting, etc. We have climbers… and let me tell you that finding your sub 1 year old and 3 year old on the dining room table is a really fun experience. (our chairs are now laying on the floor)
Earlier this week we baked some pre-made dough sugar cookies. It’s the kind they sell as school fundraisers these days. I didn’t buy it, my Mom did. Good gawd… “tastes like homemade” LOL Apparently they haven’t been to my home! The Girl thinks they are good and I’m shaking my head going “but we have KAF Kids mixes and all the makings of homemade cookies and you’d rather eat THIS!?” SOB However this is coming off of Halloween and she totally rejected some nasty candy…so my faith is not completely ruined. She was also absolutely too cute reading Bakers Banter with me this week and asking when we were going to make the bread they made. If KAF needs a spirited poster child(ren)… I got her (and him!) right here. The Boy is getting more interested every day, but he is admittedly a finished product tester more often than not right now. He would like for me to tell you that mommy’s first pie crust was delicious.

I made a chicken pot pie (above) and an apple pie. We were a bit impatient and didn’t let it cool as much as we should on the chicken so it oozed out a bit. Needless to say, both were quickly devoured and I’m extremely pleased with the results. If you ever have a chance to attend a KAF Traveling Baking Demo, do so. There was so much great information and it 100% boosted my confidence level to do some thing I had been terrified to do. The folks that do the demo are so helpful and knowledgeable, I think even a seasoned baker could take away something new. Never going back to store bought pie crust again.
I’m still feeling the burnout pretty bad. Had a pretty good talk with The Husband who has been having some similar struggles. We’re trying to adjust things and get back to something we can all live with better. We’re having sleeping difficulties with The Boy (ack teething and life) which is leading to disturbing The Girl which is snowballing into grumpy everyone. Sleep deprivation is brutal. We (The Husband and I) are also not the most schedule oriented people, routine yes but we just don’t run by a clock very well.
I’m pondering The Boy’s birthday “cake.” We did strawberry shortcake for The Girl and strawberries are sadly out of season. I was debating something like berry muffins. Part of me wants to just do the cake and frosting thing, but I’m not sold on the idea. It wasn’t something that we did with The Girl and while sugar has been a little more lax this go around, I’m not ready to toke the poor thing up on his 1st birthday either.
Tomorrow is Friday which means Starbucks Day! WOOO! I usually get a decaf no whip soy mocha but I’m debating the peppermint mocha or a gingerbread latte since the seasonal (snert) flavors were released this week with the red cups. oo la la bring on that sexy red cup!















