Spring Flowers

I love tulips. They are my favorite spring flowers – simple in form yet elegant. I eagerly look forward to them in our own garden every year. Unfortunately, they are also a favorite among the deer. We got away with it for the past two years but the deer finally discovered our stash of tulips […]

A Beautiful Spring Day

These pictures were taken fairly early in Spring (note the leafless trees, and bare flowerbeds). Look at how blue the sky was in the first picture. It was my kind of a perfect spring day – cool but sunny, with a cloudless blue sky. We don’t get many clear, sunny days like this over here, […]

Rolling Like a Pro

This week, we made Cheesy Ranch Chex Mix, Whole Wheat Double Fudge Brownies, and Wheat Thins. This was only the second time Alex had used a rolling pin but yet he was amazingly at ease with it. He did a great job rolling out the Wheat Thins dough. :)

Fun in the Puddles

We got a brief break from winter today, hitting a high of 63. The day started out rainy and cloudy but eventually cleared up for a few hours in the afternoon. Almost all the snow melted and left huge puddles of water in low spots in our front yard. Below are pictures of Alex, donning […]

More Baking…

This time, we made Plum Sour Cream Muffins and Chewy Oatmeal Decorating Cookies. As usual, he loved his baking sessions from the start till the end – all the measuring, mixing, and seeing the result of his (fun) labor. This was the first time Alex tried his hands on cutout cookies and he enjoyed every […]

Making Cookies

Last Thursday, I decided to take a break from our regular homeschooling lessons and had a “Home Economics” class instead. Alex was absolutely happy about this because he got to do one of his favorite things – baking, while learning at the same time. We managed to incorporate reading, measurement, and math in our baking […]

Our Son is Martha’s Fan

Can you believe it? Our son, Alex is a big Martha fan. I used to borrow Martha’s DVDs from the library for myself but now, I actually borrow Martha’s DVDs because Alex wants to watch them. His favorites are Martha’s Guests: Master Chefs, Martha’s Baking Favorites and Martha’s Favorite Cookies. Sometimes, after he watches the […]

My Favorite Time of the Year

Hello everyone! We hope everything is well with all of you. It has been beautiful here for a couple of days now. The air is still mildly cool, with sunny blue skies – the perfect spring weather. Keith, Alex, and I have been spending every opportunity we have outside, and we have loved every moment […]