Baby at 25 weeks

Some Old Pics

Recently a friend of mine gave me some photos from last year when we took our biweekly walks. I would usually forget my camera... Here lil chubber is ten months old, back when he only had three teeth, only one being on the bottom. :) I forgot to bring a hat so we had to borrow a nice pink one! As you can tell from the look on his face, he didn't think it was so nice...
These ones are later that year. I think he has a few more teeth.

Apple Bran Muffins

Ingredients:

1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk (sub 1tsp lemon juice or vinegar and add milk until it reaches 1 cup)
1/3 cup butter, melted or 1/3 cup oil
3 tbsp molasses
1 cup natural wheat bran
3/4 cup wheat germ
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups finely chopped apple

Method:

• Combine first five ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
• Combine bran, flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a seperate bowl.
• Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
• Stir in apple.
• Spoon into 12 greased muffin cups. (I use silicone liners, no grease needed)
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-23 minutes, or until set.
  

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October Photos

I haven't been taking very many pictures lately, I'm not sure why! Lately most have been for my food blog, y'know, recipes I want to post but never get around to doing... Eventually lemon squares will make it on there, plus I just made some yummy apple bran muffins and oatmeal raisin cookies today. I have three draft posts there right now that are just photos, I have yet to fill in the recipe! I'm such a procrastinator.

My little goofball

Mmm, laybugs for supper.

Reading Clarion. Ok, he just loved the tractor picture and dragged the magazine around all day.

Watching the dough mix.

Homemade naan. So yummy.

ABCs

Translation: The ABC song. ;)

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp salt (reduce to a pinch if using salted butter)
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 cups chocolate chips, chunks, or a combination

Method:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars together with a wooden spoon until light and fluffy.
• Add the salt, vanilla, and eggs. Beat until well mixed.
• Add flour and baking soda, mix until just combined.
• Stir in the chocolate chips. I like using a combination of milk chocolate and Skor toffee bits. Or dark and white chocolate!
• Drop heaping tablespoons of dough on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Flatten slightly. I like to use a small ice cream scoop for uniform-size cookies.
• Bake until cookies are golden around the edges, but still soft in the center, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Cool on baking sheet for a few minutes before removing. Transfer to a wire rack.
• Try to eat just one!
  

Bargain Books

Whenever I'm at a second hand store, I go through the children's books there, because at 69 and 99 cents each, they're a great bargain! I make a thourough search of all the shelves, snatching up any Dr. Seuss on sight, and maybe a few other promising-looking hardcovers on the way. I'm collecting the Sesame Street Treasury and Sesame Street Library books, too, they're great classics! I love the illustrations in the ones from the 70's. I keep trying to get more old school Golden Books, but they're hard to find! So far I've only found Tawny Scrawny Lion.
Some of Callum's favorite books like Hide and Snake have come off the shelves of Talize here in Hamilton.
One day I ran across a book I remember reading in grade school. I squealed for joy (ok, I squealed in my head) as I snatched it off the shelf, recalling how much I loved it. Socks For Supper is a story of an endearing older couple who don't have much except a turnip garden. They eat turnips every day and gaze wistfully at the neighbor's cow, wishing they could afford one so they could have milk and cheese. They search for something they could trade to have that luxury, but they don't even have materials to make anything.
The wife ends up using the old man's sweater to knit socks to trade for milk and cheese. I still remember feeling so happy for them as they feasted on the milk and cheese, and even though the cheese was just a yellow ball, I imagined how delicious it must have tasted to them after eating turnips for so long!
I won't give away the ending here! If you want to find out how Socks For Supper ends, you'll have to come over, or borrow it from me!