Fix-it

Our beloved Kitchenaid mixer has been acting up.
And while I am by no means a repairwoman, I am always up for a challenge.
So, while baby bejos napped I dug out a few tools and got to work

 It started to get a little messy

So, with everything in pieces I used my phone-a-friend lifeline.
"Dad? I have a question for you"

While sage advice was dished out, the poor Kitchenaid has been in pieces ever since. Yesterday the food-safe grease arrived and I am out of excuses. Stay tuned. Baking season is upon us and we need this kitchen staple.

Indoors

The cooler weather demands more creative indoor play. 

Apparently the cupboards are just enough entertainment

help in the kitchen

This last little pumpkin was left outside during our snowstorm

We pushed up our sleeves and got to work baking, peeling and pureeing

Pumpkin chocolate chip bread, mmmm

Wintertime

We woke up to this on Saturday morning

 We bundled up (which took forever) and excitedly stepped outside to share the winter snow with baby bejos. He was not excited, except to wear his new mittens

Eventually we coaxed him into the yard with help from Cooper, daddy, and a ball

I am so not ready for winter, hoping for one more warm spell before wintertime really sets in. Fingers crossed...

eighteen months

 

food

My evenings have been busy with the knitting needles and crochet hook, trying to create baby bejos a bounty of food for his own kitchen play.
I am particularly fond of the pea pod and fringe on the carrot.













Here are the patterns, all from www.raverly.com
ORANGE  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/orange-3
STRAWBERRY  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knit-strawberries
CARROT  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/carrot-6
PEAS  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/peas-on-earth

Pumpkin Carving

Our second annual pumpkin carving party was this weekend. Thank goodness for the good weather because the guest list was quite long for our little house.

 

 moth eyes courtesy of Martha Stewart