December 22

I seem to be posting two by two lately. It's been a rough week. Hard to actually get to my computer. And posting blog entries is the one thing I haven't figured out how to do from my iPhone yet. That and cook dinner. I just can't seem to find the "cook dinner" app. I'd gladly pay for that one.

Anyway, much fun to be had on the Tuesday before Christmas. Well, not as much fun if we hadn't had to reschedule the party we were going to have due to much snow and no plowing on our street--hence, nowhere to park. Next week, hopefully, we'll see lots of kiddos, glitter, sugar, moms, and fun at our house. But we still had some fun. I opted for Fun Mom for the afternoon, which, of course, meant total disaster kitchen. Paint all over the floor. Water everywhere. And then I opted for Loser Mom and turned on umpteen episodes of Kipper (the best little dog cartoon, by the way), while I cleaned it up and made a super yummy dinner for my friend who came over to join us for the evening. At which point I looked like Super Mom, because I had fresh bread and lasagne made with fresh pasta.

I can't decided between these two pictures.

This of Ellis painting pinecones (and pretty much anything else he could find, including himself--love you, washable temperas!) and Marlowe trying to crawl into the sink where he is playing with his most preciousssesses water and bowls and stirry things. It all looks so angelic. And scary.

Then there's this one. Fresh pasta=a well of flour holding eggs. Whisk the eggs gradually drawing the flour in. Then knead and knead, and then either run through a pasta maker, or roll and roll it out for lasagne, which is what I did. I love that moment, though, where the eggs are poised in their well of flour.