Monday, December 31, 2007

Odds and Ends

Look! I used my brand new KitchenAid for the very first time last night - I made bread! I've never really made a loaf of yeasted bread before... I've done homemade rolls a few times and I've also made banana bread many times - but this was a first. I used a recipe for Honey Whole Wheat bread from my Martha Stewart Baking Handbook (a Christmas present from last year) - the bread loaves turned out lovely, thanks to a great recipe and great cooking equipment! Yippee for me!

Emma has been prancing around in her new princess dress as of late. Her Grandma Dangerfield made it for her as a Christmas present and it is so beautiful! When Emma wears it she tells us that she's going to the ball. She's such a girl!

Lastly (this post has been a little random!), here are some videos of Becca. In the first one you can see how her crawling is coming along - she's improved so much in the past few days! The second video is of Becca making a mess with her yogurt. She just loves sitting in her chair and eating snacks. Oh, and also - you may notice that the quality of the videos are much better than in the past... thanks to my new camera! Thanks mom and dad!



9 comments:

  1. So cute! Looks like you guys had a great Christmas! I can't beleive how big Becca is getting!

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  2. I love the smell of fresh baked bread.
    Becca is really getting better at crawling. Soon she'll be getting into everything.
    Now, is she really eating that yogurt, or just bathing herself in it?

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  3. You are following in your mom's footsteps with the breadmaking. When you your young your mother would make homemade bread all the time, without a bead machine, really true. That Becca is not ashamed to get her hands (and face) messy, 'gotta love it!

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  4. Yes, mom... mostly just bathing in the yogurt, for sure!

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  5. I LOVE YOUR BREAD! I can smell it all the way here! :) Look How big Emma looks a real princess!

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  6. Hey, I got a kitchen aid for Christmas too! Tonight I made bread for the first time! So exciting!!
    Ps I can't believe becca is crawling already!

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  7. That bread looks yummy, I'm curious at to how you got the outer crust of the bread so shiny and evenly browned. (egg whites?)

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  8. Yes, I put an egg wash on the outside of it before cooking it - mixed an egg with some heavy cream... that good ol' Martha Stewart doesn't miss a beat! ;)

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  9. That bread looks so good! and your girls look great! Alex came running when he heard you talking on the video! Yea for christmas

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