Saturday, December 29, 2012
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Ukelele
Ben bought himself an ukelele (pronounced oo-ke-lay-lee) while in Hawaii. He and Michael will have to do a duet sometime!
Sunday, December 9, 2012
"Gingerbread" Houses
I have always HATED making gingerbread houses! It is such a huge mess and they always fall over before they are done and they are 100% sugar anyway, so I haven't even bothered for several years. But this week someone told me a trick to get them to be more sturdy.
Instead of using royal icing to glue the walls and roof together, I put about a cup of powdered sugar in a frying pan and slowly melted it over medium heat. At first it just makes a blobby, brown mess, but I just keep stirring until it was a smooth brown mess. Then I dipped the edges of the graham crackers into the syrup and "super glued" it to the board. Then I dipped more edges and glued to the last wall until I had something that looked like a gingerbread house.
I made royal frosting to attach the candy and decorate. That stuff gets really hard, but not as fast as the melted powdered sugar. A couple of things to note:
The building part isn't something that kids can do because the syrup is SO hot.
I tried dipping three edges on each wall but then I dripped a little bit on my hand and realized that was too dangerous. Just do two edges at a time.
I dipped my silicone pastry brush into the syrup and onto edges already on the house.
This is Joseph's and he does all of his own work. I think he may be the future Dr. Seuss!
Instead of using royal icing to glue the walls and roof together, I put about a cup of powdered sugar in a frying pan and slowly melted it over medium heat. At first it just makes a blobby, brown mess, but I just keep stirring until it was a smooth brown mess. Then I dipped the edges of the graham crackers into the syrup and "super glued" it to the board. Then I dipped more edges and glued to the last wall until I had something that looked like a gingerbread house.
I made royal frosting to attach the candy and decorate. That stuff gets really hard, but not as fast as the melted powdered sugar. A couple of things to note:
The building part isn't something that kids can do because the syrup is SO hot.
I tried dipping three edges on each wall but then I dripped a little bit on my hand and realized that was too dangerous. Just do two edges at a time.
I dipped my silicone pastry brush into the syrup and onto edges already on the house.
This is Joseph's and he does all of his own work. I think he may be the future Dr. Seuss!
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Thanksgiving Pics from lytro camera
Here are some pictures I took over Thanksgiving with my wired camera. Depending on your internet speed it may take a several seconds to load the pictures, sorry.
Click on any part of the picture to refocus the picture on that point. Click and drag to shift your perspective giving the picture a 3D effect.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Cousins with Grandparents
They are a pretty happy looking crew considering how tired, cold and hungry they all were!
Saturday, December 1, 2012
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