Recipe: Chococolate Sugar Cookies - Owls!

Recently we made gingerbread bat cookies which the kids loved. Today we made chocolate sugar cookie owls. They loved these even more!

To make:  Go to my Sugar Cookie Recipe Post and print off the recipe.  Add 3 TBSP of cocoa after you add the salt and flour.  Then follow the rest of the instructions! 

Note:  The dough will look like this

Cut out the owl eyes using a straw

Ta da!

Only  15 days until Halloween!

 Happy Baking!

Recipe: Apple Cinnamon Bread

We love banana bread and banana muffins but after a while, the kids start complaining "banana muffin again?" So yesterday we tried this apple cinnamon bread recipe from Two Peas & Their Pod.   The recipe was so easy to follow and uses every day ingredients that are in my refrigerator/pantry.

This is what it looked like when I made it.  I need a shorter pan.

This is what it looked like when they made it:

Photo Credit:  Two Peas & Their Pod

The recipe says to let it cool for 10 min and then take it out.  It started to crumble a bit so I cut the loaf in two.

That's ok though... it was just for us

Had to fancy it up a little for the kids.

 Le Yum!

What We Do When Big Brother is in School

Half day kindergarten can be both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because I get a mini break because the ratio of adults to children is now 1:1. A curse because we have to remain within a 10km radius of the school because school ends at 11:30am. When you factor in the whole pick up and drop off, Baby Bunny and I are left with about 2 hours (sometimes less) of free time.  So here's what we do:

We go to Spence Diamonds and touch very expensive rings. 

We go to the grocery store.

 
We go to swim class and after class, we try to sneak into the Ice Galaxy to see some figure skating. 

Then we head back to school and play hide and seek while we spy on big brother.   (Ya, I'm gonna stop doing that now that it's a wee bit colder outside).   We use the slide when we're not supposed to.

Sometimes we pretend that he is a kid at school by hanging up his bulldozer backpack.

Sometimes that backfires.   Especially when the door locks and he's not allowed in.  Poor bunny :(

Oh look, it's 11:30am and it is time to pick up big brother.   Then we go home, have lunch, and a nice nap.  Maybe I can get a chance to do some daytime sewing?  One can only hope :)