We hope you have a fabulous weekend! The girls adore the ground you walk on and wish you a happy, happy birthday!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Leaf Hunt 2008
I took the girl out on a leaf hunt this morning with some friends. They had a blast and did some leaf identification and rubbings. Here are some fun pics.
Before:
The official leaf hunting crew:
Before:
The official leaf hunting crew:
Great shot of Lucy:
And last but not least, Isabel:
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Favorite new fall recipe
This has been a huge hit around here lately. It's not too sweet and perfect with coffee. The girls love it. We made some whipped cream with cinnamon and vanilla to go with it. Yum!
Pumpkin Buttermilk Bundt Cake
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened, plus additional for greasing bundt pan
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour plus additional for dusting pan
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups canned solid-pack pumpkin (from a 15-oz can; not pie filling)
3/4 cup well-shaken buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs
For glaze:
2 T butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1-3 T cream or milk
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour bundt pan. Combine together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, and salt in a bowl. Whisk together pumpkin, buttermilk and vanilla in another bowl.
Beat butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes, then add eggs and beat 1 minute. Reduce speed to low and add flour and pumpkin mixtures alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture and mixing until batter is just smooth.
Spoon batter into pan. Shake a few times to be sure to remove any bumps then bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool cake in pan on a rack 15 minutes, then invert rack over cake and reinvert cake onto rack. Cool 10 minutes more.
To make glaze, heat butter until melted. Stir in sifted powdered sugar. Mix in cream or milk 1 Tablespoon at a time until desired consistency. Drizzle over cake while it is on a wire rack so excess falls through.
Enjoy!
Pumpkin Buttermilk Bundt Cake
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened, plus additional for greasing bundt pan
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour plus additional for dusting pan
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups canned solid-pack pumpkin (from a 15-oz can; not pie filling)
3/4 cup well-shaken buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs
For glaze:
2 T butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1-3 T cream or milk
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour bundt pan. Combine together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, and salt in a bowl. Whisk together pumpkin, buttermilk and vanilla in another bowl.
Beat butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes, then add eggs and beat 1 minute. Reduce speed to low and add flour and pumpkin mixtures alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture and mixing until batter is just smooth.
Spoon batter into pan. Shake a few times to be sure to remove any bumps then bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool cake in pan on a rack 15 minutes, then invert rack over cake and reinvert cake onto rack. Cool 10 minutes more.
To make glaze, heat butter until melted. Stir in sifted powdered sugar. Mix in cream or milk 1 Tablespoon at a time until desired consistency. Drizzle over cake while it is on a wire rack so excess falls through.
Enjoy!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Where has September gone?
September has come and gone in the blink of an eye. We've started and settled into the school routine. Lucy is lovin' school, Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Medley and all her all chums. Here are pics from her first day.
Here's an enormous horseshoe crab that Todd spotted.
We packed in a round of putt-putt golf before we left.
And here's what ultimately happens when you take a 2 yo to play putt-putt:
We stopped by my favorite lighthouse on the drive out. Lucy was asleep in the back, so Todd snapped some pictures of Isabel at the lighthouse. She's about the same age Lucy was when we took pictures of her at this light house.
And last weekend we planted mums and cabbages around the house. Here's Lucy showing off her freshly transplanted mums.
This one cracks me up because it's shades of her teenage years to come.
We packed the kids up and headed to the cape for a long weekend in the middle of September. We. love. the. cape. We spent most of the afternoons out exploring the tidal flats looking for hermit crabs, fish, snails and shells. The girls thoroughly enoyed the flats and kept asking to "go walk in the mud" again.
Here's Isabel showing us her hermit crab. She was the fastest hermit crab catcher in the family. She has no fear. Lucy wouldn't touch them.
Here's an enormous horseshoe crab that Todd spotted.
We packed in a round of putt-putt golf before we left.
And here's what ultimately happens when you take a 2 yo to play putt-putt:
We stopped by my favorite lighthouse on the drive out. Lucy was asleep in the back, so Todd snapped some pictures of Isabel at the lighthouse. She's about the same age Lucy was when we took pictures of her at this light house.
And last weekend we planted mums and cabbages around the house. Here's Lucy showing off her freshly transplanted mums.
Isabel has been adamant about dressing herself lately with some interesting results.
Monday, September 1, 2008
The last hoo-rah
Good-bye, August. Helllllllloooooo, September. The leaves are already showing hints of color changes here. Fall is in the air. I love this time of year. We had a beautiful Labor day. Low 80s, breezy and not a cloud in the sky. We took the girls to the park this morning. Here are some end of summer pictures of them.
Thursday Lucy starts school and Isabel is starting her first gymnastics class.
Thursday Lucy starts school and Isabel is starting her first gymnastics class.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Ack!
OK, so I really need to update this blog. Bad mommy, bad mommy.
For all those that haven't heard we're expecting another girl. Estrogen continues to reign supreme in this household. Poor Todd. I officially gone into nesting mania and I'm repainting half the house. I painted the entire kitchen yesterday. Looks great! I'm cleaning and taping off the downstairs hallway, stairway and upstair halls this afternoon. I've book a sitter tomorrow and Friday so that I can get them painted. Then there is the nursery (still undecided on how to decorate it) and Lucy is insisting on painting her room too. If anyone stands still too long I might paint them too. Watch out.
Lucy starts school next Thursday. Whoo-hoo! I'm looking forward to having a schedule again. I'll definitely get some first day of school pics. No big plans for the holiday this weekend. I think Todd is covering the service, but we do have a date night planned for this Saturday.
For all those that haven't heard we're expecting another girl. Estrogen continues to reign supreme in this household. Poor Todd. I officially gone into nesting mania and I'm repainting half the house. I painted the entire kitchen yesterday. Looks great! I'm cleaning and taping off the downstairs hallway, stairway and upstair halls this afternoon. I've book a sitter tomorrow and Friday so that I can get them painted. Then there is the nursery (still undecided on how to decorate it) and Lucy is insisting on painting her room too. If anyone stands still too long I might paint them too. Watch out.
Lucy starts school next Thursday. Whoo-hoo! I'm looking forward to having a schedule again. I'll definitely get some first day of school pics. No big plans for the holiday this weekend. I think Todd is covering the service, but we do have a date night planned for this Saturday.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
PGA 2008
We went to another birthday party this weekend. We celebrated Sean's 5th birthday with a round of putt putt golf, pizza, ice cream and cupcakes. Lucy loved it. She perfected the push and drag putting technique. Isabel gave up on putting and just went directly to the holes and slam dunked her golf balls. I only got a few pics because Isabel kept running off. Lucy thoroughly enjoyed the party and catching up with all her school friends. Several moms commented on how much she's grown this summer. She has shot up an entire size this summer. All that sun and fun I guess.
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