The Stairs and The Baby

Gee, I guess she's not really a baby anymore, huh?

Why? Why! Why?

Can someone please explain to me WHY this happened...AGAIN???

Who's a Big Girl Now?

Driving without a License...Again!

Remember when she was really little and tried to drive the car?  She's determined and I think she'll get the hang of it one day...

Worst Biscotti Recipe...EVER!!!

Ok, so I've discovered the joys of baking biscotti.  The process is the same as baking cookies, (duh) but you bake in one big lump instead of a million little lumps, cut, then re-bake.  Simple and tasty.  I found a great chocolate chip biscotti recipe and it turns out great each time (as long as you don't over bake it like the last time...).  This last time I was going to bake for the geeks at Shaw, I wanted to make Banana Toffee Biscotti so I went searching for a recipe.  Boy, what a recipe!  Total Crap!  I cannot believe how this dough turned out!  She describes it as a "Crunchy Banana Bread" and that suits it because since you over bake this by at least 30 minutes it's essentially banana bread that's over done.  I had to add a FULL CUP of extra flour just to get it to a regular banana bread consistency.  If this clueless woman used small eggs and small bananas she should have mentioned it.  I used less banana than what was called for,  (you know, hungry baby see banana, hungry baby want banana) and it still came out really runny and gross looking.  I ended up just dumping it onto the baking sheet expecting it to come out like two ugly  big blobs.  Just look at the picture above and you will see how they turned out.  I gave up on the second baking and just cut the suckers into biscotti shaped banana bread.  Apparently they went over like gangbusters at the meeting.   

One, Two, Three, Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

What am I?

Can anyone guess what this is?  And guessing that it's a fish doesn't count...

Vancouver Aquarium

Scott and I have been so excited for the last week because we were taking the V to see the fishes at the Vancouver Aquarium.  When we got there the dolphin show was on so we raced outside to catch the end of it.  She was mesmerized and watched as they jumped out of the water.  Too bad we only got to see the last few minutes.

We headed inside and started to wander about.  She ran up to the first tank she saw and started to climb up onto the ledge and point at the fish inside.  It was fun to watch her.

Ooh, Jellyfish!  This was the prettiest tank of jellyfish.  We had seen them on the news just the day before!

Here's one of the employees of the aquarium cleaning the rocks in the Beluga tank.  Notice the white rock right next to him?  Ha ha, it's not a rock, it's the new baby!  She stayed right next to him the whole time.  I think she wanted to get a good brushing too!

Violett seemed more interested in her bunny crackers than watching the beluga whales...so yummy!

"Call It Off"

Lately, Violett and I have been mucking about outside since it has been a little nicer.  Yesterday, however, was a poopy day with poopy snow on the poopy ground and when she gets outside in that kind of weather she comes in freezing and soaking wet to the core.  She just won't stay out of the puddles!  I decided it was best to stay inside.  I don't like it when all she does is watch the t.v though, so we turned on the Wii and played a bit.  I made some videos and Violett was playing her part in Wii Music.  All you do is shake the controller about and the Mii will play to your movements.  It was fun.  

After that I put on some music so we could get a movin' and a groovin'.  I was singing along to the music like it was American Idol auditions and when I put on the music this morning Violett started to sing along to one song.  "Call It Off" by Tegan and Sara.  It's a really nice song and I'm glad that the camera battery was fully charged.

And now...Ladies and Gentlemen...The One...The Only...Violett as she sings along to "Call It Off" by Tegan and Sara.  (and perhaps I join in too a bit...)

January 15, 2009

January 15th is a special day for us.  It's not only the day we met four years ago, but it's the day we were married as well.  Scott and I met online and we both knew the search was over.  I knew from the moment I saw him that we would be spending our lives together.  

One year later we married and it was a lovely little wedding.  I cooked the food and others provided desserts and the photography.  It was very nice to have everyone chip in and help out.

On this third wedding, and fourth meeting anniversary, I decided to bake us a cake.  A black and white cake from my Baking cookbook by Dorie Greenspan.  Scott bought it for Christmas and I love it.  The cake is Devil's Food and the Icing is an Italian Meringue.  I made the whole thing from scratch and it was yumm yumm yummy!