I've Been AWOL - Sorry

Hello Friends. I must confess that my computer is broken, and I can't even blame the kids. I spilled a baby bottle of milk on the keyboard. When I went to tip it over to shake the milk off Jacob commented "It's pouring!" and sure enough, it was. I fried it big-time. When you press nothing you get a "space" and when you press spacebar you get a b and when you press ' you get a g. Then it freaked me out and I unplugged it. Considering my mouse won't right click, I was hooped. So I gave the keyboard to Jacob to play with and he pulled half the keys off, then put some back on in the wrong spots. The next day I plugged the keyboard back in to try and type in a password, and, go figure, it worked. However, I have no idea where Jacob put the larger keys such as enter and delete. Apparently he could only get the little ones on, and he doesn't seem to know what I want when I ask for the other keys. So, although it "works" it is pretty useless.
I also have never gotten around to my April Challenge, which is kind of sucky, because I didn't want to "fail" at this. But I did make pan dessert and it turned out delicious, so maybe that counts a little bit.

A Happy Haircut and A Sad Mama

I cut Jacob's hair. It's a huge ordeal every time. And lately it ALWAYS looks like bedhead. So I decided it was time for a buzzcut. I showed Jacob how easy it was by doing Jeff's hair first. Next we turned on VeggieTales  and bribed him with two suckers (blue and orange). Now my baby looks like a little boy. It was so sad cutting off that beautiful long blonde hair! But now his hair is so soft and fuzzy. He looks like his Dad.

Haircut is over but VeggieTales and sucker are not.

Why are you taking pictures of me?

By the way, the haircutting took place in the kitchen so it totally belongs on my kitchen blog. Also, Daniel decided to taste Jeff's hair off the ground. He was not impressed!

Better Tortillas!

So I decided to try making tortillas one more time. The homemade ones were okay, a little floury, but kind of a pain. Anyways... I was out of margarine. No hard margarine, no spreadable margarine. What to do? Find a new recipe. And this one uses olive oil! They rolled out really nice and easily and they tasted good too. My only edit... I used all whole wheat flour. I found that it is best to flip them right after the top starts to puff up.

Indian Chapati Bread (Tortillas)

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Recipe By: Allrecipes.com

Serving Size: 10

Ingredients:

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons olive oil

3/4 cup hot water or as needed

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, stir together the whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour and salt. Use a wooden spoon to stir in the olive oil and enough water to make a soft dough that is elastic but not sticky. Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface until it is smooth. Divide into 10 parts, or less if you want bigger breads. Roll each piece into a ball.  Let rest for a few minutes.

2. Heat a skillet over medium heat until hot, and grease lightly. On a lightly floured surface, use a floured rolling pin to roll out the balls of dough until very thin like a tortilla. When the pan starts smoking, put a chapati on it. Cook until the underside has brown spots, about 30 seconds, then flip and cook on the other side. Continue with remaining dough.

Cuties in the Kitchen & A Completed Project

Jacob was running and jumping as I took pictures. He always wants me to take pictures of him and his various toys so that he can see the results. I thought this was pretty cute because it looks like he is dancing. And there's Daniel, just being his adorable self. Looks like he is planning something sneaky.

As for my project... I have been NEEDING to hem my kitchen curtains. I like them long, but the boys keep playing in them and touching them and they are white and the boys hands are usually dirty when they do  this. You can just see the long curtain behind Daniel above. I had to tie the curtains in knots to keep them out of reach and they looked so ugly. So then I folded them in half and used clothes pins to keep them out of reach and but they still looked terrible. Since they are sheer, I didn't want to just do a regular hem since I was worried it would look bad. What I really wanted was ribbon. And what I really really wanted was to go to the city and go to Michaels Craft Store because they ALWAYS have a 1$ bin of ribbon. So last friday I got that chance and friday night I hemmed those curtains. I think they look extra pretty now. Plus, the blue in the ribbon matches my blue exterior doors exactly!

Bonus pictures: Daniel looking mighty pleased with himself while enjoyed one of Mama's peanut butter squares. I know, I know, no PB before age 1, but Jacob fed it to him at 4 days old, so he is fine!!

Jacob having a banana and milk to wash down his treat. Yum. Find the recipe HERE. Though I used half icing sugar, half brown sugar this time. Delicious.