Birthday Pictures... As Promised!

So for at least a month leading up to Jacob's birthday he was asking for licorice. Specifically black licorice and he wanted to share it with Mommy, Daddy, and Daniel. So what does this Mama do? Why throw a licorice party, of course! With 12 people to sing to him and to share his licorice he had a great time. Also, I HATE black licorice so I picked up four different kinds of licorice for him, including black.

NIBS to decorate the cake...
the top half was white cake and the bottom half was chocolate.

Jacob clapping after we sang "Happy Birthday"

Daddy helping blow out the candles.

Black Licorice PLEASE!

Black, Rainbow, & Red.... the rainbow were gross but the kids liked them.

Happy Third Birthday Bean!

And... Daniel eating cake. He also likes black licorice.

Sad Recipe - a poem

I didn't have potatoes
So I substituted rice.
I didn't have paprika
So I used another spice.
I didn't have tomato sauce
I used tomato paste,
A whole can, not a half can
I don't believe in waste.
A friend gave me this recipe
She said you couldn't beat it,
There must be something wrong with her...
I couldn't even eat it.

-author unknown

Lame-O

Sorry friends... Once again I feel as though I have neglected my blog. I don't have any particular reason, but I shall update you a bit on what has gone on in my kitchen... We BBQd a lot, we celebrated Jacob's 3rd birthday (pictures to come), and just this week finished bringing in the garden. We had lots of green beans, some onions, tons of parsley and lettuce, carrots and tomatoes. It has been delicious and exciting to grow our own food. I tried making squash (yuck), kale chips (yuck again), apple bars (yum), Amish friendship bread (not really bread, but still yum), pea soup (decent), and sish kabobs (love!). I made up my own bacon-mushroom-potato soup for Jeff who wasn't feeling well, and I perfected my oatmeal cookies (only 1/2 cup of brown sugar in one batch!). It has been a pretty great month in the kitchen.
Sorry for being lame.

Fire!

So we bought a big bunch of dill at the farmers' market for 1$. We both love the smell, so just the walk home was worth the money. Well, I used it in a few things and then wondered how I could 'save' the rest. I found a website that said I could dry it in the microwave and then store it in an airtight container. So I stuck my dill in the microwave, and as you can probably guess, next thing I know there is fire in my microwave. I open it, toss a glassful of water in and remove the now terrible smelling dill. Burnt dill stinks!