Do not try this at home

Last September or October, I read something where, about this mom that lives up north, and she and her son are inside for a good part of the year. Her son is about Anabelle's age or younger, and they love to bake together. He helps her. She said their favorite thing to make together is taking a spiced cake mix and adding applesauce or pumpkin to it to make it a little different and more healthy. She said they have a wonderful time and he is just the best little helper. Well, I thought, "I can do that. Next time I bake something, I will let the kids help me and it will be just like a science class and they'll learn all kinds of things and they will have a great time." I'm sure you all are already shaking your head thinking, "What a sucker?!" and you would be right.
Last November, I gave it my first go. We made my favorite muffin recipe, bran muffins, and the whole time I felt like I was constantly having to tell them not to do something and I was getting very frustrated and upset and it was not fun at all. You'd think I would have learned my lesson. Nope.
I thought after a few months, my kids would have grown up a bit and would be a little more well behaved to help me make the muffins (plus Beckett had been begging me for a few days to go buy eggs so we could make the muffins). I was so wrong. I got them each their own little bowls with a little sugar in it and gave them their own spoons so they could pretend to be making their own muffins and would hopefully let me do my thing. It worked for about a minute and then they wanted to help me stir and help me dump in stuff. At one point, Belle had a 1/2 tblsp. and wanted to help me stir the dry ingredients. When I noticed she had the spoon in there, I tried to take it away, but she was too quick for me and yanked that spoon back, throwing a flour mixture back behind her all over the fridge. It was not a fun science class at all, especially for the teacher.
So, the moral of the story is, don't bake with your kids (unless you are using a packaged mix).

Scrumpscious recipe

So last Saturday, I had the lucky opportunity to attend a class about making easy, simple recipes that are ready in 30 min or less. Here is one that was my favorite and I will probably will do for Valentines Day: Chocolate Waffles. Just follow the recipe on the box, except add only a 1/4 cup oil instead of the required amount. Put the batter in your waffle maker and, presto, an amazing meal. You can top with ice cream and whatever sunday toppings you want. We sampled some of the waffles and they are amazing. I totally recommend them for any special occasion. I think the best part is they are so easy to make. Just sharing the love.

I have cute kids

So my kids did some cute things over the weekend. Belle is going to be the next musical hit. She loves to strum Matt's guitar and she will sing a little tune to her strumming. It is so cute. I will try to record it, but every time I have pulled out the camera to record her, she stops. No joke. I hope I can catch her. It is so cute.

At church yesterday, Beckett got tired of using only one piece of track (silly me for not packing more in the diaper bag). He than got pretty ingenious and decided to take apart all of the big legos that I packed to make a bridge with for his track. After taking them apart, he lined them up to be his new track, which was much longer than the single track I packed. The only problem was that the track kept moving apart and it frustrated him. Luckily the kind couple behind us brought smartees to church and kept him happy.