Kitchen Help

Everytime I am in the kitchen trying to do anything at the counter Brailie comes and says, "I help you mama" and pushes up a chair.  It is wonderful and difficult at the same time but I usually don't mind.  The problem with my miss Brailie is she is super smart and inquisitive and therefore is into everything.  If something is within her reach that must mean she has to have it.

This is Allie playing with some noodles in a pot.  That was a major hit.

Kitchen Taste Testers

On this day we were baking a treat for daddy.  The girls helped but the recipe was short so there was not much for them to do.  I gave Brailie the beater to keep her from crying for a minute and when she had licked if super clean in less than a minute and wanted more I decided to just let them lick the bowl.  Allie has never shown interest in this before but I think today she learned what she has been missing.  Brailie was not going to let a drop go to waste and had batter up to her armpits.

Making Perogies

A few weeks ago I took on a massive project-perogie making. For anyone that knows much about perogies you know it is not a quick and simple job. I made a half recipe and ended up with 8 dozen. Here are a couple of pictures when Allie decided to come and help. She loves rolling dough. And yes having flour all over your shirt is part of the process.

They turned out pretty good. Not as good as my baba's or the Rabbit Lake ladies but they will do for us.

Helping with dinner

Encourage them to help, don't tell them no. Allie wanted to help roll the dough for the homemade tortillas. I didn't know she had to be undercover to do so. Always an actress.

Kitchen/Hunting/Play Room Renovation

Most of you who have been in my home will know what it looked like even before this, but I wanted to post the before picture of the playroom/hunting room area before we get our new floor put down. This is becoming a beast of a project so stay tuned for the after shots.