tooth news

I forgot to mention something of great importance - Phillip has his first tooth! It's a razor sharp little blip on his bottom gum. Which is probably a contributing factor to the poor sleep up until a few nights ago. As you can see, I've got frozen washcloths at the ready for his chewing fits.

vegetable pie and baked apples

Yesterday I made vegetable pie and baked apples, mmmmm. I modified the vegetable pie recipe (from here) a little bit and added zucchini and a tiny bit of flour instead of bread crumbs. I made a simple crust for it (recipe here) and it won rave reviews. I was into crust making for the vegetable pie, so I made an apple pie for my dad while I was at it. And while I was dealing with apples, I cored some and baked them, stuffed with a mix of cranberries, walnuts, orange juice and brown sugar.

In other news, Phillip is back to sleeping through the night! I'm not exactly sure what the disruption was about, but we've been filling him up with milk and he's been sleeping through. So that's a glorious thing. Now to get ready for this afternoon's crafting!

chalkboard

This chalkboard in our kitchen used to be a garish gold framed mirror. I bought it because it was cheap, and painted the frame black. Mirror falls off of wall, becomes useless, Sherrie takes backing and paints it with chalkboard paint to render it useful once more. Definitely one of the cheapest, easiest, and best little projects in our house. Certainly the most practical, as you can see from the abundance of notes to self and lists (yay, lists!) on it at the moment.

photos du jour from around the house

I've been playing with Adam's camera again! The last photo is a fabulous little ceramic container which MIL bought for me at Value Village. I've been keeping garlic in it, but it seems too large for that to be its intended purpose. Any other ideas?