O is for the Octopus Ballerina

Ebleskivers

Beautiful, fluffy danish pancake balls, one morning in March! An ode to Mrs. Thomson, my landlord from university days, who first introduced me to these. I found the pan at a garage sale. The instructions on the recipe say to use a knitting needle to turn the little balls (hee hee). Eat them warm with jam, like we did!

Mrs T's Ebleskivers

2 cups buttermilk
2 cups flour
2 eggs
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 Tbsp sugar
4 Tbsp melted butter

Separate egga & beat whites until stiff. Mix all ingredients together until smooth, lastly folding in egg whites. Heat pan to medium heat & put 1 tsp oil in each cup (yah, that's why they're so good, little fried pancake/doughnuts;) Add 2 tsp batter in each cup. Cook 1 min, then turn with a knitting needle to cook the other side. If you have any left, freeze and reheat in the oven (but you probably won't!)

Longing for Spring

On a dreary, cold day in the end of winter, I was inspired to add a bit of green to my world...

This is presently becoming my favorite "kids-we're-late-for-school"(again) hat.

No matter what time I seem to get up in the morning, we are always pulling up just as the door is shutting and the bell has rung. I can't quite use the "newborn" excuse anymore. I really have tried various motivational strategies for all involved parties, but to no avail.

So, with 4 months left of school, I have come to the conclusion that secretly I must like being the last to arrive. You get the best parking spot right at the front door, which is very important in winter. You don't have to stand outside before the bell rings and chitter chat before having eaten any breakfast. And, Simeon gets to make a grand entrance every day!

Firsts

Get a load of my two boys, all growing up and heading off to school! Simeon started Kindergarten and Judah began preschool this week...

Bathing beauties

Some sweet pictures taken of the girls at the beach not too long ago...for those of you who didn't know, Madalene has a "twin" - her cousin Emily, 1 month apart, who also reminds me so much of Olivia when she was a babe!