Pretzels Bites from Pinterest

I've been making an extra effort lately in letting my kids help me cook in the kitchen.  I say effort, because some days, well it is.  I don't like messes, and cooking with kids =  messes. 

I always said when I had a bigger kitchen we'd bake a lot more.  And we have.  I didn't grow up cooking in the kitchen with my mom.  I want my kids to have good memories of cooking with their mama.

I've been finding some fun recipes on Pinterest, and am attempting at least one new recipe a week.  This week we made soft pretzels.

Cody loves helping.

Cody and Autumn rolling out the dough.  I told them to make snakes!

This was new to me.  Boiling the dough for 30 seconds.

The final product!

I was really surprised how well these turned out.  My husband and kids loved them.  The entire process took about 2 hours.  After making the dough, it had to sit for an hour.  Then you had to roll it out, boil it, and bake it for 15 minutes.  We also made the cheese sauce.  You can find the recipe here at two peas & thier pod.

 

A Day at the Beach

We live about 20 minutes from the ocean.

God is so good to me.

Cody practicing his name.

How great is our God!

Science Experiments

As many of you know we homeschool.  One of the things I enjoy about homeschooling is relearning things with my children.  We are using Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology by Apolgia.  I am amazed at how much I do not know about our human body.  We are amazing designs!  How can scientists possibly say "There is no God"?

Here are a few experiments we've done as we study the book.

We made a human cell out of jello and candy.

We mummified an apple.

Showed how an egg is like a brain...

and why we need special fluid between our skull and our brain.

We love Apologia here and highly recommend their books.  There is a wealth of information to be learned, we just need to crack open the books and read!

2

Cody wrote the number 2 this week all by himself.

He also pooped in the potty for the first time!

It's a big week in the Bauer house!

Amazon

I am a big fan of Amazon, especially since I recently found out they ship (not all, but most things) to Australia!   About a year (maybe longer?) ago, I signed up to be an Amazon Associate.  I linked a few things, then quickly forgot about it.  They recently sent me an email as a reminder, oops!

I don't think of this as a get-rich-quick-scheme.  But, I do think this will be a great way to help with my must-buy-new-books-all-the-time habit. 

So, please don't be offended with my Amazon links that you will now see on here.  I have a page (see tabs above) with a list of books I have read in 2012 (I am really slacking this year).  Each book will have a link to Amazon.  If you're interested in buying the book, I'd be tickled (I sound like my Grandma) if you'd use the link to purchase the book.  I also have a page titled "What's in My Camera Bag" (again see above), each item has a link to Amazon.  I also plan to add a widget to my side bar with a link to Amazon, if you use that link, I earn a small percentage, which I promise you will be used at Amazon.com to purchase more books!