Niko feels right at home and wanders all over the house. This morning he found the window between the dining room and the kitchen. He sat there for a while watching us as we worked in the kitchen. He likes to be petted and he likes to groom you back by licking any patch of […]
The new counters were installed in the downstairs bath and the laundry room today. They look beautiful! While the installers were working on the counters (took about five hours), I watched the twins in the kitchen. I worked on drying more parsley, among other things. The counter tops are Caesarstone, a quartz composite. The color […]
This morning, the twins tried Grandpa’s famous pancakes for the first time. Yes! Complete approval and instant favorite! I hear them stirring from their morning nap…will be time to get them up soon. They are being so good. They have a pretty regular schedule. Get up, eat, play, nap, get up, eat, play, nap, get […]
Our son and his fiancee were married on Saturday. The wedding was planned for the rose garden, but morning rain sent us indoors. Afterward, the ground was dry enough for picture taking in the gardens. We arrived on Wednesday and were able to help with a lot of the preparation. It was a lot of […]
I bathed the babies while their Mommy worked on other things. Baby Einstein Poofy? Who’s Poofy? ~~Grandma 🙂
The girls are sleeping right now. DH is at the store getting groceries. I am taking the opportunity to catch up on a few computer items. I posted the week’s article to the Christmas Notebook and uploaded more pictures. I’ll be doing a lot of uploading this week, I’m sure. The girls were glad to […]
While we are here for our son’s wedding, we get to spend a lot of time with our granddaughters. It has been almost four months since we saw them last. They have grown and changed a lot since then. She must have one of her ten year old aunt’s genes…we had lots of baby books […]
Date Balls 1 pound dates, diced 1 pound butter 2 c. sugar Cook over medium heat 10 minutes, stirring constantly. DO NOT BOIL. I melt the butter first, and start counting the time from when it begins to simmer after I have added the sugar and the dates. Remove from heat and add: 4 c. […]