Baking

I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but it's hard to get many things accomplished around the house when there are two little ones that are into everything. I try to fold laundry and they either drag all of the clothes out of the basket and down the hall, getting it all dirty again, or they sit in the basket on top of all the clothes making it difficult to fold them. If I try to unload the dishwasher, the either climb in it or add their full of milk sippy cups to the clean dishes I am trying to unload. I mop the floor only to have it look like it has never seen a mop just 5 seconds later. I make the bed only to have 2 little boys jumping on it and playing under the covers. Sometimes I really feel like I'm going to loose it!

However, I have recently found something that I can do to be productive, and the boys can help. Baking.

They love to sit on the counter and help me stir the ingredients. Notice in the picture, Hunter has a bag of peanut butter crackers. Warning # 1: I do occasionally have to "fish out" some of the extra ingredients.

Just last night, we made 2 versions of pumpkin cheese cake and a pumpkin strudel bar.

Warning # 2: You may not want to eat any of our baking because I know there have been little hands in it. I don't think you can taste the sticky stuff on their hands that was left over from lunch in the baked goods.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. We will be eating lots of BAKED goods and guess what I'm bringing for the family Thanksgiving....Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes.