Cooking

Hannah loves projects. She loves art projects and she had recently decided she likes cooking projects. If I'm in the kitchen she has to get the stool out so "Hannah see". She loves to stir things and pour in ingredients. She helps Mommy a lot. This morning we were making muffins. Apparently the stool wasn't tall enough for her so she got down and went to the table and tried to drag over a kitchen chair. I helped her get it over and she took over after that. I poured the milk into the measuring cup, and she poured it in and had to stir it. When I took over stirring to get the lumps out, you would have thought I was taking all of her toys away. While she was stirring I went to get the camera. When I came back, she had already started to fill up the muffin cups! I was amazed. She usually helps with pancakes, and knowing what to do with muffins was a surprise! She made sure each cup had some in it. It wasn't until the first batch was in the oven (berry muffins for mommy and Hannah) that she discovered she could taste the batter. Daddy's muffins (chocolate chip) didn't have nearly the amount of batter they should have. It's a good thing it was the cheap, only add milk, kind of muffins!

Are they done yet? (luckily muffin tops don't take as long to cook) Patience is not something we've learned yet...
All good cooks clean up their own messes. Hannah is no exception. She knows her daddy too well (he was of course still sleeping). There was a little mess, but surprisingly not as much of mess as you'd think there would be. We had a great time, although I'm not sure I will ever get anything done in the kitchen again.

It's Halloween Fun!

What a fun weekend we had! Hannah was so much fun this Halloween. I can only imagine what future Halloweens hold for us. We started the festivities at Uncle Trip and Aunt Llora's Haunted Housewarming party. They did an awesome job of decorating and feeding everyone. They should really consider doing it every year, as it was so fun! Hannah and Maddie had a blast together of course. They got to decorate little pumpkins, eat lots of junk, and play with Aunt Llora's toys. Who knew the favorite event of the evening would be pushing each other in the empty toy bucket?

Hannah as a lion. Thanks Nana for the awesome costume!!!!!

Sunday afternoon Hannah and I (and the neighbor girl) carved her little pumpkin she decorated last night. She was so excited to watch it all. Megan next door took all the "slime" out and Hannah tried to eat the top. She really liked when I cut the face and kept saying "hole". She liked to take the lid on and off.
Maddie came to our house for trick-or-treating. The girls had fun together once again. We walked up and down the street and they both started to really get into it. They would say their own versions of "trick-or-treat" and even remember to say thank you. Hannah couldn't keep the candy out of her mouth and had a difficult remembering to put the candy into her bucket. She wanted it immediately. She did manage to get a lollipop and sucked on it for most of the excursion. She was so sticky afterwards and kept saying "I sticky."