One of my attempts to raise a rounded child to to show them that food doesn't just come from the store: people have to grow it, make it, and cook it. Anyway, as part of that, today was breadmaking day, and Laura got to help!
First, we find a recipe and mix ingredients. Flour, water, yeast, sugar (in this case, honey), and butter. Laura was very intrigued by yeast. I tried to explain that they are little animals (BTW, as a good brewer, I know technically they are a fungus) that eat the sugars and help the bread get soft. She saw the honey and said that Pooh bears like honey, so I told her they were tiny little pooh bears eating the honey. She seemed ok with that.
Then we knead the dough and mix in more flour.
Laura kneading the bread.
"It is sticking to my fingers"
This is fun!
Laura and daddy's bread.
After daddy baked it. Looks good!
"I like it!"
Last night we took the girls out to a Japanese teppanyaki restaurant. She loved the "Chop Chop" experience, especially the onion volcano. Mommy said "Laura wasn't the volcano cool?" and Laura repied very matter a factly, "No, it was hot".
She also got to try chop sticks for the first time.
Mmm rice puff.
Yummy!
These shrimp are a little slippery!
Laura is enjoying winter, now that it has warmed up into the 20's and 30's. Ok, maybe warmed up is a bit optimistic, but it is amazing how warm it feels when you've been below zero for what feels like a month.
Note - "Open the door" means flip the viewfinder on the video camera so Laura can see herself.
Here is some video of Anna grunting and babbling a little. Nothing exciting, but it is fun to see her smile and make some sounds.
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