my mom said she made some great biscuits recently, and i've been thinking about making them since she told me how much they all loved them. so we made them to go with our turkey chili and they were SOOO good! i'm going to link the recipe HERE
they came together quick and easy and the kids had fun making AND eating them! if you don't have buttermilk (which i didn't either) read the full recipe on how to make your own with milk and either lemon juice or white vinegar.
it's like a candy factory with all these fun candy making kits we have been experimenting with. this time it was a gummy candy kit where you can make your own "gummy bear" type candies. jarad and bowie did it together and it tastes similar to the tough skin that forms on jello. but it was a fun experience and we have lots leftover to do it again and again!
starting to make some soaps for valentine's day gifts. bowie and i decided to use our fancy heart shaped mold and had fun layering colors!
fun morning exploring the bellevue botanical gardens and finished it off with a picnic.
found these two cool rocks at the arboretum this afternoon. thinking the black and white one is audrey hempburn?
woohoo! it's taken almost five years, but i found the perfect chair for our bedroom! maybe now i can finish "decorating" our room.
a simple and fun kids activity. i put a thin layer of milk in a dish and added some drops of food coloring. dab a q-tip in some dish soap and then into the milk to watch it swirl and dance and make tie dye designs. mesmerizing!
happy mail arrived from a goodwill auction. the only reason i bid on this lot is because of the lilac bowl, but now that i got my lilac gravy boat, i may just sell this???
either way it is a fun lot of dishes: 2 apricot dinner plates, lilac 19 oz bowl, claret fruit bowl, pearl gray fruit bowl, rose 1 QT serving bowl, periwinkle 1 QT serving bowl and persimmon covered casserole dish (minus the lid)
this may not have been one of bowie's favorite activities, but i thought it was fun! we made rainbow layered water by experimenting with different water density. basically we took 4 glasses each filled with 1/2 cup of hot water and added food coloring to each jar. the first jar got 2 tablespoons of sugar, the next 4 T of sugar, the next 6 T of sugar and the 4th jar got 8 T of sugar. we mixed them up really well until all sugar was dissolved. then carefully using a pipette layered the water in a vase starting with the highest to lowest density water. you should be able to see the colorful separated layers.
**tips** if you do this at home, the instructions suggest using a narrow vase for your rainbow water instead of a wider jar, you will see the separation better. also, use a pipette or a turkey baster to gently add your color, and squirt it along the side of the vase to avoid puncturing the color underneath.
bowie went to school this morning and it is hard on ryder when she leaves him. so the night before i asked him what special thing him and i could do together. he wanted to make muffins. he loves baking and being in the kitchen and watching me cook. so this morning we made banana chocolate chip muffins and he was SOOO excited!
we completed our 2nd japanese candy kit and these are so cute and fun! this one was a donut themed one. we started by making two different doughs and molding them. making three different sauces/glazes and then decorating them with sprinkles and crumbs.
