Sous Chef

My toddler is obsessed with having "tiny muffins" for breakfast nearly every day...and now she is old enough to "help" me make them...

...and eat them (disregard the crazy hair, it was nearly bedtime and I just don't tend to give a rat's ass about tangled hair at that hour of the day).

My Little Cook

So I'm pretty sure Santa is on the right track for Aisling's Christmas gift (I have inside information that a play kitchen set may appear under our tree on Christmas morning)...behold, my shadow, mixing and stirring and cooking with all her might while I made dinner last night (and loving every minute of it!):

When Snacks Go Wrong

Watch out, food, Aisling is on the attack!

Here she was munching her Puffs quietly, holding the container herself like a big girl, sticking her hand in and taking out a few every so often.  Then, in the blink of an eye...a shower of Puffs and one excited little girl.  Now she can choose which one she wants from a pile!  (Yes, she pulled all the laundry out too...not one for cleaning up yet, clearly).

Then today, she managed to pull the Hershey's syrup (yes, I keep a ginormous-size bottle on hand at all times) out of the door of the fridge when I was getting out lunch.  Oh, she was excited about that bottle!  I don't think she actually got any chocolate, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time before she figures out flip-top caps.  She looks so excited about it...clearly she takes after me when it comes to chocolate!

Aisling's Birthday Weekend

We trekked to KC for Labor Day weekend to see the family and celebrate Aisling's birthday with a bumblebee-themed party...a lot of work, but a lot of fun! My cake turned out ok after a long, torturous battle with frosting that melted, wouldn't turn the right color, and came out of a battery-powered cookie press looking like ass. Thankfully Rane saved the day and fixed my screw-ups, and everyone had a good time and some yummy cupcakes and hot dogs!

Happy Birthday, Aisling!

We celebrated with breakfast cupcakes, yum! Can't believe my baby is one year old already, it doesn't seem possible!