hello again
I couldn’t think up a good title for today’s post so “hello again” it is. No post yesterday because I fell asleep on the lounge at about 10pm. Right in the middle of watching Numbers so now I don’t know how it ended. Oh well. When I woke up I actually thought about doing that day’s blog post for about 2 seconds before realising that was silly and taking the better option - snuggling into bed. Very early for me, but I must have needed it.
I did some fabric piecing today. I didn’t really have an exact idea of how these were going to turn out (I still don’t) but it was fun, and lovely to see all the different prints working together.
It has been a little hard to get much done, with Jackie-boy home from school with Chicken Pox, but hopefully I will get some time tomorrow to make these into something. I am thinking apron pockets, cushion covers or bags. Not sure - I will think on it a bit more.
Yesterday Jack, Emma and I made two of our yummy apple cakes - one for my brother’s birthday and one for us to have here. Of course the one for my brother was eaten up by everyone at the family birthday dinner last night and when we got home, Paul and Jack (who couldn’t go because of the POX and my toddler neice Grace not having had them yet) had eaten a fair whack of the second cake. Jack and I polished off the rest today. Oops.
On a side note, I can’t believe I didn’t take a photo of yesterday’s cakes. I know, how silly is that? I love to blog about what I am doing though, even if certain people (my husband and sister!!!) think it is a bit dorky. What do they know? Anyway, I looked and looked for the photo - not on the camera, hmmm maybe I put it in the photos folder, okay not there, maybe it’s in this other folder, oh not there either, maybe in this folder over here. On and on until I realised that OH MY GOD! I didn’t take a photo of the cake!!! How could this be?
Back to the story: So Jack and I thought we had better make up for eating all the apple cake today, and we made a Banana Cake this afternoon. So much baking - it is fun! Even with little helpers. 
Sam (almost 15) has enjoyed cooking for the family a bit here and there recently. He has even asked for a regular night where he will cook every week. YAY! He usually has to clean up the dishes after Paul or I cook, so when he cooks he LOVES that we have to clean up. Tonight, he is making Sausage Rolls and he even let Jack help which was nice.
Sometimes Sam’s cooking experiments attempts end up a little wonky - partly due to the Asperger’s (problems with following directions in order and processing info) and partly due to general teenage pigheadedness (”I KNOW how to do it!”) - but he is getting a lot more confident and learning some of the little tricks and shortcuts. Despite thinking he knows it all and ignoring our help, he is taking our suggestions in, even if he acts like it was his idea.
So fun to see the teenage things happening and remember your own self as a teenager! I love seeing it from this other perspective, as a parent. So much fun.
And of course, I love being able to sit here blogging while I listen to the cooking going on in the kitchen. Maybe that’s the best part of all.
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tags: aspergers, cake, children, cooking, fabric, kids, quilting, sewing, teenager
Well, thanks! You are really making this diet hard on me! I go to read about crafts, and I keep running into FOOD! LOL! Hali looooves to help mom cook and especially bake- I don’t think I am allowed to without her on the counter helping me. We just may be inspired to do some baking today, even if I don’t get to taste it- Hali and the husband will love it!
Oh, and I love polka dots (and stripes) on fabric so much! I love the fabric!