Overheard

2/21/2012
Tristen, on watching a TV commercial for a pillow-pet night light on Qubo: "Don't they know that kids like me have to earn their toys? You can't always just 'Call now.'"

2/23/2012
Are you two kissing on the lips? How EMBARRASSING!

Flourless chocolate cake

Best chocolate cake ever, from Sue Bell:

Melt together:
1/4 cup of unsalted butter
6 to 7 oz bittersweet chocolate

Grind together:
    1 cup of nuts (hazelnuts, pecans, almonds) with
    1 cup of sugar

Add:
    1 teaspoon vanilla   
    6 eggs (I usually separate some and whip the whites, then fold them into the batter.)

You can make the whole batter in a cuisinart.  First grinding nuts, adding sugar, then the choc mix, then vanilla and eggs. 

Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes in a paper-lined 9" or 10" pan or a buttered flan dish.

If you want to cover it with chocolate, melt 3 to 4 oz chocolate with a tablespoon of butter and pour it on while it is still warm.

Noses

Snow day

Tillie's first snow. She slept through watching Tristen and Chris sled.

 

Jemmie and Tillie

Big hugs, huge backpack

Before Abigail visited in January, we wrote a family haiku, which turned out to be VERY accurate:

Abigail is due
The Amtrak pulls into town
Big hugs, huge backpack

ALWAYS great to see Ab. 

Ice lessons

1. Some beads float; others sink.

2. Water takes a long time to freeze.

3. Ice is too slippery to stack like blocks.

4. Red and blue food coloring makes purple.

5. Ice art melts fast inside.