Mary's Cream Puffs

Here are some pictures from our Cream Puff celebration. It is much easier to take pictures the night of, than to get the post up. A result of celebration side-effects, I think.

Pudding Prep.
(I missed all the puff prep pictures; containing the goo and hot pans won out over the camera)

Peter helped Isabelle with the milk.

A glass of wine helped mommy with the spills.

And after two minutes of stirring, Peter will confirm that you can actually see pudding become solid.

Our Head Chef.

Having discerned that a plate of nachos stood between each of us and the consumption of puffs, she wisely took over bean spreading, as mommy's attentions had necessarily been redirected to puff assembly. I don't think a chip has been more thoroughly, or lovingly, adorned with beans, and the process would have continued all night, that amount of time being necessary to complete four plates at that speed, had I not discovered her de-salting the chips before spreading. A slip of the tongue, it seems. She didn't really understand my concern, as she assured me it was only her own chips stripped of their seasonings.

The Dish Boy.

There was debate over where a pair of two year old hands could be most... useful. In pudding and puffs, or soap and suds.

This picture captured him after he scrubbed his left ear. A few suds remain.




Squeezing an excess of chocolate on their puffs was perhaps their favorite part.

Even though for mom, a heap of Hershey's didn't do the trick, celebrating with the kids was worth every drop.

Small Successes

You may have noticed that the last two weeks postings were missing my three Small Successes. Thankfully this was not because the weeks did not include successes, but rather, the successes did not include blogging.

For this week though, I am proud to claim the successes of...

1. On the night my dear husband had to leave us in pursuit of our daily bread, I managed to have all four children fed, bathed and bedded by 8:00, with a clean kitchen and a smile on their faces (despite my having skipped dinner and resembling more a hurricane survivor than a mom.)

2. To celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation, the children and I made cream puffs for dessert. We were very proud of the effort, not so much the dessert.

3. I paid homage to the ironing board on Tuesday for two and a half hours, and for my efforts, was rewarded with ALL of the ironing being finished! As of Tuesday, at least.

PS. click on this link to view Faith and Family's page, and see other mom's successes!

Update

Luci can now consume twenty nine different varieties of food.

Call Peter for the complete list.

This little dancing Sprite is what is normal for this family!

Or should I say typical, Philip?