Our projects

Lately we have been keeping busy. Summer is here in full force so a lot of what we do is indoors. We bought a watermelon the other day and Joseph, lover of garnishes, created this beautiful fruit bowl. We had the makings for a full fruit salad to serve in it, but I came home from the store and was upset that Joseph was messing around with this instead of making dinner so we never got around to it. Boo to serious housewives. We don't allow fun.

Yesterday's big project was making bread out of all the fruit that has ripened too quickly for our family to eat. That's what happens when you only cool the bedrooms at night! Which is what happens when your apartment has noisy window units instead of central air. Anyway, I made some banana bread and used this recipe for apple bread which was delicious! I've never tried it before but I will absolutely do it again. A lot of the comments complained that it was too sweet, but I have a bit of a sweet tooth so it suited me.

Today after playing outside for as long as the weather would allow we decided to do some fingerpainting. Emily helped me make it, which was really fun. She's at a great age for assisting in the kitchen. The plan was to make a father's day picture for Joseph but it ended up a little messier than I had anticipated. I dumped both of these kids in the bathtub as soon as they were through. But they loved making a mess! Caleb ended up painting his face and hair red so now it kind of looks like he was sunburned.
We got the recipe for the paint off my friend's blog here.
Now we're brainstorming for another cheap and fun father's day surprise...