second and edgemontand the celebrating continues. this morning we had friends and family over for a birthday brunch for hannah. we made a very large dutch baby (a recipe from a bed and breakfast on our honeymoon to alaska), potato hash with spinach and eggs, fresh fruit, cream scones and salty dogs made with fresh squeezed ruby [...]
on sunday hannah celebrated her 11th birthday with friends for a game party. we had 3 stations set up with different board games and card games. there was jenga, skip bo, milles bournes, boggle, mastermind, battleship, sorry, scribblish, wildcraft and blink among others. there were peanuts and pretzels on each table for snacking and for [...]
when i was a farm apprentice many moons ago i worked with someone who had previously worked as a baker. throughout the season we would bake all sorts of things together including all of the recipes from his bakery. i left that year with a stack of papers with those recipes doodled all over them [...]
turning ten is a big deal. hannah wanted a sock hop to celebrate double digits. we all had a blast preparing and decorating and transforming our home into a dance hall and diner. there were handcut french fries (thanks to a loaned out fryer), black and white milkshakes (thanks to a borrowed shake maker), mini [...]
