My little chef May 25, 2009

This morning my little chef, Mathias, helped me in the kitchen to make breakfast this morning for the family. Actually he has helped me the last couple of days. This morning we made french toast with bacon.

Ti loves helping out by mixing the ingredients together, and the word we’ve been working on for the last couple of months is “gentle” and he’s now doing a great job. Controlled pouring is still another issues, but he’s getting better in that area too.

Mathias is great a setting up the table too, getting the syrup out of the fridge and setting the table up for where he wants everybody to sit that morning.

However, our little mister helper this morning turned the gas up the high on the bacon  grill behind my back, so before we knew it, there was smoke everywhere. And you know, these nice new houses have a smoke detector everywhere. So instantly there was 6 smoke alarms going off full throttle! And it took a while to shut them all down.

Mathias was scared at first — then thrilled.

Disneyland – Christmas 2008 December 20, 2008

Okay, we finally made it to Disneyland this year! Our last trip for at least a long while since we’re moving an additional 4 hours away from Disneyland – making it about an 10 hour trip straight drive, but after meal and other breaks, we’re probably near 12 hours. Quite a long trip one way… But at least this trip was a blast! This picture is of our son (bottom) and our nephew (middle). We were also with some other church family members.

Boundless Playgrounds November 12, 2008

I just learned about an amazing organization, Boundless Playgrounds. They are the first national non-profit dedicated to helping communities create extraordinary barrier-free playgrounds where children, with and without disabilities, can develop essential skills for life as they learn together through play.

You can read more about them on their website, as well as on this pdf document.