Tuesday's with Dorie

Okay I know i'm behind! I have made all of the December selections but just haven't gotten around to post them. When I had time, I didn't have the pictures. Anyways the Real Butterscotch pudding and the Tall Cheesecake were both very good! The pudding went with Curtis to work and I gave the cheesecake to my boss for his bday. The cheesecake went over very well! The pudding got lost in a sea of food but the couple of people said it was good. I was just on the site and realized she doesn't have me registered (even after multiple emails) so I might just not keep up every week!

Fun pics

Not much needs to be said about the cuteness! I will say that he turned 5 months on Monday!

Tuesdays with Dorie

The selection this week is Buttery Jam Cookies gracias a Heather of Randomosity and the Girl. I used Raspberry Jam in mine, which explains the color. They turned out really well! I took them to our 2nd annual bible study cookie swap and forgot to take pics of them! So I was only able to take a picture of the one I managed to bring home. Don't the rest of the cookies look yummy! Have I mentioned I need a new camera? Sorry that it's blurry!

No Babies Were Harmed in this Photo

My, what sharp teeth you have, Allie!

Who knew that if you caught Allie in a yawn that it would create a funny picture? Unfortunately, I guess this only reinforces the stereotype that Dobermans are scary dogs. If you could only see how Allie loves on Jackson.

Tuesday's with Dorie: Sugar Cookies

Well I must say that I've never been a big fan of plain 'ol sugar cookies. That was, however, before I discovered Grandma's all occasion sugar cookies. They were chosen by Ulrike of Küchenlatein. Had I had more time I would have done something more interesting with them but such is life these days! On a side note, I hope to get a new camera this Christmas or soon after so maybe the pictures will look better!
the wierd one has cinnamon sugar on it.


PS The Linzer Sables from last week got a great review at Curtis' office. Thanks guys! I didn't make that many this week and instead froze the dough for later use.

Thanksgiving Trips

We had a busy but fun Thanksgiving! We started out in DC for my dads retirement ceremony. He retired from Active Duty National Guard and got a lot of medals and awards! He is such a hard working guy and a great dad. He's really come a long way in his life and I'm proud of him! Great job dad!

With Great uncle Bill
with Great Aunt Sue

Anyways Jackson went on his first plane ride to go to DC. We upgraded to business class (not business time!) and had a blast! He was really good and slept most of the way. ATL was very accommodating for families and security was much easier than I thought it would be. We were able to take an earlier flight and, Thank you Lord, everything just went super smooth. My friend Julie from my office took me to the airport so that was one less stressor for me and a huge cost savings! Thanks again Julie!
walking to dad's retirement in the cold!
(this is for the Callaways)

with cousins Sharon and Evie
with great grandma!

It was really cold in DC and we had to bundle the man in a snowsuit that is reminiscent of A Christmas Story (it's easy to see it in NYC pics). We went to the newly opened American History Museum and it was a zoo. It was hard to enjoy everything because of the crowds. We'll go back another day! We saw the major monuments and hit the metro back home. It was sooo cold!

The next destination was Philadelphia and West Chester. We got to spend the week with the Callaways and JWC was doted on by more loving grandparents! He's a lucky little boy! He loved Phili! WE went to Independance hall, the Liberty Bell and Reading Market - home of the chocolate dipped cookie! Yummm.

We also got to go to NYC. It was the first time I'd been there in a long time. We walked through the park, saw Times Square and saw ginormus meat sandwiches at Carnigie Deli. We rode the subway and saw ground zero. What a cool city! It would have been better without a baby but it was still fun. The man was good but he didn't have a good night after that so I think he was overloaded. Thanksgiving day we chilled and went to see the Christmas lights at Longwood Gardens. They were beautiful! The trip home was uneventful and it was nice to have an extra set of hands on the plane. Thanks to everyone who helped make our trip great!!
the train to NYC

how to travel in style through Central Park!

Carnegie Deli- where everything was big except for the eating space! We were jammed in there.
cute man!

Tuesday's with Dorie

Okay I'm back! I've missed a couple of weeks on account of having the stomach bug and then going out of town for a week and a half. This week's selection was really good! I dreaded having to work with dough at the beginning but it turned out to be easy and fun! In honor of the season I've used appropriate cookie cutters for this weeks Linzer Sables (good choice Dennis!) and boy are they yummy. At least they taste good because as usual, they don't look too stellar. I tried to make buttons on the gingerbread man but they kept breaking so I took a picture of one! They are the sandwich variety but with no raspberry jam peeking through and I forgot the powdered sugar. Oh well! I'll get the rating from Curtis' office tomorrow!

Belly Laugh

We had a great Thanksgiving and hope that all of our five readers did too. I'm sure that Kristina will make a great post to tell you all about our travels and adventures with our Man.

I couldn't wait to post the clip below, however. Jackson debuted his infectious laugh while in Pennsylvania. I hope that it makes you laugh too.