The only word to adequately describe our relationship with bread around here is “OBSESSED”. Since I received my bread machine for mother’s day we have made loaf, after loaf, after loaf. I’ve been experimenting with beer breads, but the girls love the fruity breads – banana, blueberry, and next up we are attempting strawberry.
Gwyneth recently read
Two Of Everything which is based on Chinese Folklore. It’s a cute story about a couple who find a magic pot buried in their yard. Everything placed in the magic pot is doubled including food and money; everything good and everything bad. The lesson quickly learned is whether everything in life should really be doubled?
I asked if maybe there was a such thing as too much bread? I’ve never seen such a look of disdain. Gwyneth is certain there is no such thing as too much bread (I don’t think she learned the lesson from Two Of Everything.) No matter how much we make, we could always double it….and we should double our cabinets to store it in also. And if there is too much and we can’t eat it all we will give it away before it goes bad and then make more bread. There is no conceivable reason to NOT have a loaf of bread baking at all times.
Like I said…Bread = OBSESSION! The girl likes bread.
My baking assistants
I promised myself a long, long time ago that there were two things I would do as a mom. I would bake and I would sew. I’m not sure if I’m good at either; I know I’m not the best, but I have learned. I can put a button on a shirt, badges on a vest, and even make a pattern if needed. I can bake from scratch now and thanks to these handy gadgets (thank you bread maker and fancy mixers) we are practicing a lot more often.
My girls will grow up knowing how to do these things too. They bake right along side me, they frost cupcakes with me, they sew their own doll dresses. They already know so much more than me. I wonder what will be on their list of things to learn to do…
Tonight was Gwyneth’s troop’s last girl scout meeting of the year. Their service project was to collect hats for the Children’s Hospital.
Meyered...With Children 