Sweet Sleeper

When I went in to wake up Hannah from her nap the other day - this is what I saw! She had lined up her stuffed animals (Roary, Bunny, and Ellie) and tucked them in with a blanket. Then she slept next to them with her arm stretched out, holding Ellie's hand! So adorable! :o)

A Quick Post

Hi!

Sorry it has been forever since I've posted! Now that my laptop is broken, my computer time is very limited! Just wanted to pop in and post a few pics of Mary Kate - and of course one of our cute little big sister! Enjoy! :o)

Banana Bread Recipe!

Well, Lorne was able to set up an old computer for me to use the internet - so the blog posts will comtinue! Unfortunately I can't upload pictures to this computer, so you'll have to use your imagination for a while :o)

Today Hannah and I made banana bread! We've been having a lot of fun cooking together the past few weeks. Here are her favortie things about cooking:

- the fact that we both wear aprons
- holding her own wisk
- dumping ingredients into the bowl
- stirring occasionally

and most of all....

eating what we make!! :o)

If your looking for a good, traditional banana bread recipe (meaning not some kind of healthy version) then I've got a recipe for you!

I got this from a recipe book called, "Secrets of the Mennonite Kitchen" by Neil & Jeanne Liechty (Yes, they are related to Lorne!)

Banana Bread

1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
4 cups flour (all purpose)
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla
6 bananas

Beat bananas first and set aside. Cream butter (melted), sugar, eggs, vanilla; then add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and bananas. Mix well. Bake at 350.

Now all it says is "Time depends on size of pan". I used two different sized Pyrex dishes, and just kept checking them until I could poke a knife in the center and it came out clean.

I'm eating a piece right now....mmmm - delicious!

Sad News, Funny News

Well, my computer finally decided to die on me a few days ago. Sniff sniff. So sadly, there will probably be a shortage of blog posts until I have more computer access. Not sure when that will be...

In other news, Hannah has finally discovered that she doesn't have to wait for me to come get her out of her bed. Up until now, she would just sing and play in her bed until I came in and got her in the morning or after a nap. A few weeks ago she came into our room at night, and I really thought that she was sleep walking! Well, the past two nights we've had a little night-time visitor. I do have to say that although I don't enjoy being woken up at 4:30 am, I couldn't help but laugh when I heard our door knob rattle and saw her smiling face burst through the door. She was so excited and proud of herself - it was just too cute! I mean, what kind of parenthood would this be if I didn't get to experience the "kid coming into your room at night" thing? :o)

Family Pictures

If you want to see lots of pictures of our girls, we'll be posting family pics at this site:

theliechtyfam.shutterfly.com

We made it mostly for the grandparents, but feel free to check it out! :o)

Hannah + Leap = BFF

This is Hannah's new best friend, Leap! Aren't they so cute together??

Leap is such a cool toy! We've had him for over a month and we love him! He sings songs, tell stories, plays games, etc....kind of like a high tech Teddy Ruxpin!

We did have a bit of a scare when Leap stopped working a few weeks ago, but our electrical engineer Daddy came to the rescue and fixed him! Hooray!

Just so you know...

I decided to delete my blog about natural living. I didn't want to lose all the posts that I wrote, so I just copied them to this blog to have somewhere to save them. So that's why the previous 6 posts may look familiar :o)