Fun at the Gym

We've been busy the last time... My friend Bonnie's family had rent a Gym and we were invited too. We had lots of fun :)
My boys loved to play Hockey!!!

 Badminton :)

 Jumping was sooo much fun!!!

 Love this pic!!!

 Noah Jamie was sooo good, he was sleeping and just sitting in his stroller while we were playing :)

 and Volleyball :)

We had lots of fun... and my right arm hurts next days... from badminton...

baby cappy

Last week I sewed a cappy for Noah Jamie. We have often wind here, so I like to put his toque on, but then he is dazzled by the sun... so I put both together in a cappy :) I used the plastic of an older cappy, just cut it smaler.

 This pic isn't really clear, but here you can see it from one side...

Thanks for reading,
Rita

yummy worms in dirt

I wanted to bake something for Lukas's class, but I didn't till yesterday. I also didn't have a spezial idea, so I would make just cupcakes... but a few days ago I saw these fancy cupcakes in a blog and my boys loved them, so I had to try :)
Yummy worms in dirt

 a couple more of them together looks even more real :D

 They were easy to make... I just baked some cupcakes, spread chocolate whipping cream on them, rolled in brownie crumbles and put the worms in :)

And not only my kids were thrilled of them, Lukas's class and JJ's minigo/preschool (they got some too, JJ was so consistent in asking and we had some left) liked to eat the worms in dirt too :D

Rita

my sewing desk

Till now I was sewing on the dinning table and that wasn't really practical, but last week we bought a desk at  a garagesale. No, actually we don't have room for it, but it is so full here, so we decited to squeeze it in too ;) Now I have my cute sewing corner :) It is not perfekt, but a beginning.
here the desk

 The drawers didn't look very nice...

 ... so I pimed it up a bit :)

 Drawers are filled, sewing machine in place... we already had the chair, but only the kids used it for watching cooking and baking in the kitchen. We didn't need it really, ... now we do!!! (We couldn't use it in the dinningroom, because we have a high table)
I fould this lamp yesterday at a garagesale and it fits perfectly and spend nice warm light to my cute sewingcorner!
Here is my sewingcorner and I'm very happy about it!!! :)

Thanks for stopping by,
Rita

Sunday - Playground

We had a great weekend. The appointment with the bank was good, but we don't have an final answer yet. It was nice to have company over on saturday and sunday... Yesterday evening we enjoyed our favorite park and the kids had fun at the playground... Noah Jamie likes to swing :)

 Noah Jamie has a strong grip ;)

 Lukas too ;)

 ... and slide...

 Now the trees are getting green... it looks sooo good!!!

 Snack:

 :)

 It is so nice not to have sand on the playground... and later everywhere ;)

What a nice end of the day... :)

Rita

Finally...

Finally I write in my blog again... Last week the kids were sick, they had bronchitis and earinfektion... we only left the appartement for doctorappointments. Now they are good again, only Lukas has still not his power and hunger back. Last weekend after one week inside we decidet to go for a walk, but the kids had to wear tuques, even if it was nice outside.

This week I visited some banks, after our bank wasn't really moving with the aprovel of the mortgage and promised me to get back to me the same day or tommorrow and nothing happens... So this week I contacted 3 other banks and they are checking our file now and hopefully we hear some good news soon. That would be needed, when we want to have the house done this summer/fall. Torrow we have an appointment again :)

Also I tried to work on my organisation for example I did a menu olan for the week and Nick got the groceries for me. Lately I had lots of ideas for crafting, sewing and baking, but no ideas for cooking!!! With the menu plan it is much better and I don't have to go for some groceries, when I finally have an idea what to cook :)

My mothersday was a bit weird. Lukas wasn't feeling good this day and so we went to church seperately. It was baptism sunday, so nothing spezial because mothersday. Nicks parents were in vacation, so the only mothersdaylike was that I called my mom and got an tealight from JJ. The walk with our friens in the evening was a nice dayending, after I sat for a few hours at the notebook to make a powerpoint for my parents.

Noah Jamie is growing well, since he can sit on his own I took out the bobbycar. He liked it and tries to rock with it, so it is really moving a bit :) But the most of the time JJ and Lukas are using it ;)

Today morning Noah Jamie finally got his 3rd tooth... after 3 month break of teething I was already waiting on it!

Thank you very much to all who spoiled us with packages with candys and presents!!! We totally enjoy it!!! Lukas the most with all his new legos!!! He is always happy to have a day off and play lego for the whole day!!!

Okay, thats enough for today... I try to write more regulary again

Rita

Milk bread recipe

I've been asked for this recipe too ;)
This bread made as a braid is very typical for Easter in Germany, also a braid formed to a circle sprinkled with coarse sugar.

Milk bread:

1 tsp. yeast

1/4-1/2 tsp. salt

80g sugar

1 cup warm milk

mix together, add

100g soft butter

2 eggs

450-500g flour (sometimes I change a part of it to whole wheat)

knead well, cover, let grow for 1- 1 1/2 h

knead again, form 3 long rolls, braid them together, place on sprayed pan

let grow for 45 min. again.

spread with milk/whipping cream right before baking at 180-200°C for appr. 40 min.

take out of the oven, let cool for a few minutes and take a bite :D

Rita

Blackbread (no flour bread) recipe

I've been asked for the recipe of the german blackbread. It is from a german webside...

Blackbread:

first Step:

100g sourdough

4 cups warm water

250g cracked wheat

750g course rye meal

stirr all together, cover with cling wrap, that it couln't dry out and let sit over night at room temperature. 

step 2:

Next day stir it well, take 100g of the dough (now all sourdough) and put it in the fridge or freezer,

it is now the sourdough for next time...

step 3:

put the rest from step1 into a big bowl, add

375 (- 500ml) warm water

30g salt

1/2 c. molasses

250g cracked wheat

750g course rye meal

optional: 1c. sunflowerseeds and flax seeds

stirr all together

step 4:

pour the dough in 2 (or 3) loaf pans, cover with aluminium foil and let stay for 2 hours at room temperature.

step 5:

bake at 160°C for 90 min. with the alu foil, remove the foil

and bake for more 40 min. without the foil 

(more or less bakingtime depens on how dark you like it)

step 6:

take the bread out of pan and let cool for a few hours before cuting and enjoying :)

Hope you take a try. This bread is really different then the amerikan/canadien ones!!!

Have fun,

Rita

Earring holder

My earrings were normaly in a small treasure chest and I had to search for the second one all the time, so I made this earring holder. I love to have my earrings organized now and I have space for more ;) ( I already got 3 new pair :D)

I love the white fabric and the black ribbon and sewed it together. Then I took a cheap canvas (2$ at the dollar store) and fixed the fabric with staples on the back, and ready. It was very easy and it it handy not to search for the second earring all the time :)
Here you can see the white fabric more detailed... I alsolutly love it!!!

Thanks for stopping by,
Rita

Lukas's 6th Birthday

My big boy turned 6 on friday. Wow, how time flies!!! I'm a mommy for 6 years now!!!
Here Lukas in the morning opening gifts from germany!!! Thank you sooo much!!!

 We had rice-casserol with apples, raisins and cinnemon... his favorite menu :)

 I asked him which cake he would like for his birthday, and he wanted strawberrycake... here it is.

 Aren't they cute?! :D

 Noah Jamie tried sponge cake the first time and he love it :)... my boy :D

 For Saturday we planed a Lego-Birthdayparty. Lukas helped me with the preparations and did the invitations and the name tags. I'm so proud of him!

 His crown

 Mini-cupcakes

 ... and the Lego cake :)

 At the party... all kids who were invited came and so we had 12 kids here (with ours). They had fun to play... of course Legos!!! and ate too less... we also had raspberry cupcakes and a legocake with m&m's... so the parents had to help eating :)

 the goodiebags...

And the party was over...
Lukas was very happy with his presents, he liked the Legos the most... of course ;) Thank you very much for making my boy smile!!!

Rita