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Mr. B

Calamari Cake

7 May 2010
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Actually, this is modeled after an octopus and not squid but who’s going to hold me to it? For his birthday, Mr. B requested an underwater theme with an octopus on his cake. He also wished for angel food, which turned out to be the perfect light foil against the marshmallow fondant. After the cake [...]

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Time for a Little Sewing

5 October 2009
Miss Chief's New Pants

The weather has been asserting its influence over our daily habits. We still spend a lot of time outside but it is time to swap out the summer clothes for the winter-y ones. As I was going through the kids’ closets, I realized they don’t have much in the way of long sleeves and pants [...]

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Watering the Children

27 July 2009
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Today is a rather hot one in the sunshine. I’ve been working in the shaded garage on our chicken tractor complement to the new raised beds. The children have been the ones in the sun. And they’re hot. My solution? If Mr. B and Miss Chief are hot, then our plants might be thirsty as [...]

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