Friday, January 9, 2009


B is for Bold

Our daughter Norah is four, so she doesn't always get her words right. Her lessons early this morning included a review of some of the symbols we use to represent our nation. I asked her if she could list the symbols we covered today and she did: "The 'Merican flag, the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, and the bold eagle." So, in the picture above, she's holding a coloring sheet of the bold eagle we worked on together.

Chocolate Sheet Cake

Adele came up to me, pointing at Ree Drummond's chocolate sheet cake recipe and asked, "Mom. I'm bored. Can I make this?" ...