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One of my all-time favorite Lifenut posts is Joel’s take on anatomy. He went through a phase when he enjoyed drawing body parts as he understood them. It’s called Dr. Joel, Medicine Lad. Now that he’s in first grade, his knowledge has increased greatly.
Today, I am talking anatomy over at Mile High Mamas. I believe teaching the proper terminology is logical, fair, and honest. 1. Last night, we made a massive chocolate chip cookie in a cast iron skillet. It was probably the best cookie I’ve ever had. I say that knowing part of it could be the novelty of the idea. Part of it could be how it emerged from the oven, molten, gooey, golden, rich, fragrant, the perfect bed for a scoop of vanilla ice cream. I found the recipe via Amy at shouting for ha, who found it here. 2. Speaking of chocolate, I made these brownies for a going-away party for my friend who is moving. Every woman at the party asked who was responsible for the brownies. Me and Duncan Hines and Mr. Milton Hershey and a Kenmore Oven and a Pyrex baking dish and Sarah at Clover Lane. One lady said they were like crack. The lowdown on these brownies: 3 ginormous Symphony bars layered inside brownie batter and baked. 3. Speaking of chocolate: Eat it now. Stockpile canisters of cocoa. Freeze bars and chips. Hoard it in your attics and cellars. The day of reckoning is nigh. Will there be a chocolate drought? According to this article, the world’s supply of sustainable cocoa could be wiped out by 2014. 4. Xanadu is going to be on Netflix Instant starting February 1st. It’s pure 80s awesome-everything. It’s a pretty terrible movie, but the songs, the clothes, the rollerskating—every detail captured that time perfectly. 5. This guy is eating solids now. He’s on the small side, so per doctor’s recommendation, he’s a spoonbaby:
6. I am going to make this craft soon. It’s perfect for the time when winter and spring overlap. The bare branches, but bright colors, nod in the direction of sunnier months ahead. The only problem: finding what we’ll call “kitty cat branches.” I’m not typing the name here because I don’t want to attract the wrong kind of search… During Ryley’s birthday party, my brother asked if (during my totally awesome 80s youth) I imagined my future child would request a Pacman theme for his birthday. Like, no. Ryley turned 12 on Saturday. His first priority was breakfast at a 50s-themed diner. He’s a growing boy with a fondness for eggs over easy and crispy bacon, so we were happy to oblige. He polished off the Big Bopper platter he ordered, much like a certain lemon-hued munching mouth devours Pac Dots.
After breakfast and after the waitstaff made him do the twist during his birthday song, he attacked the pinball machine. A crowd gathered. He’d still be playing, but cake and ice cream were waiting at home.
I thought a Pacman cake would be a snap to make. Cut out a mouth, make a buncha yellow frosting, it practically decorates itself. Right? I thought the ghost would be easy, too. I froze two round cakes to make cutting the shapes easier. The cakes came out okay. The tricky part was frosting inside Pacman’s mouth and around the fringy bottom of Clyde, the orange ghost. He really loved how the cakes turned out, especially my attempt to make it look like the game. The only bad news is that it appears Pacman is about to DIE. If Clyde moves down, he’s toast. If Clyde moves up, he lives to munch a few more dots.
Ryley’s birthday was an interesting melding of the 50s, 80s, and today. But he’s an interesting kid. He is musical, a computer whiz, an animator and cartoon creator. He recently animated a school project all on his own. Ryley is quick, kind, tenderhearted, a workhorse, enterprising, but a dreamer, too. I am so proud of our eldest son and the biggest of the brothers. (his birth story can be read here…it’s my shortest) |
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