I made a German Chocolate Cake for Joshua's birthday on Sunday. I will say I did a pretty good job. I didn't actually have a bar of the German chocolate, instead I used 16 tablespoons of cocoa powder, 6 tablespoons of sugar, and 4 tablespoons of coconut oil, heated in the microwave and stirred.) ...
Happy feast day to this little girl!
I didn't know if it could be done, but did discover today that one can make Italian beef in the pressure cooker. My original plan was to put it in the oven and make it this afternoon, but Joshua suggested that I try it out in the pressure cooker. I wasn't too keen on the idea as I had made pulled pork in it...
Tonight Margaret will be making her first confession and she will receive her First Holy Communion at Midnight Mass on Christmas! Would you all please keep her in your prayers as she prepares for both? Thank you so much!
We had the perfect sunset to celebrate Gaudete Sunday!
Today is Caecilia's fifth birthday! I can't believe that she is five. She's grown so much over the past few months, out of the pre-school stage and into a (mostly) helpful five year old stage. She has been learning to read and will stop to read anything that is of interest to her, something I find awesome....
A few weeks ago, our washer started acting up. It wouldn't complete a load of laundry, stopping at the final drain and spin cycle. I'd have to go in and restart the washer to get it to finish the cycle, and while it wasn't the end of the world, it was a pain. Then over the weekend, it just quit doing the...
Scholastica was super excited to go last night! She did pretty well during the concert as well! She only got fussy at the end, I call it a win!