The Story of the Halloween Cookies

So I try to bake with Kianah once a week. It is always a last minute decision, and usually after the last dish is cleaned after supper. Shunsuke always gets that worried (or exhaused) look when the words "hey lets make_____", come out of my mouth. Our baking adventures always have a story. Partly because the littlest member of our family (aka Tysei), is too willing to help out (chocolate chips usually distract him long enough). But...this week Tysei is not to blame for our baking disaster. Here is our story....

Here we go..

Kianah takes her time to make each cookie perfect!!

Tysei and Kianah decorated their prized cookie. Although Tysei didn't get that the chocolate chips were supposed to be a face, and he kept taking them off and eating them...

However....the first bite got this reaction....not an expected one



But when we flipped the cookies this is what they looked like. Two entire batches of burnt bottoms....Did this mean mom staying up until 2 am to redo the dough, the cutting, the cooking?????

Ahhh...the final product. Even though it wasn't until the next day, the effort is always worth it!

A "shoe" Guy

Tysei loves to wear Kianah's shoes and stomp around the house. He prefers a purple wedge to the pink pumps. (Although it seems they get in the way of a good solid soccer kick...)

The Corn Maze

Thanksgiving weekend, we met some friends at the Calgary Corn Maze. The corn stalks were all dead, but the maze was still lots of fun with trivia, scarecrow word clues, etc. Tysei chased the goat and donkey around for a good part of the afternoon.

Sliding down a mountain of hay barrels.

Tysei and his new friend. He decided to pet this end after the goat tried to eat his sleeve...


Kianah and her friend from school

Tysei in the corn maze


You can imagine after this it was all "Oh mommy, I NEED a kitten so badly..."

I must admit, its amazing how good these two get along given different age, interests etc...