Happy Birthday Erin!

Today is Erin's Sweet 16!  To help celebrate, the Renny girls came over with a big giant card:

Each year on their birthdays, the kids get to decide what they want for their special birthday meal.  Sometimes I cook, sometimes we go out to eat.  Mi was so excited to hear Erin wanted to go out for sushi for her birthday!  We headed over to Sen Sushi and spent a couple of hours eating our way thru several courses of sushi.

 H A P P Y   B I R T H D A Y   E R I N ! ! !

Completely from Scratch

Erin's been spending more and more time in the kitchen.  She's been flipping thru my cookbooks looking for new things to make.  She found a recipe for cinnamon rolls made completely from scratch and decided to give it a try.

She didn't realize how long it would take for the dough to rise, or how time consuming it is to roll out the dough, fill it, and then bake them.  She stuck with it though, and the results were far and away her yummiest sweet project yet!

It was Erin's night to cook tonight.  She made spaghetti and sauce from scratch.  She didn't use a recipe, and she didn't want to use basil and garlic, because those are key ingredients in my sauce.  Her sauce turned out very, very well, and I'm so proud of how she made it her own way.

Chug a lug

She got this skill from her father. Her mother hates it. 'nuf said.