I am Toddler!

Last night, Audrey was sitting on my lap watching a show with me. We had a very interesting conversation, yes, with a 2 year and 4 months old.

Mama: Are you Chinese?
Audrey: No
Mama: Are you American?
Audrey: No. I am Toddler!

Use Scissors!

Yesterday afternoon, while Audrey was watching DVDs, she tried to pull up the zipper on her jacket. However, the zipper was stuck half way, and the lower part was yanked open. I offered to help. Unfortunately, it needed some work. I could not pull it down in order to zip it properly, either.

When I was pondering what to do, Audrey offered me a suggestion: "Mama, scissors!" This made me burst into laughter. This is the logic that only a 2-year old will have.

In the end, I did not follow her suggestion, should I? but managed to undo the zipper, align the 2 pieces properly and pull all the way up in one smooth action.

Oh boy, I had a good laugh. Zipper was stuck, Use Scissors!

Cheesy Pull-apart Bread

My husband often finds interesting baking recipes for me to try. This weekend, he sent me this one. After skimming it, I was very intrigued by both the ingredients and the look. I didn't have the Vermont cheese power, and the more than one foot high snow on the ground killed the idea of driving out to the store, so I substituted it with Parmesan powder. The original recipe suggested to use a round cake pan or deep casserole dish. I used this 8X8 baking dish, and it worked out just fine. I also extended the baking time from 15+20 minutes to 15+30 minutes.

Ready for the Oven:


Fresh out of the oven:


After dinner:


We ate almost half of them because......... they tasted so so so good. I will definitely make it again and again.

Snow for Real!

I felt lucky with the weather this winter, especially when DC area was hit by the historical snow storms........ till this weekend when we got the real snow, real Rochester-like snow.

Friday morning:



Friday Evening, the sun actually peeked out for a few minutes:


Our lovely neighbor came with his snow blower to our driveway on Friday morning when I was thinking how to deal with the thick snow while Hubby was in agony with his shoulder. Saturday Morning, even more snow dumped on our driveway and he came again to help. We are so lucky to have such kind neighbor.