I did some crazy baking these last few days. Chocolate chip cookies for my mate and as a gift for some alpaca fur! Then the crazy part...I made macarons! Whipped that meringue by hand!

The macarons were actually easier than I was thinking going into it. The hardest part was hand whipping the meringue. After all that work though, the damn things stuck and I had to cut them from the cookie sheet....I almost scraped the whole lot! Luckily I persevered! They taste great and got lots of complements! So I have a few things I'll change about my recipe but not much. These will definitely be on Iron Shot Cafe's menu!!!

Well it's finally time to retire my beloved shirt.

So I made nursing pads out of it!

Finally finished the dream catcher. Thoughts?

First trip with the baby and the puppy dog out to get puppy dogs nails trimmed. They were kind of in desperate need. Though Kings Kutz says they looked pretty good.

Georgia was remarkably well-behaved. I believe she was aware that I was carrying Aidan and decided to to be gentle with me. Of course when we got to Kings Kutz she attacks him with love and kisses and jumped right into his arms. When on the table getting her nails trimmed though, she was very well-behaved and stood still. My little girls growing up!

Well with baby sleeping I got some cleaning done.....by picking up puppy poo from the yard. I know I missed some since my grass is tall and it's been weeks since I've picked up poop. I'll just carry a baggie with me when I finally get around to mowing.

Did some rough housing with the puppy! Little bugger tripped me so I tumbled her! Poor thing doesn't get to rough house all that much anymore. I should pack the stroller up and take her to the puppy park...only the thought of all those dogs horsing around near new baby is scary so ... maybe a walk.

I also noticed that he's quickly growing out of his clothes! So I've got some to add to the garage sell (or online garage sell sites).

Gardening:  getting the beds cleaned up. Got some carrots and bell peppers still growing so I'm leaving them for now. The squash and melons are all done and packed into the compost barrel along with the expired tomato plants.

Got a new wee apple tree that finally sprouted! Super excited! Pink crisp, hope they can survive ohio winters!

Pink Crisp apple

The 1st batch of clothes

Pumpkin spice bagels with hazelnut cinnamon coffee!