Cookies

We've been doing a lot of baking lately and trying to work out some gluten free items like pies and sugar cookies that I haven't had any success with in the past. The last two days we made two different kinds of gingerbread cookies. Adia insisted on smelling and trying each ingredient as I put it in. She'd say it was nasty and when everything was all mixed, she tried it dough and said, "That's actually good, Mommy." She's a fan of gingerbread.




Yesterday we also got a big surprise in the mail. My friend sent us a package that included some onesies for the twins and a hot pink tutu for Adia. She was so excited. Her eyes lit up when I pulled it out of the box. She immediately wanted to wear it and began dancing around the living room. We went to the mall later and she refused to take it off.




Adia spent the night with DiDi last night. I think it was the first time in years that I had the bed completely to myself. Even better, the twins slept 10-6!




Today Adia and I made sugar cookies. I had to totally change the recipe to get the taste and texture right. I was shocked when it ended up turning out exactly like I wanted. It's normally really hard to roll out gluten free doughs, but this was the perfect consistency. Adia flaked out before we got to the cookie cutting part (mostly because I had to keep changing things) so I ended up rolling and cutting them all myself. After baking, we let them cool and then I had to convince her to help me frost them. She's never done anything like that before so she didn't know what I was asking. We ended up with purple and green pumpkins because those were the only colors of food coloring I had. Adia had a blast frosting them, but I think she ate more frosting than she used.

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch on Sunday. Adia was super excited because she got to see everyone AND get a pumpkin. We had a rough time getting out of the house. Adia spent the night with DiDi for the second night in a row. Then she just wanted to play, but we finally convinced her we were going somewhere fun and Colie was coming with us. When we pulled into the farm, Adia said, "A farm? I want pizza first."

Papa was waiting with a giant apple, nearly as big as her head because Adia can't have the apple cider donuts.


I wore Leia and DiDi had Mira. We figured it would be good to have free hands when we went to grab the pumpkins. Adia was being less than cooperative when it came to pictures, but she did enjoy the animals and taking pictures with Papa. She's becoming out budding photographer.








We rode a very full wagon out to the patch. Adia loved watching the horses. Then it was off to find a pumpkin. Adia was determined to find a small enough pumpkin that she could lift. We kept showing her little pumpkins, but none of them were small enough for her. We looked and looked, and she tripped and fell multiple times, and Adia ended up getting 3 little pumpkins. I picked a small pumpkin too and Daddy just carried out pumpkins.








One of the pumpkins that she picked was dirty so she demanded Papa fix it. He scraped off some of the dirt and the thorns on the stem.


Then it was time to wait for the wagon to return. Adia patiently waited on a pumpkin.




Adia sat on Papa's lap on the way back. She watched horses and ate some more of her apple.


I really wanted to get a family picture, but Adia was anything but cooperative.








I gave up on family pics and we decided to grab some produce instead. Adia helped me pick apples. I now have more apples than I think I'll ever be able to use. I've already made 2 apple pies and 2 batches of crockpot applesauce. Apple crisp is next. All gluten free of course. While DiDi and Daddy waited in line to pay for all our apples, I took the twins for some pics.












Heaven forbid I ask her to smile
And if I needed any proof that the twins have been growing much much faster than Adia did, I can just compare pumpkin patch pictures from Adia's first trip. She was wearing the same size onesie but she was 4 months older!


After we finished, we headed for gluten free pizza. Adia was starving. She ate quite a bit of her pizza and then wanted to play. Eck and Daddy played with her in the play area. She's never had anyone to climb in all the tubes and slides with her.




Adia never wanted to go home, but she gave herself a nosebleed.

I made apple pie the last two nights and today we made gingerbread cookies. She's been asking for them for weeks now. She wanted to try each ingredient as it went in, telling me they all were nasty. When she had the final batter she exclaimed, "Wow mommy, it's actually good!" She liked the cookies too.




She went to bed easily tonight. Daddy and I played with the twins and Leia was soon tired. Mira's still awake and DiDi's trying to get her to sleep. Once Mira's asleep, she's usually good for the night, but it's so hard to get her to sleep.

Raspberry Blower

Mira can blow raspberries now! And of course Adia's yelling in the background.