kate the baker

Last Friday night Kate and I were watching YouTube videos of cake decorating.  First we watched one woman painstakingly color little bits of cookie dough and form them into a cookie log that revealed a rainbow heart when cut.  Next, we watched a video of two sisters baking one of those weird Barbie doll dome cakes only it was Anna and Elsa instead of Barbie.

Kate turned to me, grabbed my face, and said, "I want to make that."

Now, I'm no baker so I'm not sure why I said yes but I did and it was promised so I had to at least bake a cake with her.

Then she pointed to one of the sisters intricately piping little blue snowflakes on Elsa's dress and said, "I want one of those."  For good measure, she mimed what she wanted so I would really be sure what she was talking about.

"You want a piping bag?" I asked.

"Yes."

So the next day I did the best I could to recreate the promised cake baking with a piping bag scenario.  Which is to say that I took a box of store bought cake mix and can of frosting from my mom's house.  Only, I accidentally grabbed a box of cookie dough mix so we made a big giant cookie cake instead.  Also, instead of a piping bag, I spooned the frosting into a plastic baggie and cut one of the corners off.

But Kate had no idea that any shortcuts were taken.  She thought our cake decorating session was nothing short of magical.

super duper party

Happy Super Bowl!!!  That seems an appropriate greeting to me because it feels like the Super Bowl has kind of turned into an extension of the holidays.  We here at the Winn/Robertson house love a good reason to party so that works well for us.

Mom and Katelyn baked homemade fresh bread for tonight's party.  Kate loves to help cook and she calls everything she makes waffles.  She made waffles with my dad once and the name just stuck.  One of her favorite things about making waffles is eating both the batter and the dry mix.  Today she tasted the flour in the bowl and was sort of disappointed that it wasn't waffle mix.  When my mom added the sugar though, Kate took a taste and exclaimed, "Grandma, this is SO good!"

I think we may a little chef in the making.

Every good chef knows how to clean up after herself.

Grandpa didn't want to take his eyes off the game even for one second to take a picture.

Father and son Super Bowl time!

Four generations of people who couldn't care less about the game.  We're just here for the good food and company.