Saturday was a busy day of baking and cooking. We made apple cheese pancakes, strawberry muffins, wheat crackers, whole wheat breakfast bars, chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting, and cinnamon raisin biscuits. Jacob particularly liked the cinnamon raisin biscuits! We ate them for breakfast Sunday morning. The crackers were a new recipe, I had not attempted to make crackers before. They turned out rather yummy, although next time I will try to make them thinner.
We are striving to replace all of the "convenience" foods that we buy with homemade alternatives. We have already cut down significantly by eliminating things such as cereal, store bought bread or cookies, and are now trying to expand to other foods. We plan to fill our freezer with casseroles and other things so that if we are for some reason in need of a quick meal, we have a homemade option ready.
We ran out of time to bake cookies on Saturday, but decided to bake them Sunday afternoon. We always have such a lovely time baking together, and such a fun time making a mess. Joshua loves to try to eat the flour (yuck!) and Jacob always wants to do the stirring. I know we are just baking cookies, but somehow it feels like we are creating something bigger. I hope that these moments are creating precious memories for our boys, and that they will always remember the joy of working together, as a family, and creating something together. I know that for now, while our sons are little, the things that we are creating are little, but perhaps someday they will become bigger.
We visited a lovely church on Sunday, and it was such a blessing! The families were so welcoming, and the sermon was great and very biblical, the boys had a wonderful time playing with the other children after the service. Jacob said that they were "very nice boys". We look forward to visiting again, it was truly a lovely experience.
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