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  December 17, 2006
Cold snap

After baking and basketball and parties, I am spent. So in lieu of actual writing, I give you a photo essay of what AJ and I have been up to this weekend.

First, here is AJ modeling his apron. The logo, if you can see it, is that of the famed Cordon Bleu cooking school. AJ accepts only the best. Also, it was a wedding shower gift. His dad took this picture. I am not responsible for him standing on a stool in the middle of the kitchen. But if you look carefully, you can see the gingerbread house we made behind his right leg.

Here is AJ in the midst of baking my grandmother�s recipe for persimmon cookies. He wants to show you that he has been up to his elbows in molasses.

Here is AJ with our finished gingerbread cookies. If I hadn�t already printed my Christmas cards, I might have used this photo. Maybe we�ll have to make our cookies earlier next year.

And here are our finished cookies close up.

Plate 1:


Plate 2:

Plate 3:

After we finished baking, we headed down to the river for a bonfire and caroling party. Here is AJ singing by flashlight (and camera flash). Our picture was taken repeatedly and we have it on good authority that we will be featured on our neighborhood�s website sometime in the near future. We are famous!

And now, to sleep, perchance to dream�of mixing, leveling and pouring, of stirring and baking, of scraping icing off the counter (fortunately for Mrs. Stein, NOT off the cat this time).

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