THERE'S A MIX-UP AT OUR HOUSE

As most of you have heard,
our oven gets very little use -
the occasional Pot Roast,
baked potato or loaf of bread.
And of course, our favorite -
The Friday Night Pizza.

And we have a beautiful
cobalt blue
6-quart
Kitchenaid Stand Mixer -
it usually just "stands" -
living up to its name -
we see it when Mom
pulls it out
to dust it off.

Well, something has
come over our Mom -
she has started baking cakes!
The first one she tried was
The Barefoot Contessa's
Coconut Cake.

We heard it get
"rave" reviews -
we didn't get to taste it -
except for a bit of coconut
that fell on the floor.

The second one she made was
The Mitchell Cake -
our Granny's famous recipe
for a walnut cake.

It too,
got "rave" reviews.

So, today,
she is making a
Lemonade Layer Cake -
she's even been zesting!

It's just now out of the oven -
cooling on the racks
before she ices it.

Guess what we heard Dad doing -
calling NordikTrac about ordering
a new tread mill.

Sounds like someone is going
to have to pay
for trying to learn
a new skill - hehehe!!

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi