Hanging Out With Pop Pop

Making cookies with Pop Pop -- Conall's special thing to do with his grandpa

Caitlin "I want to help too" and then she went over and pushed Conall off the stool

Sitting in Pop Pop's chair

"Cheese" and making cookies again

Helping  Pop Pop with the computer

Conall "helping" with the computer

Christmas 2009

Thanks for the Cookies

Grandma baked cookies and brought them over for the kids yesterday. Conall had a fit about Caitlin eating "his cookies" and wanted her to eat the oatmeal raisin instead. There weren't any oatmeal raisin, so Grandma made some and brought them over today. Conall being Conall, he's been eating the oatmeal raisin that he wanted for Caitlin!

Caitlin the Oreo Spokesperson

Who Doesn't Love Oreos?

You can add Caitlin to the list of people who love Oreos!

Making Cookies with Pop Pop

When we visited Pop Pop last, he and Conall made cookies together. I think it is becoming a tradition. Anyway, here's the video we made of it. Conall is really quiet because I had to give him Benadryl in the wee hours of the morning for drainage and it made him drowsy (not enough to go back to sleep).

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Friday morning before school, Conall told me that he wanted to come home from school and make chocolate chip cookies. When he got out of school, the three of us loaded up and went to the store to get the chocolate chips. Within 5 minutes of getting home, Kanton was ringing the doorbell for Conall to play. As Conall was already halfway out the door and the cookies long forgotten, I asked him if he wanted to wait to make his cookies. He yelled yes to me as they ran next door.

When Conall came home from playing he came in and immediately asked about the cookies.

Conall, very imperiously "Where are those chocolate chip cookies? Are they cool yet?"

(The only thing missing was him snapping his fingers, because you know, I live to serve)

Me "No. You wanted to go play instead. I didn't make them. I thought we were going to make them together."

Conall "Oh." Pause "You make me some?"

The next day we made his chocolate chip cookies. The kids loved them -- especially Caitlin.

Making Cookies With Pop Pop

Conall loves to bake things, mainly so he can make a mess with the flour, sugar, etc. He also loves oatmeal raisin cookies. And, of course, Conall loves seeing himself on video. So, we made a "movie" of Conall and Pop Pop making cookies together.

Yum Yum

Caitlin is calling all food "yum yum." If she wants something to eat, she points to it and says "yum yum."

Here is a photo of her stealing Pop Pop's oatmeal raisin cookie. Stu and Conall had taken off for a walk around the big pond, and Caitlin and I were headed back to the trailer to sit down with Pop Pop. She took off ahead of me, crawled up on the trailer, and as Pop Pop was talking to me grabbed his fork and started feeding herself his cookie. Pop Pop got a big laugh out of it!

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Part 2

I was wrong -- he loves them! He ate two of them when he came home from school. They tasted a lot better after they cooled and got harder. I couldn't really taste the banana or zucchini then, but the texture was more like what you would expect from whole wheat flour.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

I made the oatmeal cookies from the Deceptively Delicious (DD) cookbook tonight. They are still cooling, but I don't think he's going to eat these. They are made with whole wheat flour (see the chocolate chip pancakes post) and the texture is just a little too different. And, they look grainy, too.
They are cooling as I type, but I could definitely taste the banana in the dough. We'll see -- wish me luck! Conall will probably make some comment about how he wants the kind he made with Pop Pop instead.

Playing with Pop Pop

Here's a photo of Caitlin playing with Pop Pop. We all had so much fun visiting with him. Conall is still talking about making oatmeal raisin cookies with Pop Pop. He went to sleep last night telling me about all the fun he had with Pop Pop. Conall is still telling me he is going to "pull my leg" and that he is going to rip my toenails off and eat them (Pop Pop will understand). At one point, Conall was making something into a crane (we went to see the cranes at daddy's work Friday morning) and Pop Pop looked over at him and said "he is my child." I think they understand each other.