The Baker is Back!

Ok so I made homeade buns and bread today. Dont know why, just really wanted to. And then I ate three buns. They were so amazing and so easy. It was the simplest recipe ever and it actually tasted amazing! Butter and jam. That is all you need in my opinion.

Since my last baking fiasco i also made banana bread that tasted great! This has gotten me in the mood to start my Christmas baking. I have made my list and found the recipes that i think i am going to use.
1. Nanaimo Bars
2. Cranberry Bliss Bars (mock of Starbucks)
3. Shortbread
4. Toffee
5. Butter Tarts
6. Fudge
7. Peppermint Pinwheels
8. Gingerbread Men
9. Lemon Squares
10. Peanut Butter Balls

It is going to take me a while but I am okay with that. I have lots of time when Calli takes great naps. Which she did today, hence making the bread.

Calli survived her shots! She did really well. She had a fever the first night, just a little, but that was it. But she does have some problems with constipation and we ended up having to take her to the doctor. She had some blood in her poop which really sucked. The poor thing was in pain. So now she has medication that has barely been working. We will see what happens. She seems happier so it must be doing something.

Curtis has been officiating hockey a lot these last few weekends. It gets pretty lonely some days. I mean I have my daughter, but there is only so much talking you can do with her. Although she can be pretty entertaining. Her giggles and full on laughs. The big smiles. The babbling. Gotta love being a mom!

Calli has shots again tomorrow. I am not looking forward to it. It makes me upset knowing that I am going to put my little girl through pain. The look she gives you like she is saying, "Mommy why did you do that to me?" Seriously, breaks your heart!

I cant believe that my baby girl is 6 1/2 months old. This is not fair. She is growing too fast. Now I know there are positives to whatever age she will be. But right now she is so cuddly and smiles a lot. She is not a crabby baby. She brings so much happiness to our lives. I hope it continues as she gets older.

On another note.... am I losing my touch with baking?

This morning I made apple cinnamon muffins. Healthy ones. They were like rubber. Seriously! You could barely get the wrapper off and, if i tried, probably could have bounced them off the floor. Ugh. Someone tell me what I did wrong.

Next... the other day I made mint chocolate mini cupcakes. They sucked. I was disappointed. They ended up more like brownies with wrappers on them. How can people say the recipes are so amazing when they turn out like that?

Could it be the change in weather? Could it be bad baking powder? I dont know... maybe I am truly just losing my touch!