Everyone Loves Grandma

Last night Scott and I got back from a quick trip to Utah for my brother's wedding. My other brother and his family as well as my sister and her youngest were also able to come and you know how it is when you get together with family at Grandpa and Grandmas' house? Dogs, swimming pool, big yard, trampoline, fruit trees, popsicles, endless toys some of which are bigger than you... and to top it off, Grandma's full attention.

Eve slept hardly at all and has returned home to rainy Seattle with a nice tan and plenty of scrapes and slivers; proof of a fun vacation. My Mom, like many Grandmas, is good with little kids but she's also great about doing things with them that they absolutely love but that of course also takes a lot of time and effort; cleaning up the mess afterwards not being the least of the challenges.

One morning my Mom put aprons on Eve and her 2 year-old cousin and they set to work making bread (six loaves mind you). They ground the wheat and put oil in their pans.

This is Eve adding the yeast and her cousin Chrissie adding the egg. I thought putting the pre-broken egg in a bowl was a good idea to avoid shells in the dough.

Here she is testing the flour quality which seems to have glued her top lip to her teeth. Mmmmmmmm.... gluten!

My Mom is great! She has all these toddler-sized bread pans and while the loaves were rising, she took some of the dough and made fresh scones for all of us. It's no wonder when I would try and put Eve to bed she'd keep jumping up saying "Ganma? Ganma?"

And here she is sharing the finished product with Grandpa. I wish we didn't live so far away but at least we get to go visit fairly often.