Mandi's baking blog

Some of you may know that I have an interest in baking and because of this I have started a second blog. Please note that The Burgess Family blog is not going anywhere...this is our personal family blog. The new blog is a blog to document my growth in my baking skills. You can take a peak or not waste your time it is up to you but I did want to make everyone aware. The new is a work in progress and I do plan to write more on it. It is currently just pictures as I was trying to get it up quickly.

http://layeredcake.blogspot.com/

Happy New Year

It's a late post to say Happy New Year but Happy New Year. We had a chance of snow yesterday but all we got was ice. Madison wanted to go outside and see it this morning so we went out for a while. She loved hearing it crunch under her feet and knocking down the icicles. I wish it had snowed but glad Madison enjoyed the ice. Payton and Taylor were smart and napped warmly inside.

Making Santa's cookies

I finally downloaded a few pictures from my other camera so here are a few of Madison making her cookies for Santa.

You know you were born in the south when...

your first taste of food (that isn't rice cereal) is mustard greens. ;) I don't think Taylor is a fan but I think Payton kind of enjoyed them.

Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday Jesus

We had a wonderful Christmas and I was having such a good time watching Madison open presents that it completely slipped my mind to take some pictures of her opening them. I did take a couple of the huge mess. ;) As Madison opened each gift she had to take some time to play with each toy. It was nice to know she was excited about each one. I don't think Taylor of Payton were quite aware of what was going on but they did have fun playing with the toys they were handed. On top of it being a wonderful Christmas day we also had a bit of snow again. It fell the same as it did a few weeks ago but it was still exciting to see. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and as Madison says each time Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday Jesus.

Christmas Eve

Madison was very excited about it being Christmas Eve and knowing that Santa was coming that night. She had to make sure the cookies and milk were placed just right so that Santa could find them.

Madison had a lot of fun decorating the cookies for Santa...although like every year she wanted to eat them immediately after making them. These actually made it through the evening without a test bite from Madison. I am sure Santa was pleased to get some cookies that hadn't already been sampled.

Happy 5 Month Birthday

Taylor and Payton are 5 months old today! They are growing so much and at this point it is hard to remember how small they really were when they were born. We are having so much fun because they have discovered how fun some toys can be. There is one in particular that they both love and they actually fight over. It is fun to watch but a little sad when one starts crying because it gets snatched away. I guess they are learning to share at a very early age. Madison is so sweet because if I am busy (feeding one of them) and one starts crying she will go and get the toy and give it to them so they will stop crying. She is such a good big sister. Happy 5 months to Taylor and Payton.