I believe I have one of the best moms in the whole world, not to mention cutest. Everyone who knows her loves her and everyone who doesn't know her would love her too. You would never know the trials she has gone through because she is so strong and positive. I envy her sense of humor, easygoingness (is that a word) and zest for life. She has always made dinner for our family every night, she is such a great cook, but has struggled with baking from time to time :) I hope she doesn't mind me sharing this, but I have to share some of the baking stories she has had lately because I think they are so funny and show how when life gives her lemons , she makes lemonade. So.....I think I get my joy of trying new recipes from her. She's always trying something new, some work out and are really good and some not so much, but it's all about giving it your best effort, right? Well lately she has been having trouble with the least difficult but simple recipes like Rice Krispie treats and making a cake out of a box. She called me to get the Rice Krispie Treat recipe off of my box of Rice Krispies because she had boughten the generic kind, so I gave it to her and she made them and thats the last I had heard. Well, the next day I went up to their house while everyone was at work to do some laundry while we were waiting for our new washer and dryer to get delivered and saw the pan of rice krispies, so I though, Mmm those look good maybe I'll have one. As I went to cut a piece I couldn't help but notice they were solid as a rock. I picked up one corner and the whole thing lifted up like a brick. To this day we can't figure out what she did wrong. The next story happened just a few days ago. My family was coming back from Vegas and on their way asked Chase what kind of cake he wanted and he said he wanted a confetti cake that you make out of the box. So, they stopped at the store on their way home and bought the cake, keep in mind she said that my brother Wes was rushing them to get home so he could hang out with some friends before the night was over. The box of cake mix that she thought she had bought ended up being a confetti sugar cookie mix. (When did they come out with confetti sugar cookie mix?) It was sunday so she didn't want to go to the store to buy the mix that she meant to buy in the first place and she always makes us the cake that we want for our birthday so she decided to omit the butter that it asked for and upped the amount of eggs and make it into a cake. What do ya know...it was actually really good! Way to go mom! Now I might just have to invite her over and have a Rice Krispie making lesson :)
Love you mom!!
Your mom is really cute! I agree. And, I consider myself a pretty good baker (not so much a chef, but baking I got covered) and I can never seem to make rice krispies turn out. They are either too hard or too sticky! Tell her it is just fine. Her skills are to advanced to go down to something so simple :)
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