Henry's First Day!

Heading out the door, sporting a super cool back-pack

Such a sweet little smile!

Chilling on the couch after a fun-filled first day!

Boston

Jared's aunt and uncle were in town visiting his cousin, so we walked the Boston portion of the Freedom Trail...since Ben and Heidi were here, this was our fourth trip into Boston in a week and it was fantastic! I feel like I'm really getting a grasp of the city! Now, I just need to do a Dennis Lehane-style tour of the city to see the less touristy sites ;) I didn't have my camera with me almost the whole time Ben and Heidi were here, so I'll post pictures when I get some from them!

Granary Burial Ground

Henry kicking it at the site of the Boston Massacre burial plot, and Sam Adams' grave...across the street is a tavern, so you can technically drink a Sam Adams while looking at the grave of Sam Adams. Class all the way.

Seeing if he can jump from ship to ship at the Old South Meeting House

Enjoying a cookie from Aunt Marilyn...Grandma's are the best for defusing a near melt-down.

I sure hope the curls grow back!

I'm starting to let Henry do more when he bakes with me; I figured he was up to the task of measuring five cups of water, and sure enough...

He loves to watch the mixer work

yummm! The honey goes into the mix!

I discovered when reading my friend's food blog that there's a reason my last few attempts at making my mom's bread just didn't turn out the way I remembered; they were as dense as a brick! I called my mom and said...do you let your dough rise in the mixing bowl and then let it rise again in the pans? Oh, you do? Well, it would have been cool to include that in your directions to me :) I'd been transferring straight from the mixer to the loaf pans to rise only once. We'll see how this time goes.

I'm not as uber awesome as my mom, who had a wheat mill to grind her own flour...