nap time = better afternoon!!

thankfully my day wasnt quite as traumatic once the kids all woke up from their much needed naps. tuscan spent the night at our parents house last night and i cant help but think that he didnt get much sleep, cuz man oh man, he sure was cranky today! but his spirits seemed much better when he got up and we made a "deal" and even shook on it. the deal was if he was a good boy and ate a good dinner, we would make peanut butter cookies together! so low and behold, he ate an amazing dinner and asked for more several times! we had a homemade turkey pot pie that was leftover in the fridge and he kept asking for more corn, potatoes and turkey! so i kept digging through the pie until i could find what he wanted - unfortunately for frank, the piece that was left for him doesnt look much like a piece anymore...its sort of chopped up already!!

so to keep my side of the deal, we pulled up tuscan's cooking chair and got to work. he did a great job pouring all the ingredients into the bowl, but an even better job at licking the spatula when we were all done!! and i must say, our cookies are amazing!! crunchy peanut butter, peanut butter chips, chocolate chips and white chocolate chips (only because i didnt have enough of any of them!!) but it is the perfect combination! when they were all done, me and the 3 boys sat in the middle of the kitchen floor and shared a few of the warm cookies and ended our night with the normal routine - watching curious george!!

that is a face of someone hard at work, creating a masterpiece!! (he's a better baker than frank!!)

"just checking things out!"

"those cookies sure smell good!"