Uh, oh. It's just the beginning...

...of a week long school vacation and the kids are already quarreling. Rowan runs in the kitchen to tell me Ava pushed him. I call Ava in and she says she pushed him because he wouldn't stop bothering her. The all too typical she said/he said business is beginning its circular argument. So this time I tried to stay out of it and told the kids to talk to each other. They talked and I think it worked- ending with Rowan saying sorry as he dashed out of the room. Whew.

Baking proved to be another good little diversion. Ava got to work making popovers...a simple recipe that she pretty much completed from start to finish. We opened the oven several times while they were baking (couldn't help but peek), so the popovers did a little topple over. They were absolutely yummy anyway and Ava was very proud to share her creation with the family. The recipe came from Mollie Katzen's kid cookbook called "Pretend Soup" and it's great for getting kids in the kitchen.
Here's the Popover recipe:

1-2 tbsp melted butter
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
extra butter, jam and maple syrup for the popovers

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Brush inside of 12 muffin cups with melted butter.
3. Break eggs into mixing bowl and add milk. Beat well.
4. Add flour and salt and whisk until well blended (doesn't have to be perfect though)
5. Pour about a 1/4 cup batter into each tin, so they are half to two-thirds full. To help with this step, we put the mixture into a 2 cup measuring cup so that Ava could easily pour it into the muffin tins.
6. Bake 30 minutes without opening the oven.
7. Remove popovers from the pan, and prick with a fork so steam can escape. CAUTION: steam is HOT.
8. Serve up with butter, jam and/or syrup. Dee-lish!