Riley wanted me to make him an apron to use when we bake together. We were at Robert's which is a craft store out here similar to Michael's (but with a HUGE scrapbooking section), and found these kid-sized aprons for a few bucks. I couldn't make it for that price - by the time I bought the material and spent the time to sew it, it didn't make any sense. So I splurged on the apron and then we decided to paint the skull and cross bones on it to give it a "manly" feel. Once I took the picture of him helping me make whoopie pies on Sunday, I realized that it resembles the poison symbol! I hope this isn't the reason the whoopie pies didn't turn out! Here I was blaming the altitude!
The whoopie pies got flat instead of nice and fluffy like they do when baked at sea level. I even reduced their baking time and temperature. They taste alright, just don't look as nice. Poor Riley...He wanted to make them all weekend. Saturday we didn't have the instant coffee we needed so we settled for chocolate cupcakes with caramel icing instead. On Sunday at church their verse was Ecc. 4:9 "Two people are better than one. They can help each other in everything they do." They were supposed to draw a picture of themselves helping someone else do something...so guess what Riley drew? A picture of him helping mom make whoopie pies! Needless to say, I stopped by the grocery store after church and picked up the last ingredient and we finally baked whoopie pies together. He doesn't care if they don't look quite the same, he enjoys them regardless!
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