Noah is 11 months old.

Yesterday Noah turned eleven months old. I cannot believe that in one short month he will be one! Where has the time gone? He is just the sweetest and busiest boy imaginable, and I feel so lucky to get to spend my days with him.

Here's what we did yesterday:

We went to the Columbus Museum of Art downtown. Admission is free for the rest of August, plus they are very kid friendly and even have a great playroom set up for small children. Needless to say we'll be going back very soon.

The museum was having an exhibition where they give viewers yards and yards of plastic fabric to take home and make something out of, then the viewer uploads photos of the finished work to flickr. Naturally I took home a roll! The fabric is in the bottom right of the photo above. I thought I would recover our seat cushions with it, and Noah helped me do a test run! I love how proud he looks holding his very own screwdriver.

In the evening I baked a spinach lasagna I had put together the day before. As shown by the pictures, Noah had just about as much fun eating it as possible. I'm pretty sure that more ended up in his lap than his belly.

Happy eleven months little Noah Benjamin. We love you!

After a bad night, there's always a good breakfast.

{Granola that I made from Jenny's recipe}

So I've mentioned that Noah doesn't sleep well. Last night was no exception. I've found though, that if I can at least take a shower and have a hearty breakfast that I do a bit better through the day.

Today was a rough one though. It was one of those days where dropping something left me cursing under my breath, and Noah's cries while I changed his diaper brought me to tears. I made a special trip out to an art store to get a print my mom bought me for Christmas framed, only to find out that they don't do framing. And the sight of our cluttered dining/work room made my stomach turn.

So when Noah finally went down for a nap at three, I crashed right along with him. Rudy got home around 4:30, right as Noah was stirring. Knowing that I'd had a bad day so far, he offered to take Noah and Gatsby on a walk and suggested that I do something nice for myself. So I'm drinking tea and blogging. I feel so much better. There is nothing like a thoughtful husband. Nothing at all.

Adventures in baking.

The other day I was perusing my friend Jenny's food blog, and came across a recipe that I decided to try: Iced Pumpkin Cookies. When it came time to scoop the batter, I used my new (old) ice cream scooper that I got from an antiques market while in California. It scooped out the perfect scone sized dollops, so iced scones is what I'm calling them! I had a bunch of leftover coconut from some granola that I made, (more on that later), so I sprinkled some on top of the icing for flavor and looks.

They are so good! Rudy took some to his Number Theory study group and came back with rave reviews. I've been loving baking lately. Maybe I'll start up a side business with all the spare time I've got. Ha!

Why didn't anyone tell me?

Honey yogurt??

I have been putting honey into plain yogurt for I don't know how long. Needless to say, I'm pretty excited about Greek Gods yogurt already flavored with honey. I wonder if that good tanginess is still there, along with the sweetness. That might be a deal breaker.

Got the info and the picture from {my little corner of the world}.

Playing with food.

I used some of the apples we picked to make a delicious apple crisp. I loved the way the little guys looked all peeled so I snapped some shots.

More playing with food.

Playing with food.

Rudy at school+Chelsea home alone all day=

Eventually the green beans got tired of me and tried to sneak away.