Snow Day!

When I woke up this morning, Mommy said I had to put on lots of warm clothes and go outside. She said there was SNOW everywhere! I asked her if it would be like my favorite show, Dinosaur Train. 

She said I would have to go outside and find out! It was so pretty!!! And so cold! 

We had lots of fun playing in the snow!

Can you even believe there was this much... in Mississippi? It was like 70 degrees last week! 

Daddy showed me how to eat the snow.

My turn! Yum! 

One of our neighbors even built a snowman! This was way more fun than Dinosaur Train! 

And what better way to warm up when you come inside than with hot apple cider and chocolate chip pancakes?! If this is what snow days are like, I say let's have more! 

I think Riley Cates would agree! This was her first taste of chocolate, and even with only about 4 chocolate chips, she managed to get them everywhere! But she was very happy about it! 

Bagel Time!

Mommy and I decided to make Apple Cinnamon Bagels yesterday! It was so fun and not too hard... well, for me at least. You start by getting a really cute apron (thanks Aunt Abby!) and three apples.

Then get to peeling them! (Lightning and Mater are good helpers too!)

You have to cut them into small pieces (the apples, not Lightning and Mater). Thank goodness for this apple cutter!

Pour them in a pan with cinnamon and sugar, 

And stir, stir, stir!

In another bowl mix the yeast, water, flour, and all of that good stuff. Make sure to measure carefully!

Pour the yummy apples in too! Oh, and make sure you do a taste test of the apples! Just don't eat them all!

Then it is time to knead the dough. I wasn't too good at that, so Mommy helped me there. She said it was a good workout!

Then plop the dough into the bowl and WAIT. There is a lot of waiting in bagel making. 

But after an hour... Surprise! It grew! 

We had to make the dough into bagel shapes,

And then we gave them a hot bath!

Now time for the oven (after some of them got a special topping... Note to self: Make more special topping next time. The recipe did not make enough goodness for all of the bagels!). Make sure you keep your hands covered! It gets hot in that oven!

Voila! Bagels!

But the best part, of course, is the taste test! Boy, they were delicious! What a fun day! 

New Year, New Blog

Riley Cates and I made one New Year's Resolution for 2013. It was to blog more. I guess we are not doing well with that already! Maybe we'll start now... And what better way to start a new year than with a new blog? I can't think of one! 

The title of our blog is pretty self explanatory. We could both eat our weight in Cheerios. Yum! So you can look forward to lots more stories from us... some to do with Cheerios, but mostly not. 

Oh, and now you can leave us comments too! Hooray for that! Reading is fun! 

I'll leave you with a cute picture of me, Riley Cates, and Mommy to whet your appetite for more blog posts!