After School Snack

Banana Roll Up

Whole wheat tortilla (or Flat bread)
Peanut butter (Also try almond, or cashew butter)
Nutella
Banana

Spread a layer of peanut butter and another layer of Nutella on tortilla or flat bread, place a banana on tortilla and roll up.

I used spinach flat bread in this picture and mix nut butter from Target. Nikki likes it very much, for breakfast or after school snack.

Flower Loom Crafts

Easy looming projects anyone can do from American Girl Flower Loom Crafts, got from BN store.

My Coconut Curry Beef Recipe

Total Time: 4.5 hours

1.5 lb stew beef
1 tbsp curry powder
1 (13.5oz)can coconut milk
2 tbsp brown sugar
Salt to taste
1 medium carrots
1 cup of mushroom
2 medium onions
1 pint of cherry tomatoes
1 tsp chilly powder
2 tbsp chopped fresh ginger
4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped

Steps:
1.Brown beef with salt in skillet.
2.Transfer to crockpot along with onions, carrots, mushroom, garlic and ginger. Add mixture of coconut milk, curry powder, brown sugar and chilly powder. Stir, cover and cook on Low for 4 hours.
3. Add cherry tomatoes halves and cook for another 20 minutes on Low.
Serve on rice or noodle of your choice(try black rice, or pasta). Another East meets West dish.

Knitted Bunny

This is the "Lovable Toys"--Rabbit from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts, another book I checked out from the local library. You can use the pattern for the body and vary the head and ear patterns to make a bear, or an elephant. I finished this project last year and Nikki still plays with it. Since she's got a yellow bunny and this white one pairs well with the yellow bunny. In her world, they are the mommy bunny(knitted) and the baby bunny. I put them out for this coming Easter.

Chinese Way of Finding Someone's Age Without Asking Directly

This week is Parent Heritage Sharing week in Nikki's school, an opportunity to share family heritage with the little ones in her class. I figured Nikki would love to talk about animal years to her class, so I signed up for Tuesday's 15 minute time slot. Here is a website I found to be the best and with concise list of animal years.

Some Knitting Projects

I haven't been back here for years!
I've done so many craft projects last year, here is only a few.
Bob's Arm Warmer
I knitted a pair of arm warmers for Bob last year around my birthday as his birthday present.
Material used: Lion Brand Wool Ease 80%Acrylic 20%Wool , that's all I can remember. Ribbing pattern, k2p2 for 18in?

Nikki's Flower Washcloth

I have done this project a while back. The pattern was from a book I checked out from the library. If I found the book again, I will update with detailed information. This is what happens when I don't update the site and I don't have a "blog" in mind.  

Nikki's Halloween Wig

Nikki dressed as Arial last Halloween. I made this wig to go with the costume and because it was made of bright red yarn, some people mistaken her as Raggedy Ann. Hey, people, can't you see the fish tail? 

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Vincent's Baby Hat

I got the pattern from Michaels, and it's easy to make. 

Vincent's Cardigan

My biggest project from last year. Pattern from "Knitting for Two" by Erika Knight. 

A Collection of Booties and Mitten

Vincent doesn't like anything on his feet. The white and blue theme can't hide the fact booties are for girls. 

Just Another Hat

A pattern designed by ME! Only if I can remember what I did. Some ribbing with stockinette stitch....