Slice of Heaven

Leah turns Six!

or as Leah likes to say, "I've made 6 laps around the sun, Mom" That makes me smile! Both boys made something for her present. Eric freezer paper stenciled a pair of jeans and matching t-shirt. I was quite impressed..

He came up with the designs on his own and did everything except the cutting with the exacto knife. Bay made her a set of star-shaped crayons from recycled bits of crayon. He arranged them in a silicone star-shaped cupcake mold and we melted till they were blended. Then cooled, popped out and now she has a set of 6 cute individual color blended star crayons.

Turning 6 (and indeed the months preceeding) has found Leah spending more time in the kitchen with mom...either helping prepare dinner or making a recipe of her own. She loves to try out new recipes from her Highlights magazine or from the Mini Pages and other sources. Today she made turkey-veggie pinwheels for her lunch. She almost always cuts up the lettuce, tomatoes and other veggies for our salad at dinnertime, sets the table and butters the bread. Some other recipes she has made are Oreo Surprise Cupcakes, Orange Pancakes and Chocolate Caramel Pretzels.

She would like to share the recipe from today's lunch with you.

Spread on 1 tortilla: mayonnaise or cream cheese (she chose cream cheese), 2 slices of deli turkey. Sprinkle with grated cheese and your choice of veggie (grated zucchini, grated carrot or sliced cucumber-Leah chose grated carrot).

Roll up the tortilla.

Have an adult slice the roll into pinwheels. YUM!