Hello everyone. Itâs been a while since I last posted on here, and hopefully, youâre all doing well. Weâve finally reached October, which possibly is the most busy month in our household (same with December). Last year, I hadnât posted for a long time. The last post was on June 29, and then I came back to announce the pregnancy on October 3rd. At that time, I was only 11 weeks, so Bodhi was nowhere near ready to be born. It was a very wonderful time for our family though, as my brother would also announce expecting their fourth and last child. Finnian and Bodhi have since joined the family, and are the sweetest six-month-olds, and they have both brought so much happiness. For this year, despite having one more child to care for, I do have a little more time on my hands. Not sure if I have mentioned it on here since starting over with the blog in January 2020, or if in my Instagramâs Q&A, but I did work as a baker before becoming pregnant with Clair in 2019, and choosing to become a stay-at-home mom. Never regret this decision, but I didnât get a degree in Baking and Pastry arts for no reasonâI still very much enjoy my time in the kitchen, covered in flour, now preferably with a few little helpful and curious hands. And whatâs a better month for all type baking activities than October? Max, Lumi and Clair love all things food, including the process of creating, whether it be cute and yummy cakes, or a nice lasagna for dinner (Lumiâs new favorite.) Bodhi loves this time as well, being very interested in touching and the feeling of different textures etc, and enjoying time with me and his siblings. Damien does cook, but heâs more of an on-looker when it comes to baking, convinced he will make everything taste like sand. The children's favorite right now is cinnamon rolls, and Iâm personally into making different pies. Apple pie and bumbleberry pie are the biggest successes with the kids, and for October, of course, the great and beloved Pumpkin pieâthough Lumi and Damien donât enjoy the taste of Pumpkin (their taste buds are almost scarily similar.) Damien LOVES the CanelĂŠ, a small French pastry with a soft and tender custard center and a dark, thick caramelized crust, so I suppose we all have our favorites, haha. Hopefully, none of you mind the more âaestheticâ pictures like these, as I really wanted to show the process and the results, and with no persons to grab the attention from that. At the same time, we also had Max working on some Halloween garlands, so if that looks a little out of place amid the baking chaos, he had an urge to be creative with something else, but no reason for him to sit alone in an other room (he also helped make the scary pumpkin seen in the corner of the third pictureâwe have to hope it won't rot before Halloween.)
