Date Night

It was another wet and cold June weekend and my dad was here from Minnesota to meet Luke. We had a great time hanging out around the house, making soup, playing words with friends, and bonding with the little man. We took advantage of having a babysitter and B and I went out on our first date since Luke was born. We went and saw the movie Bridesmaids, and if you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it. I thought it would be a chick flick, but it's hilarious and both B and I were laughing through the entire movie and were by far the loudest people in the audience. It was great to get out, but even better to come home to this:

Thanks Dad for a great weekend.

June Gloom

Dear Pacific Northwest Weather,

I don't know if you got the memo, but today is June 1st. By definition, it is SUMMER. I would really like to stop cranking up our heater and wearing 3 layers of clothing just to go outside. If you could stop with the rain, thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes and 60 degree highs and kick up the heat about 20 degrees it would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

The last few weeks have been wet and cold and when you're already feeling cooped up and a little on lock down with a newborn, and two very high energy dogs that need exercise, you really start looking forward to the sunshine and getting out of the house. The current forecast doesn't look like it's going to be getting any better over the next week, so I have been hunkering down, bundling up, and baking up a storm to help the time pass and warm up the house. Here's the recipe to my current favorite dessert, oatmeal scotchies.

Oatmeal Scotchies

Ingredients
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups quick or old-fashioned oats
1 bag butterscotch morsels

Directions
Preheat oven to 375° F.

Combine flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in oats and morsels. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

Bake for 7 to 8 minutes for chewy cookies or 9 to 10 minutes for crisp cookies. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes.

Nothing brightens a rainy day like warm cookies and milk. Enjoy!