UW Arboretum

We had a beautiful day today. It was warm (for WA) and dry. L & L drove down from B-ham and we had a great day. We love hanging out with L & L.

D-Land

I am aware of how frightening this photo of me is. Not sure why I look so homeless and impaired.


During our 1st day we ran into some family friends from Sonoma and hung out with them for a few hours.

On Splash Mountain Jake had to sit in the front 2 times and got soaked.

The adventure begins

At this delicious food...

while hanging out with these delicious people.

Juana Molina

Jake here. Been a long time since I blogged so I just wanted to let you all know I'm still in the game. I've just been busy with work lately and we were out of town and I got FIfa '09. All of which have been occupying my blogging time.
On the 10th we saw Juana Molina at the Triple Door in Seattle. My first show there. It was a cool place to go to a laid back show. If you haven't heard Juana, here's a sample. She does live looping throughout pretty much the entire show. Sort of like this guy. A kind of electronic latin folk sound. She's from Argentina and used to be the star of an Argentine sitcom in 80's... I guess in Latin American she's actually pretty well known for her acting and not much at all for her music.

We're Back

more to follow.

how hideous was our rental?

We Are Off

Taking a jaunt to Disneyland for a few days. Be back soon.
{photo circa 1957. found here}

Some What Sugar Cookies

As mentioned many times before I am a special education preschool teacher. Almost 90% of my students have a diagnosis of Autism. Many of their parents choose to follow what is called the "Gf/CF diet" or gluten free/casein free diet. I substituted almost every ingredient to make these cookies.

I used brown rice flour and almond meal for flour, Tofutti sour cream for sour cream, Tofutti cream cheese for cream cheese and earth balance for a butter substitute. Surprisingly, I had everything on hand (from my wack-a-doodle allergies) except for the butter substitute. I was having a bad case of my allergies so I could not taste them but Jake said they tasted like "healthy cookies." In my afternoon class one girl ate 3! I think they were a success.

*On another post I will give my thoughts and opinions about Autism and the GF/CF diet specifically. Another time... I will leave saying that I am excited to see about Obama's Autism support for more research (not sure if it is going to make parents more demanding or have more peace, we shall see.)
**One last thing- Did anybody read/hear about this article?