SUMMER!

All smiles at the pool? Must be SUMMER!

Pancakes!

We are on a pancake kick around here. Like an every breakfast and every lunch kind of a kick. I’ve tried pancakes with every combination of topping in our pantry and Cooper has our favorite recipe memorized! Our dear friends, the Langemeier’s, make THE BEST pancakes I’ve ever tasted and since they shared the recipe, we’ve never tried anything else! Here it is:

Langemeier Pancakes and Waffles

Stir together 1 cup buttermilk and 1 egg in a mixer. Add each dry ingredient and stir after each addition.

1 cup flour

1 Tbsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 Tbsp, oil for pancakes and 1/4 cup oil for waffles

*This recipe makes 6 large pancakes, so I typically double it and make enough to freeze for later in the week!

Back on the Bike

Cooper’s had about a year of inexplicable fear of his bike. Last summer he was riding it everywhere but over the course of the year, his interest waned and turned into a fear. He would rather run alongside his friends than hop on his bike! Even with a new bicycle for Christmas and countless lessons, he wouldn’t even get on it. My sweet Dad decided that he’d try to help encourage Cooper to at least TRY riding again. The deal? One lap around our little street circle on Pop’s scooter in exchange for one lap with Cooper on his bike.

The scooter scooted along at a snail’s pace, but Cooper LOVED it!

And….. it worked! Coop’s back on his bike!