ScrumpyDaddy

Posted by Dave

Great Grandma (my grandmother) and Grandma (my mom) visited us this evening. GG lives in Arizona and has been in Pittsburgh for a few weeks visiting family. She is heading back to AZ on Wednesday, and she wanted to see the kids again, so my mom brought her over to spend an hour or so with us before the kids went to sleep. In preparation for this, I whipped up a coffee cake using a yellow cake mix I had in the cupboard and some cinnamon & sugar.  It was quite a hit; everyone loved it.  I’m really glad I had the makings for it handy. (Granted, I only had two eggs, and no pudding mix that would work, but the cake mix already had pudding in it, so I just used a little water to substitute for the missing eggs, and a tablespoon or so of flour to add to the texture. See the recipe I linked for more info.)

Abby was very glad to see both Grandma and Great Grandma, and gave a lot of hugs and kisses tonight, all on her own initiative.  Zach was tired and zonked out just before they got here, but he woke up later and was very pleasant, even letting GG hold him for a bit.  We took some pictures for posterity.  Grandma was nice enough to take some pictures so that Rachel and I could be in a few, too.

It was a great evening, and I only wish we all had more time together.

(Posts about this past weekend intended soon.)