BBBF's = best baker buddies forever

Looking for a unique gift to give your baker buddies?  Well, you're in luck!  You can make them some awesome homemade vanilla extract!  It's easy peasy, nice and easy!  (The little lad would surely agree!)  All you need is vodka and vanilla beans.



Get a clean bottle, cut the beans in half lengthwise and toss them into the bottle, and then fill up the bottle with vodka.  Store the bottle in a dark place and shake every now and then.  Voilà!  A month or so later, the vanilla extract is ready to use or give away to your BBBF's!



My artistic big friend made me some awesome blue and white striped labels: Little Mans' Old Tyme Vanilla Extract!  Doesn't get much more classy than that.  Oh, and if you have leftover vodka, my other big friend suggests you make a screwdriver -- a tasty orange juice and vodka drink.  Awesome!

The apples of my stomach

Apples are awesome.



They're perfect for a healthy, satisfying snack.  I love crunching away at them!



There are so many different varieties and flavors. 



I bought myself six different kinds to try -- Cortland, Rome, Pink Lady, Fuji, Ambrosia, and Honeycrisp.  I bet they're all going to be super duper delicious!

Rainy day homies

It's been an awesome and rainy weekend.  When the rain let up for a bit today, I decided to take a stroll through the neighborhood.  I was walking along when -- lo and behold!  By golly!  Could it be?  In the distance were three people, one of whom I recognized.



I thought Manny had passed on to another world as I haven't seen him in ages but there he was in the flesh (or should I say, in the plastic?).



When we got closer, Manny yelled, "Yo, Lil' Man!  What up, what up?"  I said, "Hi, Manny.  Long time, no see.  Who are your buddies?"  



Manny replied, "Yo, man, these be my homies, Droopy and Paisa."  Ah, nice to meet everyone.  Good thing they didn't offer to shake hands.  After all, Droopy had his hand not in his pants pocket, but in his pants or somewhere beyond.  I didn't want to know. 

Chocolate mummy

Hello, candy cane flavored marshmallow guy.



Or, as my big friend calls you: a chocolate mummy.



Let's cut you up into pieces so we can all try you.



Hmm. 



You don't taste very good; you taste like an old mummy.  I must say, you are not very awesome.