Bagels!

Dan & Preston made bagels from scratch. Dan was inspired by an Iron Chef America battle, where Morimoto’s team made bagels in less than an hour. These bagels were made using a Hamelman recipe, basically just flour, water salt and yeast.

Images (left to right) show kneading, dough, on tray to go to fridge overnight, boiling, resting in ice bath, tray for oven, baked, cream cheese and jam.

And I felt a bit like the Little Red Hen's friends who didn't help, but I still got to eat them - they are delicious!! Thanks Dan and Preston!

Maxwell is clever

Maxwell now has two teeth which he is rather intrigued by, and he is now walking a lot more - it seems he prefers to walk (unless speed is required). He can walk across the room quite happily, so it will not be long before he and Preston are running around together. They play together a lot now, especially since Maxwell is so much stronger and can handle a bit of roughness.

He's also picking up baby sign language quickly now - I taught him grapes yesterday and he picked it up immediately, and then repeated it today a few times when he saw them again. I also signed him instructions (accompanied with verbal) for 'where is the other shoe?' and he knew what i meant, located it, and went to get it for me. He was so happy when he completed the task, and did the shoe sign! What a clever boy!