This weekend was pretty slow. Both the boy's soccer games got rained out so we decided to go for a drive while listening to General Conference. We drove up to Logan to see the fall foliage up Sardine Canyon--it's something we try to do every year. With Aaron in the car you can't drive up to Logan without stopping at Casper's Ice Cream Shop for a cone. Daniel did have lots of fruit snacks instead of ice cream--we still feel a small bit guilty eating ice cream in front of him, but what can you do? We also drove around the Logan tabernacle and temple. Daniel called it the castle where you get married. I guess he has watched Cinderella a time or three. Matthew's teacher gave us a link to a child friendly browser you can download. It was made specifically for autistic children, but it is great for all children because it filters everything to make it super safe. It has lots of games and video clips as well as stories. It limits use to just the mouse to keep kids away from playing with the keyboard--it turns off the keyboard so you can push any button and it doesn't do anything. We tried it out with Matthew and he loved it as well as Josh and Daniel.
Today we listened to Conference while the kids and I made Daniel friendly chocolate cupcakes. I had more help than I know what to do with ;). They were more excited about licking the beaters than making the cupcakes. The recipe is really good and as far as vegan recipes it isn't that weird either. I've included the recipe and you can't even tell they are vegan because they are so moist and chocolaty!!
Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
1 cup soy milk
1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
3/4 c granulated sugar
1/3 c canola oil
1 &1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup flour
1/3 c cocoa powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Bake 18-20 minutes at 350 degrees in cupcake liners filled 3/4 full. Makes about 18 cupcakes.
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