What about making something like a cinnamon roll? Make one of those roll cookies things that you slice into section (I am obviously not a cookie pro), but before you roll it up, make a layer of...hazelnuts? Pine nuts? in Amaretto? anisette? -- like a bouche.
Then you could glaze it, like a cinnamon roll. Gran Marnier in the glaze. Or a whitee chocolate glaze.
Yum. You could tart up pumpkin cookies -- add dried ginger or cran or cherries, and dip half of them in melted milk chocolate.
OMG, I AM SO HUNGRY NOW.
OMG there's a movie coming out soon with Johnny Depp and Paul Bettany and some chick named Angelina. I am weak.
Yeah, I'm not aiming for winning, just deliciously different. And making something up. I am not a good baker. Or cook, for that matter. I wing it and it usually doesn't turn out half bad. Still preening over my apple crisp. Good apples were the secret (box of granola from Target, butter and brown sugar) Got me a grandmother's approval and pan came home empty and it was a total winging it.
One of the boys ate the last of the cheese poofs and I am So Not Amused.
Spice cookies (maybe pepakokr spice) with a bit of candied ginger and a ginger glaze. Must shop and find recipes to tweak.
CJ hasn't been a bully, but he has been bullied in the past. But never anything like this. And apparently J doesn't even say anything, it is just physical stuff.
Sorry, I didn't mean the bullying -- I just meant the anger and fighting -- so he might have some insights for J
The MSCL/female best friends is making me think of my proto-type BFF relationship, which is Jane Eyre/Helen Burns. Which, strangely, says a lot about me. Not all good.
Johnny Depp and Paul Bettany and some chick named Angelina.
Paul Bettany is MINE! You can have your Johnny and your Angelina, but I OWN Wimbledon (the movie).
CJ is 14. He is physically stronger than J, but has much better control over his temper than J.
Wasn't always so, right? Karate's been so good for CJ.
Well, I don't want to discourage you from addressing this, but I will note that Emmett's casual relationships with his male friends is so much more physically rough and violent on a daily basis than is generally condoned.
They're freakin' little testosterone bombs and it's not uncommon for them to engage in quite painful exchanges. Nut-sack taps, and face punching, and kidney punching and ear-flicking and whatnot.
I'd take my cue from how CJ reads it or understands it. Is he fearful seeing this kid? Or is it just part of the general landscape?
Drawing blood with a pencil doesn't strike me as particularly egregious for that cohort.
I don't know what my claim on Paul Bettany is, but it's strong, dammit.
Boris! Kodjoe! I'm so sorry you have no job anymore. I will console you.
