My boys were asleep when I unwrapped my package. So here is a photo taken on another day for anyone who wants to see how they are growing. They are having a "bath" in a rubbermaid container as I do not have a bath tub.

-Robin

Robin, Oh, very nice gifts. Everything is great.

Teresa, You did good, very good!

Robin - that is so funny that he left the box at work! I am so glad he went back to get it for you.

What great items Teresa. I especially love the cake pans and the mini scrapers.

Can you pack up the boys and send them to me for a playdate with my little guy? They are too cute.

Those adorable boys look like they're in a roasting tub basting themselves!

I'm so glad you like everything, Robin! I really wanted to find a periwinkle utensil holder for you - drats!

I'll email you a cookie recipe for the Scandinavian pearl sugar that I make.

Those little boys are just precious! My boys (now 28 and 32) loved to play with the turkey baster too! They could make it be all manner of pretend guns, horns, swords, whatever. Some things never change, do they?

Teresa

What a great collection of stuff! I just about flipped when I saw the Lars sugar.........I thought maybe our Lars had gone into a new business. Too funny!

Enjoy Robin! Good job Teresa!

PS: Those babes are just too cute!

Sebastian and Julian are truly adorable.I have a new GS so I can appreciate oh so cute:)

Great gift box..I laughed that your gift was there and he didn't tell u:)

What cute kids!

Love the swap box! The whale cookies look like fun. I KNOW the cheese straws are good. The pancake mix looks good too.

Robin I know you and family will enjoy these goodies.

Teresa - great job, you put together just the right things.

What a nice package, Teresa. Robin, your kids are adorable. BTW, I have found pot scrapers to be the best thing to clean out pumpkins when Halloween rolls around . ...

That is a very nice swap package. And those little guys are adorable. Very nice job, Teresa.

Robin, the boys are so adorable! Great photo!
Teresa did a great job choosing items for your package, especially the cookie mix/cutter keeping the boys in mind!
Linda

What a great package, good variety! And cute kids! My daughter loves playing with the baster in the tub too, maybe someone should market it as a tub toy!

janet

Love the mini pans! What a great assortment of goodies -- great job Teresa! Robin, I know you'll enjoy them all. I can just picture you and the boys cooking some of this stuff up. Your adorable photo of them reminds me of a photo my parents took of myself and my sister in a tub just like that. It's a framer!

Catherine

Gee another one who can't count (grin).

I'll take the kids, you can keep the swap box goodies. (another grin)

Nice assortment Teresa--Robin your whole family ( & oh those boys are just adorable) should enjoy that bounty.

Robin, Julian is getting so big, every picture I see it seems like he's nearly as big as Sebastian! The turkey baster for a toy is funny, both my girls loved playing with mine, and the second favorite toy was an old fashioned egg beater to whip up more bubbles from the bubble bath. What handsome guys you have and they both have killer smiles.

I know Teresa does a great swap box, she was my partner for the last swap. That buckwheat pancake mix will be great with your Vermont maple syrup or maybe your homemade jam.

I also immediately noticed Lars' sugar, and that little covered knife looks like it will be very, very handy.

What a great box.

Annie

And those pot scrapers are helpful too.

I got some of the cookie mix in the last box from Jayne, but it came with a fish cookie cutter, not the whale. Mackenzie LOVED that stuff. I bet your boys will too. Sure, let Sebastian crack the egg. Mackenzie has been doing it for a while now. She's quite the chef ;). Just let him do it in a separate bowl first. It makes fishing out eggshells much easier. :)

Nice job with the package, Teresa.

Those boys are ADORABLE!

Lori, How old is Mackenzie? To be honest i am not so bothered about the cracking the egg part, it is washing his hands really well afterwards. He doesn't do such a great job on his own. I should probably just do it. He will probably try to do it one handed like I do.

-Robin

Robin, Mackenzie is four. We make such a big deal out of washing hands afterwards. Alot of the eggs we get are from my sister's farm, so they're very fresh ~ in other words, covered in poop, LOL. That grosses her out enough to want to wash up. Plus she loves to cook and I won't let her crack the eggs unless she agrees to the rules of washing her hands after.

I put her at the sink, squirt some soap in her hands and make her make bubbles. She has to scrub until she says the whole alphabet or counts to 20. Does the trick.

Very nice. Teresa, you always put together a wonderful gift box. Robin, I recently bought some of those cute little mini bundt pans. Look forward to seeing what you make in them.

Ann

Goodies! That orange peeler looks cool - let us know how it works.

Gina, the orange peeler works great!! I tried it tonight on an orange i had zested. Those are especially annoying to peel, but not with my new gadget! Tonight we went to a whale exhibit opening at our local science center. I see whale cookies in our near future.

Lori, Unfortunately Sebastian has not developed the ick factor for poop yet. At a public restroom once when he did not want to come in with me I told him he had to talk to me the whole time I was in the stall. When I came out he was lying on the floor his chin in his hands and his feet in the air. Nope, no ick factor. When he washes his hands he doesn't rub them all around, so i do it for him. But he will agree to hand washing if I finally let him crack the eggs.

-Robin

What a nice package,

and your little boys are too cute, they are the best gift of all, even if their hands aren't all that clean. LOL

Wow that is SOME package! Lots of fun stuff. Your boys are too cute!

The orange peelers look like they'd work really good. I like those!

Great package you put together Teresa. Love those little pans.

Robin, I can't believe how big the boys are. They're adorable. Enjoy your goodies.

Lots of handwashing here too. My son isn't allowed to go near his sister after school until he washes his hands. He usually walks in the door, drops his backpack and heads to the sink. I think I've trained him pretty well.

Tracey

Another great swap packages! A lot of fun items! I'd like to hear about the pot scraper! I keep seeing those! Love that orange peeler, too! Great job!!

Robin, what nice things you rec'd...I love the cookie cutter and mix. Especially that you just went to the whale exhibit!

Teresa - great package, lots and LOTS of fun things in there!

Stacy (and I love the pic of the boys in the dishpan - that is too cute!)

Lots of fun things in your package. Teresa sent me some cheese straw that were out of this world. I know you'll enjoy yours.

Have you used the mini pans yet? I have some little pans similar to yours but I haven't used them. The first one of us to try a recipe in them needs to share, please. Can you tell that I think the first one might be you?

I hope there might be a picture of Chef Sebastian and the cookies too.

It's a lovely, thoughtful package Teresa.

Lee

What cuties in the tub!!

Great package Teresa! When I am furniture shopping in High Point I always make a side trip to the Old Mill of Guilford for grits and sweet potato muffin mix.

Teresa, You put together a great swap box for Robin!

Robin, Your boys are getting so big! Thanks for posting a photo of them. It's hard to believe that time can go by so quickly.

On occasion I can find the Old Guilford Grits here. Enjoy your box!

Great package! I like those Wind Willow mixes, they are not loaded with sodium like so many others. Those mini cake pans are cool, I need to get some.

David

What a great package! Enjoy! (I love the whale cutter!)

What a nice package, and I'm sure it brightened your day. Robin, I am loving the jams that you sent me. Some day, you'll get the jars back. I received Island Topping and Plum Sauce from Katie in this recent swap. I'm in canny heaven! Enjoy your swap goodies!