You started 2nd grade last week.  Your teacher this year is Mr. Huettig.  Belén had him for 5th grade, so it's nice to have a teacher that our family is familiar with.  I didn't have you hold a card with what you want to be when you grow up for the first day photo, but I did ask you and you staying strong with being a pastry chef!  We have made a handful of desserts over the spring and summer.  A few that I can remember are cream-filled donuts (it was messy and frustrating getting the cream in!), S'mores cookies that had marshmallow fluff on top, Whoopie pies for Father's Day, and this last week we made a yellow cake with Nutella frosting for the Western Idaho Fair.

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