Hump day

Laura's ready for school and the world series.

Thomas came over after school. Some drawing.

More arts and crafts

Reading

Then dinner: pizza and meatballs.

Dessert

More baking

Ok. I think I need an intervention. Is there a Baking Anonymous or something? Laura and I made Rhubarb-apple cake. It's a recipe that I got from here. I've made this cake before and it is one of my favorites. It is not too sweet, very light and really brings out the flavor of the fruit. I used up the last of my reserved frozen rhubarb. It's also incredibly quick and easy to make (even a 3 year old can do it!). If you go to this site, you should also try the gaspacho recipe. That is fantastic.

Milk

This girl does not like drinking milk. I've tried everything: chocolate, malt, strawberry, crack. Do you know any child who doesn't like chocolate milk?! I even bought HOT chocolate milk mix with marshmallows and she turned her nose! The only way she will drink it is plain or with strawberry Nesquick but even then, it's a process. Dang, if I could, I would drink a gallon of this stuff, every day.

Sunday

Another exciting Sunday. The weather was gorgeous. Laura and I went to Lowes then the gym (playing tennis and Laura in the kids playroom). Here she is after coming home and hanging out with Matthew. They are becoming fast little friends. Thomas may start getting jealous (yeah right). Look at the 'fro!
Dinner: chicken, rice and delicata squash. Laura attacking the chicken.

Here is my new Meyers lemon tree that Ymo bought me for my birthday. I repotted it and put in front of the window. It's so cute.

Here is 1 of 2 plants that I bought from Lowes. It was in the "distressed" bin and cost 25 cents each. I cleaned it up and cut out all the dead stuff and it looks good as new. The other is an African violet plant which is also really cute.

One-Bowl Triple Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Not a very exciting Saturday. Laura and I spent most of the day running errands. Laura kept asking me "Can I go home now?". Poor little girl.

Hanging out with Matthew ( "Mat-hue" from next door).

Laura and I made more baked goods. It's becoming a problem. We made the One-Bowl Triple Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies. It was a recipe that won one of the Quaker Oats contest sometime ago. It's really simple b/c you use a cake mix for the batter. Too bad it was just ok. It was moist and chocolatey but too sweet and the oats were too chewy.

Pumpkin cookies

It's definitely fall.
Laura helped me make some cookies tonight.

Getting ready for Halloween

Lookout Farm

We all went apple picking again at Lookout Farm (actually we mainly picked Asian pears)! The weather was gorgeous and felt like summer. By noon, it was too hot but we all had a great time and spent way too much money.

The kids are ready to pick.

The bags.

The train.

The mother load.

Laura sampled the goods and then devoured it.

They would run off but this time Demetri would round them up and bring them back.

A great time was had by all. I think we are going to make this a tradition. It was so much fun.

Sushi roll

I bought a roll of salmon with avocado from Whole Foods today for a snack. I got in 2 bites and Laura devoured the rest. She was loving the wasabi in the soy sauce and after the third bite of saying "it's spicy", she inhaled it with her salmon roll.

All gone.

She loves stickers