Oh, how I love fall.
We’ve been making yummy stuff.
^^Check out my budding chef grating nutmeg on the microplane.
They were so proud of their creation.
I had a lot of fun making the caramel apples with them.
I unwrapped the little caramel cubes into a bowl and showed them to the girls. Immediately Miss knew we were going to make caramel apples.
I asked them if we should go ahead and dunk the apples in and they immediately said “Yes!”
So, we did. And naturally the “dunking” didn’t work out with the cold candies just sitting in the bowl.
I asked them what we should do. My favorite part of the process was this:
Miss’s eyes lit up and she said, “Mom! We could put. it. in. the microwave!”
Everyone got very excited, and there was some jumping and shouting about the brilliant solution. Miss was so proud of herself when we took it out and it had begun to melt. She kept saying, “Mom, I had a great idea, didn’t I?” Love.
Later today we are leaving for a seven-hour girls’ road trip. We’re going to my old Kentucky home, Louisville. I lived there for four years while in graduate school and it remains one of my favorite places in the world. I’m meeting some of my dear old friends from my years there for a reunion, and we’re going to the St. James Art Fair. Can’t wait.
I must admit I’m kind of nervous about the trip. My husband has to work and can’t come with (my mom is meeting us in Lou to help me with the girls). I’ve never done a road trip of any length with them by myself. For inspiration, I’m reminding myself of my husband’s Aunt J, who drove an RV, by herself, with her five daughters to every state in the continental US when they were kids. I can do this.
Look out Louisville, here we come!
