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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Apple Butter......

I have never really been a fan of Apple butter (it's a Midwest thing) Eric LOVES it, and Aragorn is a huge fan too. So when i found this recipe on my hunt for homemade Christmas gifts, i decided to try it. I have to say even i liked the way it came out. The recipe i used called for 2.5 lbs of pears, but i mis-read it, and didn't get pears. I got Apples though, lots of them Braeburn & golden delicious. I had 3 pears at the house already, so i just tossed those in too. I used 1 cup of brown sugar, and 1 cinnamon stick. I peeled a few of the apples, but for the most part left the skin on. I cut and quartered all of them, then stuck them in the crock pot for 4 hours. After that, i put the apples (minus the cinnamon stick) in the food processor and smoothed the mixture a bit. I put the mixture (with cinnamon stick) back into the crock pot for another 8 hours. I did this all in the later evening, so i could sleep while it cooked. the next morning, beautiful, warm, wonderful fresh apple butter. It was AMAZING!!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Ladies & Gentleman....

I present, Eric's Child.

Silly Sock Day.....

Last week Aragorn was studying the letter S in class. As an extra something, his teacher asked all of them to wear Silly Socks Wednesday. I only wear white socks, and so do the boys. It's just always been something I've done. So silly, wasn't exactly something we had laying around. So i went and bought some puffy paint and we as a family went at our socks. Aragorn preferred the paintbrush method. Rohan was a fan of dots. I did some shapes. And Eric did the family and his love for me :-) we had a fun time and it was a fun family activity.