In The Kitchen: Baked Apple Pie

We took a break from our Thursday nights in the kitchen last week since we headed out of town the following day but we were back at it again this week.  During school time, Addie and I have been trying to read some seasonal books.  One of this weeks books was Amelia Bedelia’s First Apple Pie.  Wouldn’t you know that they even included the recipe for the pie in the back of the book and we just happened to have everything on hand to make it.  Who could pass up an opportunity such as that?!?  Certainly not Addie!

Peeling the apples.  Addie loves using the fun Pampered Chef tool!  I have to admit, I have not regretted a single purchase I have made from Pampered Chef.  If you don’t have an apple peeler, it’s a must have!

Apples peeled…check!  And the inspiration for this week’s cooking adventure…

Mixing up the apple pie filling…

Rolling out the crust.  This was our first homemade pie crust to make and it was quite simple to do.  I don’t think I’ll ever buy a premade crust again.

Round 1 of pies…

Round 2 of pies…

Enjoying the fruits of our labor…

Aren’t the little pie cups topped with a scoop of ice cream just too cute!?!

School Time: Disney Countdown with a pattern

This week during school time, Addie and I have been working on extending patterns in math.  She also quizzes me daily on how many more days until we head off to Walt Disney World for our big family vacation.  We have a digital countdown on the computer, but it wasn’t quite doing the job.  I remembered how much of a hit the chain ring countdown to both kids’ birthdays last year was, so we decided to do the same with with our vacation.  Added bounus: what better way to incorporate patterns to reinforce our weekly math skill?

Getting set up…

Starting the AB pattern…

Extending the pattern…

Substituting every 10th strip for a yellow strip to reinforce counting by 10’s.  We also used the second row of blue strips to mark our pattern core (the part that repeats over and over)…

Building the chain…

Our finished project, only 59 more days…

Each week we also have a Spanish unit.  This week’s unit is on food.  Addie is cutting out pictures of food from a magazine to glue onto “Mi Comida”.

Fall Photo Op…

Addie never misses a photo op, so when she walked into the gym one morning and saw the fall backdrop they had set up she just knew it was something she couldn’t pass up.  The next morning, we made sure to pick out one of her Halloween dresses and headed to the gym with camera in hand.

It’s the little things in life that make her the happiest girl in the world!

Sierra Vista Fall Festival

This past weekend was a long weekend for the Lacy Household.  Dalton was out of school and Blake had Monday off.  Thanks Christopher Columbus!  Rather than staying home and relaxing, we loaded everyone up in the car, dogs included, and headed to Angelo for the weekend.  Saturday morning, Blake and his dad endured the cold and wet weather and headed out to “spray skeet”.  (If our pastor Drew somehow reads our blog, he may get the joke!  We love you Drew!)  While they were bearing the elements in the pasture, the kids, Macca and I headed out to bear the elements at the fall festival at Macca’s church. 

Digging for spare change…

Tee time…

Goin’ Fishin’…

Trying to hit the target…

Later that evening, we decided to stay in and play dominoes with Blake’s parents.

Dalton curled up with his puppies and watched a little TV….

….while Addie apparently got sleepy and put herself to bed.  Things got a little quiet during our domino game.  When we went to look for her, this is what we found.  Don’t worry, you can still vote for us for parents of the year! 

We enjoyed the rest of the weekend seeing and hanging out with family.  The puppies also enjoyed their weekend.  Here is Rudder catching up some much needed sleep once we returned home Monday evening.

Field Day

Dalton’s school hosted their annual field day earlier this month.  Addie and I were both able to attend to cheer on Dalton.  Actually, by about the third event in, Addie joined in the fun and I was able to sit back and enjoy watching some of the most wonderful memories being made between the two siblings.  Dalton took such care to make sure Addie was included.  He always made sure she had a partner when one was needed, let her go in front on him in line and explained the rules to her if she was unfamiliar with a challenge.  He never once become frustrated with her or showed any sort of embarrassment from the million hugs she gave them throughout the day.  Addie kept up with the big kids like a champ.  I never doubted her but was still a bit saddened that my 4 year old can keep up with a bunch of second graders.  She really is growing up before my eyes. 

I’ll let the pictures from field day speak for themselves.  They really do tell a wonderful story.

Each and every day, Dalton and Addison prove to me that I have the best kids in the world!