Sunday, September 26, 2010

"Hey, where's my paring knife, Mommy?"



Does your 4-year-old say that, too? Maybe I give Kirby too much of a free range in the kitchen. Yes, he has what he calls his "own" paring knife, and he uses it pretty deftly. He is currently working on The Apples.



So if you have one or more of these...



And lots of these...



You may need one of these!





And possibly one of these.
We are having a lot of fun at our house with Grandma Richins' apple-peeler-corer-slicer. Kirby asked if we could "borrow it forever." He said we would give the "dehydracker" (dehydrator) back to her "in the summer." Dried apples make a great snack. And making them provides hours of entertainment for Kirby and Sam. I've been having a hard time letting go of summer, but I guess I like fall after all.

While I've been typing this, Sam came in for a free tasting and Kirby set up operations at the bench. "This is easier for me," he explained. "It's soup-der easy!" ("Soup-der" for "super" is one of Kirby's favorite expressions. He likes to ride his bike soup-der fast, and get pushed in the swing soup-der high.) It's been a Soup-der Sunday!

Confessions about Chocolate Chip Cookies

Well, I've done it again. It is bound to happen at least once a year. (I hope it's not more frequent than that, although I really haven't kept track to ensure that it is not!) I made chocolate chip cookies for dinner. It's not like I put it on my menu for Sunday dinner, but that is what it has become. Whereas we had a late lunch and I made cookies at 5:30, nobody seems to care for anything else. I hope that doesn't make me a bad mom; maybe it makes me a cool mom? Milk, anyone?

Friday, September 17, 2010

Happiness is Having a Brother and a Tricycle


...And a little sister!