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as Fall begins...

Just a few little stories and pictures as Fall begins:
Today, September 1st, the air outside had that cool, crisp feeling! The cool in the air reminded me of back-to-school shopping, and a whole lot of smells... the smell of school supplies at Kmart, the smell of cedar bark chips on the play ground, and my favorite, the smell of farmers burning their fields at the end of the crop season. All smells from fall after fall of my childhood. Now I'm watching as my kids gather little things that will be "fall" to them!

Our first year canning our own pickles!



I climbed up into the apple trees in my parents yard and picked a bag full of apples to turn into apple chips! (So far the boys love them even MORE than I did as a kid!)



...I love dressing my kids. And now that fall is arriving, it's time to break out the striped long-john shirts, the vests, socks and shoes in place of sandals. Henry is busting out of his vest in the picture below, and Jonathan did his best to reason his way out of wearing long sleeves this morning. :)


I think this is the year I have been the most into fall. Confession: I went to Michael's and bought myself leaf and acorn shaped cookie cutters!



My little helper, being cute

I found a new icing recipe that I love! Egg whites, lemon juice, powdered sugar...

"I'm a squirrel, Momma!", he says, with cherry tomatoes from our garden stuffed in his cheeks!


Out of order, but this is the apple chips being dried. My mom has this awesome Dehydrator from 1990!



I love, love, love the little trail of play things the boys leave behind them:

Happy Fall, friends.

Comments

  1. MollySeptember 2, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    Could you send that icing recipe to me? I could use a good one! makes me want to make some fall cookies and decorate for fall too! You guys should come up and visit and we can do it together!!!! :)

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  2. Anna RuthSeptember 2, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    Molly, we would LOVE to come see you guys! I'll see what I can do :)
    Here's the recipe I used:
    http://joyofbaking.com/SugarCookies.html

    You kinda have to scroll down a little bit to see the recipe. I used the egg-whites icing recipe, and didn't mix the food coloring all the way in to the icing for the swirly, vibrant-fall-leaves look :)

    I hope I can orchestrate seeing you soon. When are you planning to be in town next? Miss you!!

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