When my new Taste of Home magazine came I saw this recipe and knew it would be perfect for Nadia to do during our Autumn unit. The only part I did was to read her the recipe, then cut the apples and pie pastry.
Ingredients.
Brushing the pie pastry with butter. Then she sprinkled sugar mixed with cinnamon.
Apple wedges wrapped with pastry, brushed with more butter and sprinkled with more sugar mix.
The first batch out of the oven.
These were SO GREAT! Not too sweet and so easy for Nadia to do. She was so proud and we shared them with friends and they loved them too.
Last month Mike and I attended the Texas Scottish Rite Treasure Street Sponsor party. They invite everyone who sponsors at a certain level and up. Then the big fundraising event is later this week. They did such an amazing job on Amelie’s hand this spring and since the hospital is free for Texas residents we felt we should sponsor and support this wonderful place! We arrived, were given name badges and then were put in tour groups. They took us to the day surgery area where Amelie went and did a presentation about lengthening a young girl’s leg. It was AMAZING! Mike took photos and they are all in the photo album.
Then we heard from some of the doctors that run the neurology department.
From there we saw the motion science department that help children with Cerebral palsy (CP) and other walking issues. They even had a teen in the motion capture gear, which was very cool.
Then they had music and food out in the main atrium.
Such a cool dessert set up and they had a little taco bar and carving station. The people who cook for the hospital cafeteria did all of the catering for the event and it was great!
One of the crafts we did for our Autumn unit was heart bird treat. We left them out for the birds and they ate the seeds, but then the ants went for the bread. I think next time we will let them dry inside the house before we take them out to the feeder tree. Here were our supplies:
Bread, cookie cutter, egg whites, bird seed and ribbon.
This year we decided to try MainStay Farms for their homeschool day. Nadia was telling Amelie over and over how much fun she was going to have at the Pumpkin Patch. I was preparing myself for Amelie to say “unkin” about 2072 times. Turns out she only said it about 29 🙂 We saw quite a few people that we knew since it was homeschool day, but I was surprise to meet some friends I had only known online and one friend from an old church. We started out by watching a video about how pumpkins are grown in Texas. Nadia thought this was awesome! She said it was “like school” and asked me to remember the stuff for when we learn about pumpkins in our autumn unit.
Here we are with our friends Tricia, Elliott and Jude. Nadia and Elliott love to play together and they have many imaginative adventures.
This is a friend Gina that I hadn’t seen in years.
The farm had a thing called a Jump Pillow that both girls loved!
They had a pretty cool play area with mazes and treehouses that was fun for kids of all ages.
Amelie and Jude. (Amelie is wishing I would let her climb to the top of the play area like Elliott)
Nadia and Elliott.
The girls had a wonderful time and really wore themselves out! Part of admission was getting a pumpkin to bring home which Nadia loved. She said her favorite parts of the day were: 1) the jump pillow and 2) the tractor ride. Amelie napped for 3.5 hours once we were home!
