my friend tammy and i took our kids to the apple farm.
we had apple fritters and chicken and dumplings.
it was all divine, the food, the fellowship, the fun!
our friends sebastian and sarah invited us for dinner and introduced us to raclette.
it’s a european dining experience where you cook your own food on a double decker grill at the table.
kinda like fondue, except not.
it was really cool.
we ate too much.
and then…….
then, sarah made butterscotch molten cakes!!!!
whaaaaat?
i must get the recipe. it was joy unspeakable. and full of butterscotch glory.
sarah, who is a math teacher, taught us some cool math games using playing cards.
and they’re doing some super renovations at their new lake house.
we love them! we’re so glad they’re here. {sebastian is steve’s new partner.}
thanks guys!
and then i took the girls (and two friends) to a local fall festival.
have you ever been to a fall festival in the south?
it was priceless.
and i have crowned myself mother of the year for this endeavor.
it’s not for the faint of heart.
what, with the hillbilly clown and the deep fried oreos and the reindeer crafts,
i could hardly contain myself.
then there was a guy with a shirt that said,
“i’m a good-looking redneck. what more do you want?”
what’s more, i let them eat hot dogs, kettle corn and cotton candy.
i rest my case.
crown me now.
mother of the year.
do we really even need a vote?
but in all fairness, there was some nifty stuff too.
a few really unique quilts.
a potter working at her wheel.
a bee-keeper, keeping his bees.
some bluegrass music.
inspiring.
whew!
now i must ready myself for another doozy of a weekend.
my sweet caiti is in the ms. teen tennessee pageant next weekend in clarksville.
neither of us are really into pageants.
but she applied and she’s in it and we’ll have fun i’m sure.
when she went for her orientation weekend, she came home and said,
“those girls need to eat a cheeseburger.”
that’s my girl.
she said the other moms were ‘sizing her up’. these people have probably been doing pageants all their lives.
my daughter still hasn’t found a bathing suit and she doesn’t seem to be the least bit worried.
i should probably be more into it but all i can think of is toddlers and tiaras.
maybe i’ll set up a fried oreo stand just for kicks.
think it would go over well?
i am excited to spend the weekend with caiti. she’ll be beautiful and self-deprecating and wonderful.
and nashville is pretty swell too.
any recommendations for me? regarding pageants? or antique stores near nashville? yarn shops? favorite food stuffs? field trips? (the littles are coming along) music to add to my ipod? or books on tape? things i should say if confronted about my laissez-faire pageant attitude?
help a girl out.
lest i lose my mother of the year status.