Applesauce in the blender, in the food mill, with the potato masher. Verdict: it's all delicious.
Folded into bread dough and dropped into pancakes. Verdict: we recommend.
Lightly warmed on the stovetop with a little brown sugar and pie spice. Verdict: have ice cream on hand.
Thrown into one's bag on the way out the door for a last minute, crunchy snack. Verdict: the best option of all.
We are in full autumn-mode. We're raking leaves into piles and then blasting through them with bikes or toy lawnmowers, we're pulling up the end of the vegetable garden, and incorporating pumpkin into anything and everything. Soup pretty much always sounds like a good idea these days, too.
Everyone has pulled out their winter coats and must wear them in the morning to avoid frostbite, but by the time the sun is shining during the day at that beautifully warm and orange slant only apparent in the fall... the coats are peeled off until the sun disappears again.
Winter duvets have been put on the beds and the summer ones are washed and waiting for next April... or May... or June (please, no!)?
And this year, with a four year old and a two year old, we've started fielding a lot of questions about Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas and all of the festivities and special activities surrounding those celebrations. It's going to be a very exciting holiday season in this house!
