August 2008 Archives

Here on the Labor Day weekend, we invite a couple neighbor couples over for burgers and dessert. I had laid in some supermarket peaches in anticipation of making a peach pie. But the dang supermarket peaches go bad before they go ripe. Guess we will have to try hitting some of the local farm stands or orchards for some local produce. Although, maybe we need to head down to South Carolina or Georgia to do it properly?

The fallback turned out to be another Killer Pies selection. The crust carries the substance here, loaded with finely ground walnuts. After the crust takes 15 minutes in the oven, the remainder is done in the freezer. The result is good for these, still warm, late summer days.

Josie doesn't like to sit. She has always resisted the suggestion kick back and relax by stiffening her whole little self. With steadying support, she prefers to stand and take in the better view.

We have yard sale bouncy car ready for her. The car is appropriate for an bigger child. But given her predisposition to stand, her ever improving grabbing skills, and a vintage 49th Edition CRC, we dropped her in and she was well entertained. Note my earlier post.

August is a birthday busy month for our family. Karen asked for a blueberry pie for her day. She anticipated if she asked for a cake, it would be store bought, not homemade. Pie is almost certainly going to be homemade, and I even found some pie-friendly candles at the grocery store.

J & J & J were unable to join us and Ruth for pie on Saturday night. On Sunday they brought along a store-bought "paddy cake" (as in "Paddy cake, paddy cake, bakers man"). I always heard "patty cake" and google backs me up about 2 to 1. A few candles went on the cake and Karen gets a second wish.

Karen's mom Ruth arrived today for her first glimpse of Josephine. It is special to see this span across the generations.