Rainy Day + Fussy Baby = Apple Pie

It rained waaaaaaay to much today in Muncie. Vivian was upset the rain was blowing the last of the leaves on our front tree away. She checks the tree each morning to see if there are any leaves left.

We enjoyed watching the debate last evening. It seemed that Romney was the president and Obama the challenger. I especially enjoyed when Mitt asked the president about why he did not visit Israel in his first term. Go, Mitt!
Isn't everyone excited to have a real president by this time 2 weeks from now? I am looking forward to voting and helping our country get back on track.




Vivian was cheering for the "real president."  :)

Anyway, since it was so gloomy out today, we didn't go for a walk like we had planned. So instead, Vivian and I made some yummy lasagna and an apple pie.

The lasagna turned out really great- even Nick, the Italian cuisine snob ate two helpings and said it was excellent. I later told him there was turkey in it... hahahahahaha! I did half ground beef and half ground turkey, lowfat cottage cheese and ricotta, and a jar of spaghetti sauce. It's topped with plain lowfat mozzarella. Lasagna is not something I prepare very often, so I guess it worked out well.
 

mmmmmmmmmm... cheesy!

Later, while the lasagna was baking, I started working on an apple pie. When you make something salty, you HAVE to have something sweet to go after, and I had a bag of granny smith apples just staring at me all lonely-like from the fridge.  The only thing I was concerned about was making a pie crust.

Mom is really good at pie crust. I am not. Nor am I experienced or talented at making those little crimped edges either. *sigh* But, I think like every other pie attempted in this house, it will taste good, even if it does look a little shady. :)

Mama Bear in Berenstein Bears always said you can't judge an apple by its looks.
Little did she know that also applies to my pies.

Henry has been a little bit fussy today. However, he has also been super cute- he has been making those sweet unimitatable baby coo noises. I just melt when he does it. He was getting a diaper change this afternoon and he scrunched up his face, and I thought for sure he was about to let loose bawling, but instead he just relaxed and did this big 'ahhhh' sound. Possibly the sweetest sounds I've ever heard are the sweet noises my children have made as infants. Little coos and sighs. Sounds like heaven to me!

"He will take your daughters to be perfumers

and cooks and bakers."  1 Samuel 8:13