My favorite time of the year!

We love looking at the fall decorations at Sugar Pie Farmhouse!

But Katie recently decorated my grandmother's old Hoosier cabinet and took a few photos.

We'll add some more later......

Sugar Pies with the Sweetie Pie

When my son, Daniel and his wife, Julie, visited the Canadian-French pavilion at Folklorama in Winnipeg, they ate Sugar Pies. Since we have been studying The Glorious Flight for Five in a Row and I needed something French to cook, we decided to give these a try.

I whipped up some pie crust and Abby cut it in circles to fit into the muffin tins. She mixed the batter, which is akin to pecan pie filling without the pecans. (In the photo, they look burned in the middle, but actually they are caramalized and very gooey and sweet!) We baked them for lunch when our son, Joshua, was visiting this week. Oooh, la-la! C'est tres bon!

Arts Week, 3rd Edition

This is Abby's painting

This is Carrie's painting

This is Thomas' painting

The artist we learned about today was Winslow Homer. We enjoyed looking at his many paintings online and learning about his Harper's Weekly illustrations.

The children took a piece of thick paper and wet it briefly. Using watercolors, they painted a foreground, trees, a lake, the sky, and last, the mountains. We let the paintings dry, then outlined them with a black scrapbooking pen. Ta-da! Beautiful art!

Arts Week, 3rd Edition

Thomas' painting

Abby's painting

Carrie's painting

We've been working on several things this week, despite several interruptions (good and not-so-wonderful).

Today's artist was Andrew Wyeth. We tried to replicate his simple landscapes and snow paintings. First, we drew a simple picture. Then, we dripped rubber cement on it (we were supposed to use a toothbrush, but alas, it didn't work) and let it dry. Then we painted the whole page and let it dry. Last, we rubbed off the rubber cement and had white spots underneath for the snowflakes. Cool, huh?

We're using Discovering Great Artists by MaryAnn F. Kohl and Kim Solga.

Carrie

Here's a new picture of Carrie Ellen, made by our in-house photographer, Katie.
Isn't she lovely?

Happy Birthday to Daniel!
I love you bushels!

Happy 17th Birthday to my beautiful Emily!