man, i love fall...and these two

isn't this just the cutest! "today alan turned "30!" (does time fly or what?) instead of birthday cake i made the birthday boy a yummy apple pie...i think this had to be one of the best i've ever made (not to brag or anything, but i can make a damn good apple pie....thanks to grama holles's wonderful pie crust recipe. sorry, don't even try to ask me for it, i won't tell....family secret:)) ever since i told kylee that we were going to make daddy a pie for his birthday she couldn't stop talking about it. on the way home from church she told me (with so much excitement in her voice) "daddy is going to be so excited and happy that we are going to have a pie for his birthday party"...i think someone else was a little more excited than daddy. while i was making it i think she asked me over a hundred times (not exaggerating) if she could have a piece. she was driving me nuts, "it's still baking, you can have a piece after dinner"....two seconds later, "can i have a piece of pie?" enough already!
(here is a picture of the pie.)
fall always gets me in the baking mood. yummy fall foods...mmmm good! apple pie and chili, just a few of my favorites. above are the cookies that kylee and i made. they were supposed to be sugar cookies, but i just couldn't figure out why the dough turned out so brown. yeah, the next day it dawned on me....big dummy, i used brown sugar instead of granulated sugar...oops. fortunately, i stumbled upon something good. i don't know what the heck i was thinking. i'm not sure you ever get your brain back completely after pregnancy....but maybe i didn't have the whole thing to begin with?

another thing i've found fun is to make crafts with kylee. this time i thought that making spiders would be fun. kylee loved it. it gave kylee a chance to practice using her scissors...she really does a great job with them. i'll have to come up with something creative for thanksgiving. any ideas?