Amelie made a jack-o-lantern, making a funny `eww` face while taking out the seeds. of course the kids both loved the result, which made me realize how much fun fall decorating can be.
fall also means cooking up a storm using said pumpkins. through facebook, i found a great recipe from the pioneer woman for the perfect potato soup, and i must admit, it was perfect, the kids both loved it (gasp) and I'm sure I'll be making it again sometime soon,she has some really fun things on her website. go, check it out. i also found a great recipe for pumpkin pie on allrecipes.com. i love that website. there are so many seasonal recipes, which is great for a Swiss/American in Switzerland trying to instill some American culture (?) in her kids.
i made pancakes for breakfast, again a recipe from allrecipes helped a long way, but Amelie went to get croissants with her dad, which means i now have a pancake or two left over. how is that possible?! pancakes are amazing. especially drenched with some amazing maple syrup from the US. sometimes i don't understand my family at all. Finn was the only one that really dug into them, but then again, i also only offered him the pancakes,
speaking of Finn. he took his first steps yesterday. what an amazing feat. i feel like as soon as he took his first step, he looked and acted older already. insane, i know, but there are some milestones that seem to change these little nuggets from babies to toddlers. this was definitely one of them.
we go for a lot of walks. Amelie insists on wearing a dress and/or skirt whenever we go. she also insists on pushing the stroller, which means Finn goes on a pretty nice little (roller coaster) ride. she means well.
today we're going 'into the wild'; enjoying the woods, making a little fire, roasting marshmallows and playing in the piles of leaves.
we're going to enjoy our 5 year anniversary weekend.
much love,
caroline.
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