Sliced Caramel Apples and The Great Pumpkin

My favorite days are here...the cozy ones!

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The transition of summer into winter is woven with

  sun burnt colors

made crisp by the new air's chill.  

Fall pauses here for only a brief time

as we gather together

to enjoy the new harvest 

brought on by the scattering of seeds.

Said so well below...

"We are in for a spell of perfect weather now, 

every day is luminous. "

We spent our autumn Sunday at my parent's home sweet home

making caramel dipped apples

and watching Charlie Brown's The Great Pumpkin.

 

Traditional Caramel Apples are forever adorable

BUT they're just SO big and hard to eat through 

the whole sticky thing at one time.   

Right?

Instead, 

we made sliced caramel apples

and served them with toothpicks

for smaller treats and easier bites. 

The boys took turns dipping their crisp green apples...

Little Titus has a broken collarbone 

from a mountain bike crash

and did well using only one hand. ;) 

Sticky Yums!

Every single little time I serve cored, sliced apples 

the boys use them for secret peek-a-boo views!

Served on toothpicks and ready to sample:

chewy caramel and crisp apple...

Hello cuties

We also made some apple n cheddar snacks using symbols of the season.

We used cookie cutters to stamp autumn shapes.

I think this was the boys' favorite part...

 We finished our day downstairs in my Dad's toy room

snuggled up for 

Charlie Brown...and...The Great Pumpkin.

EXTRA LINKS of no tricks just treats:

previous post on

chocolate dipped acorn cookies and

maple sugar leaf cookies!

Mmmm... 

You can click here to read my thoughts on Halloween, 

and also more autumn love here. 

candycorn sunshine cupcakes

Have a warm and thrilling end of OCTOBER!

 
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