Experiencing Christmas
Last night we left Jack with the sitter again and went to have dinner at Jason's Deli (free ice cream cones,) and to see "Alvin and the Chipmunks."
The kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves... except for one moment when Madalyn fell off her theater seat and hit the cement with both knees and a loud "THUD" that shook the entire theater. I handed her to Shaun while her mouth hung silently open, just before the pain caught up with her vocal chords, and he exited right when the wailing began. TEAMWORK! Hoo-ah! High-five!
They were back five minutes later, her temprament- just dandy.
She seems to be having mini-traumas at every outing so that when we now ask, "wasn't that fun the other day?" the answer is something like "yes, but I fell on the floor and it hurt" or "yes, but LEE TEE scared the bleepity bleep out of me."
There's that small clause to the end of the fun that was had.
Of course, I suppose Evan's following suit, as just now we were making fudge and he had poured in the chocolate chips, and just when I said, "don't touch the bag to the fudge- it's really hot," he grabbed up the part of the bag that had been near the heat of the fudge and started screaming bloody, burning murder. The fudge was at a critical point of needing to be stirred, so as is becoming routine, I called on Shaun for damage control and flung the child in the rough vicinity of him and the running sink water to continue stirring.
Yeah. Not my most maternal moment. I KNOW.
Evan recovered quickly, though, and was soon tasting warm fudge. Their first experience with fudge inspired these remarks:
Evan: "I want to eat fudge forever. I want to eat a fudge mountain."
Madalyn: "I want to eat a fudge bird."
Now you KNOW you want the recipe that inspires talk of eternity, mountain peaks, and water fowl:
My Favorite Fudge from Tara Van Dyke
1 jar marshmallow cream
2/3 cup evaporated milk (not condensed)
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 stick of butter
1/4 tsp salt
1 11.5 oz. bag milk chocolate chips
1 6 oz. bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla
Stir first five ingredients over moderate heat. Keep at a rolling boil, stirring continuously, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add chocolate. Stir till combined and then add vanilla. Pour into foil-lined square baking dish. Refrigerate several hours or overnight.
