Another Delivery to the Fehries

During dinner tonight the doorbell rang. Cannon ran to answer it assuming it was for him (as it usually is). Instead he found a huge bag of Flour Fehry supplies - 25 lbs of Flour and 8lbs of sugar to be exact. Viv had to get out her wheelbarrow to move it all into the pantry! Wow! Thanks wonderful Fairy, whoever you are!

We started this little project as a way to spend time together and build lasting memories, which it has but something has surprised me. I'm overwhelmed by the power of gratitude. First of all this has become a way for us to acknowledge the people that are special in our lives, which is not something we do often in crazy busy life. Secondly, we have been amazed at the gratefulness shown back to us, not expected or solicited but surely thankful.

THANKS ALL!

Delivery #29

This was out first deceptive delivery. It was to Cannon's piano teacher, whom he loves, especially her cool games on group lesson. So here is how it went down. He ran up to they door, took the picture, ran the camera back to me. Then he went into his lesson and said "Oh I found this on your doorstep" lol. Anyhow, we both love that this teacher is creative in her teaching and motivation.
Enjoy!

THE PIE!

Ok I have to admit two things; I don't like pie crust (making it or eating it), and we did roast a beautiful pumpkin with every intention of making it into a pie BUT I got to making YUMMY pumpkin soup over the weekend and ended up using all of our pumpkin so this actually came from a can.
I asked for Grammy's help with the pie crust because every time I try to make it it ends up tasting like the crust in those nasty frozen chicken pot pies. So her and Cannon made this batch and I forgot to ask for the recipe so I will post it later. Here are Cannon and Grammy hand mixing the crust over at her house.

They made the pie dough on Sunday then we kept it in the fridge until today. Whatever they did, it worked, the dough rolled out perfectly.

Viv, Kai, and I decided on making mini-pumpkin pie cupcakes. Kai is beating the eggs.

We just used the recipe off of the canned pumpkin.

Look how cute they are!

Delivery #28 Close to home

We all agreed o who this delivery should go to. Jason (dad to the Fehries) loves roasted pumpkin seeds so we put a surprise delivery on his pillow. He is the man that makes it possible for us to Fehry around all day, you could say he is the Sugar Daddy(because what is a bunch of flour with out some sugar). He is an awesome dad who carves out time each night to spend with every kiddo. We think he is the best! Viv delivered this an I took the picture and guess what...we didn't get caught this time.

Pumpkin week extended

Well the biggest thing we had planned for pumpkin week was gutting a pumpkin and making a pumpkin pie from scratch but we just now got around to finishing it so I guess we added a couple of days to the pumpkin week. First we got all the guts out.

Then we washed the seeds, mixed them with butter and seasoning, then baked them until they were crunchy.

Delivery #27

Wow! I'm really late in posting this. This was Cashel's choice and he was really having a hard time deciding (he thinks out his recipe and deliveries very carefully). He spent all morning before school worried about who he should give his goodies to. He finally decided it should be someone at school but he couldn't decide, deciding turned to tears, finally he told me to just decide for him. Well in all the stress and drama, I forgot to put his lunch in his lunchbox (and Cannon's homework and snack). About an hour later I get a call from the front office at the school saying Cashel was quite upset about his lunch not being in his pack. I brought it to him later and heard the story of him coming to the office in tears, not knowing what to do without his lunch.
I grew up in a tiny school, the same school that my mother had attended. There were 6 kids in my class. Everyone in the school knew everyone. My aunt was the special-ed teacher. My English teacher was one of my grandmother's favorite friends. My bus driver had a farm just down the hill from us. I was always watched after, known personally, and was never just a nameless face or number. So, now living in a larger city, I had really worried about my kids being lost in their school. I worried about them not getting a sense of community and I worried they would just be a nameless face or number in an overcrowded sea of kiddos. Not so.
I love that the school my kids go to has that same small town feel and that the teachers and staff try to get to know the kids. LOVE IT!
So this delivery was to the person who called me and then told Cash that she KNEW his mom would take care of his lunch ;)
Viv and I were the delivery Fehries and of course we were caught that seems to happen every time I am involved.

Pumpkin Week Day #4

This was Kai's day but he wasn't feeling well and ended up going to bed early so Cash took over. Grammy brought us a fun new toy - a mini donut maker, so of course we had to try it.

It was just Cash and Grammy on this one, he wanted to surprise everyone.

Grammy had to crack the eggs because the Egg Crack Queen was not around.

Sprinkles!

Yum!

Baked Pumpkin Donuts

2 cups flour

1 ½ tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. salt

¼ tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. nutmeg

2 tsp. cinnamon

½ cup brown sugar

1 cup canned pumpkin

2 eggs

2 Tbl. milk

¼ cup unsalted butter, room temperature

1 tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, nutmeg and cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside. Cream together the brown sugar, canned pumpkin, eggs, milk, butter and vanilla extract until the butter is well incorporated. With your mixer on medium low speed, slowly add the dry sifted ingredients to the wet mixture. Mix until just barely combined. Be careful of over mixing.

Spray the donut pan with cooking spray and fill each donut mold halfway with the pumpkin batter. Bake at 375 degrees for 6 – 8 minutes or until the exterior springs back when touched. Allow to cool completely and top each donut with cinnamon glaze.

Cinnamon Glaze

½ cup powdered sugar

1 Tbl. milk

½ tsp. cinnamon

¼ tsp. nutmeg

Mix until smooth and creamy. The glaze should pour easily from a spoon. You may need to add additional milk or powder sugar to get the right consistency.