Georgie, Porgy, Pudding and Pie!

[judifilksign]

Yesterday, at Sparkle's constant urging since Monday, we made home-made pumpkin pie.  Sparkle got enamored of the idea to transform her beloved pumpkin into food after going to the pumpkin patch on a field trip on Monday. Knowing the trap of actually cutting into her beloved pumpkin to make jack-o-lanterns freaked Sparkle out from years past, the

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[billroper]

Pie is good. :)

[bigbumble]

I remember as a child I tended to prefer the artificial flavors to the real ones.

I was wondering if it might be a good idea to remind Sparkle, while she is enjoying her pumpkin Jello, that you learned what she liked from her teacher. Just sort of a way of letting her know that good things can happen when you talk to her teacher about things that happen in school.

[judifilksign]

Are we on the same page, or what? I did exactly that!

Home-made Pumpkin Pie

[anonymous]

My mother (your grandmother J) would never put ground cloves in her pumpkin pie, even if the recipe called for it, because she didn't like the way they turned the pie khaki-colored when it was supposed to be deep orange.

Mom