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Summer’s End

It happened again. I blinked, and another season is coming to an end. I know that everyone is saying this, but I can’t believe that August is almost done, and summertime with it. The boys are back to school next week. Well, Benjamin is back to school, and Nicholas starts preschool. Gulp (more on that to come)! Some of their friends start back at school today.  

As much as I am sad that the summer is winding down, I do love this time of year. The morning air is fresh, the nights start to get cooler, and you can smell fall coming. I start dreaming about apple-picking, bread-and-soup- making, and colorful leaves on the trees.

Thursday saw one of those beautiful pre-fall nights. A church in our town put on a small fair, and we went with the boys and some of our good friends. It was a little boy wonderland! Foot-long hot dogs for supper, midway rides, and a tour through both a fire truck and an ambulance (that is the only time I want either of them in the back of an ambulance!).

In fact, one of our local firemen spent a good 20 minutes (probably longer, but I can never judge time) showing the boys the ins and outs of the ladder truck. They played with his flashlights, tried out the heat-sensing equipment, and even got to try on the fireman’s gear. They loved it! Benjamin asked a million-and-one questions about how everything worked, and Nicholas just basked in being a fireman, even if only for a few minutes. He is all about being a fireman.

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   Nicholas dressed as a fireman, reading a book about fire engines, sitting beside his fire truck.

The fair had a nice, small town feel, complete with dunk-tank, which the fire company had set-up as a fundraiser. Pierre, he of the water-polo cannon, hit the target on his first shot, soaking the dunk-tankee, and getting a cheer from the crowd. After that, Ben had to give it a try too. He didn’t hit the target with the ball (though he gave it his best shot!), but the fireman in charge let Ben walk up and give the button a big push with his hands, so that he could be a dunker too! It was pretty great, and just goes to show why everyone loves firefighters!

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Benjamin and Nicholas tame the dragon at the fair.

A happy, family-fun event on a breezy August evening. The kind of night that I remember from when I was a kid (and no, I’m not so old that I can’t remember anymore!). Maybe the boys will remember too?

xo Naomi

P.S.: Pierre and I had a major chocolate craving this weekend (no, no one is pregnant!). I found this pudding recipe, and it was so, so delicious. I used half milk and half heavy cream for added decadence, 3 tbsp. of cornstarch to help it set, and 1 tbsp. of butter for texture. We ate it while still warm (it was a serious craving), but the pudding was even better the next day after it had set. Yum!

Hasty Chocolate Pudding - Allrecipes.com

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