Last night Joshua kept asking if we were going to a store after dinner. We kept telling him no. I told him perhaps we would go to a store tomorrow to which he replied, "No, I stay home." Apparently he has had enough running around for the week and wants to spend some time at home, so that is just what we did today.
Earlier in the week I had seen a post on Bradi's blog with a recipe for homemade caramel corn a.k.a. crack in a bowl (and boy is she right!). I checked the cupboards and actually had all the ingredients on hand so Joshua and I made a delicious batch this morning! Is this stuff ever melt-in-you-mouth good! Totally reminds me of when my dad made caramel corn when we were kids. Joshua and I even called him up to make his mouth water and told him we had some saved just for him! I put the recipe at the end of this post.
We also spent some time this morning making a paper chain for Joshua's room. Why? Well we finally decided on a couple days that will work for us to take Joshua up to Great Wolf Lodge with my dad. It's not for quite some time, however Joshua thinks we are going today. It's tough for a kid to grasp that concept of time, so what better way to help him try to understand than to visualize it with a good old fashioned paper chain. Hopefully this will help stop the "we go to great wolf today?" questions! We'll see!
Homemade Caramel Corn
3 bags popped microwave popcorn (she used lite, I used 94% fat free kettle corn)
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp baking soda
Melt butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and salt in saucepan and bring to boil, stirring occasionally (It should end up having a "creamy" look). Boil for 5 minutes and remove from stove. Add vanilla and b. soda and stir together. Divide popcorn into roasting pans and/or 9x13 pans lined with tin-foil.Pour caramel mixture over popcorn and put in oven at 250 degrees. Bake for 1 hour, stirring about every 15 minutes. Caramel will melt to bottom of pan so you want to stir it up into the popcorn. Remove and cool on waxed paper on counter. Gorge yourself and Enjoy!
Yum!!! The delicious results!
Hopefully this visual will help with Joshua's understanding of the concept of time
Taking the first ring off the chain today!
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