Day: September 21, 2020

Book Club – The Last Peach

Dear Sis,

Today was book club/Charlotte’s kid birthday party. Her birthday theme: Sweet as a Peach, sent me searching for a perfect book! We found The Last Peach by Gus Gordon.

Book

Craft

Build-a-Bug

  • Printable Build-a-Bug Cards by Tag Sis, You’re It!
  • play dough
  • pipe cleaners, cut into quarters
  • wiggly eyes
  • craft jewels




Game

Mystery Fruit Bag

Fill a large paper bag with an assortment of fruit. We used an apple, banana, kiwi, orange, peach, pear, and plum. In turn, have each kid reach into the bag without looking and ask them to pull out a specific fruit. If they find the right one, they can keep it. If they don’t, it goes back into the bag. Play continues until all the fruit is gone. Whomever collects the most fruit wins.

Song

The Peach Song

Love,

b

Birthday Visitors

Dear Sis,

Mom arrived with her parents Thursday evening. We had a really great visit! I’ll share the highlights each day and the photos too:)

Friday, September 18th

The kids and I with Great Grandma

William and Daddy were checking out an eyelash with the new microscope William received from Granny Bob and P-Pop as a birthday gift.

We had a festive dinner for Rosh Hashanah. The family really enjoyed the challah🙂

Saturday, September 19th

Gran took the kids for a nice long morning walk, so I could work on Charlotte’s birthday Cake!

Brown Sugar Peach Cake

Print Recipe
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

Peach Jam

  • 4 c peaches peeled and diced
  • 1/4 c dark brown sugar packed
  • 2 T lemon juice
  • 1 T cornstarch

Brown Sugar Cake

  • 1 1/2 c dark brown sugar packed
  • 3/4 c unsalted butter soft
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 T avocado oil
  • 1 t vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 c whole milk
  • 2 1/2 c unbleached flour
  • 2 1/2 t baking powder
  • 1 t pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 t salt

Peach Mascarpone Frosting

  • 1 (8 oz) tub mascarpone cheese soft
  • 1/2 c salted butter soft
  • 1/3 c homemade peach jam
  • 4 c powdered sugar

Instructions
 

Peach Jam

  • Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan over medium high heat, simmer until soft. Mash and cook until thick. Chill.

Brown Sugar Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350. Grease three round cake pans and line bottoms with parchment.
  • Cream together sugar and butter. Beat in egg, one at a time. Stir in oil and vanilla.
  • In another bowl, wisk together dry ingredients. Add alternately with milk, to creamed mixture.
  • Pour batter between prepared pans. Bake 16-18 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

Peach Mascarpone Frosting

  • Cream together cheese and butter. Beat in jam. Beat in sugar, 1/2 c at a time.
  • Generously spread jam between each layer of cake. Frost. Garnish with fresh peach slices.

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You’re a Peach Party Favors

In the evening, our neighbors came over with their six month old to celebrate Charlotte’s first birthday with us. It was a very relaxed and wonderful evening:)

Sunday, September 20th

We spent the afternoon at the park. Gran cooked our hotdogs on her camp stove and we had a wonderful picnic. Afterward we walked half the mile loop… while William raced ahead on his bike. We concluded our visit with kite flying and time on the playscape. 

Monday, September 21st

Mom and her parents left this morning just before book club. We did an impromptu photoshoot:)

Love,

b