The Last Day of Summer

Today is the last day of summer. 

Okay, okay, so the Powers That Be say that the end of summer is actually like the third week of September or something. But really, does anyone see the day after Labor Day (and all days following) summer? Or fall? Very, very fall to me. 

The Powers That Be should have hired me to coordinate the global calendar. 

So anyways it's the last day of summer in MY world and the last day of summer vacation for the mini-people that live in this community. I wanted to do something fun, go out in style, end with a bang that kind of stuff. You know me. 

Well the weather was questionable and there was NO WAY I was going to dare leave my house on the biggest tourist weekend of this teeny, tiny barrier island. So, I got creative. 

This time of year is state fair time in my home state. Carnival rides, barns full of farm animals, pig races, food---FOOD!!! Deep fried amazing goodness. South Jersey doesn't have fairs. Like, they don't exist. At all. Naturally I want what I can't have and the entire month of August I've been craving some good fair food. 

So I decided that we would end our summer with a dinner of delicious unhealthy goodness. I made some typical eats - hot dogs (though I dressed one up fancy with bbq sauce and bbq chips on top) and corn on the cob. Then I made a Northwest fair staple: Fisher scones. The real deal people, I had a box of official Fisher scones in my pantry, waiting for a special occasion. Brad even bought some fancy raspberry jam for them. 

Fisher scones

And then, I really got adventurous and decided to make elephant ears. This is what a normal elephant ear looks like at the fair: 

Deep fried amazingness

 This is what my (smaller) elephant ears ended up looking like:

I had a heavy hand when applying the sugar and the cinnamon

They're not quite as good as the fair, but they were definitely a nice consolation prize. They're very easy to make:

2 tubes of Grands biscuits
vegetable oil
sugar and cinnamon

Heat some veggie oil in a pan (maybe 1/2 an inch deep), but not TOO hot.

Take an individual biscuit out of the tube, put in between two pieces of wax paper. Roll with rolling pin until as flat and thin as possible.

Set in hot oil, fry for maybe a minute on each side (or until golden brown). Pat dry with paper towel, rub sugar and cinnamon on top. Serve warm. Done. 


It was a delicious meal. I mean who wouldn't want to eat all this?

Umm, yum.

It was a big hit for kids and adults alike. I could have eaten that every day. 


We ended our summer with an evening of play in the back yard. I'm still kind of in shock that Calen is old enough to ride the bus and go to Pre-K at the elementary school tomorrow. Wow. Time flies. 

Necessary outdoor headware

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