Now THIS is summer vacation!

We finished school today. Yippee! Our first homeschooling year is complete and it was great though we are happy to have summer vacay! Well, complete except for grades, filing, and other record-keeping....I guess it's not summer break for me just yet!

I have a few things to blog about our school year...a field trip and the butterflies we raised but today...today was about the beginning of summer vacation in the Chastain house!

Grace had an extra dance practice tonight so that meant a late dinner. While she and her Dad were gone I made dinner and thought I'd make a special dessert to celebrate. I had been talking to Mom and she told me how great a recipe for Chocolate Cobbler had turned out. Yes, a recipe for THE Chocolate Cobbler from Cracker Barrel. I found the recipe here.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/tasty-kitchen/recipes/desserts/chocolate-cobbler/

I was a bit skeptical but Mom said it was THE one. I had everything on hand and it looked easy. Plus, my kids LOVE anything chocolate so I gave it a try.

First you melt butter in a casserole dish. Butter is good, very good!

Second, you spoon your batter over the melted butter but do not stir!!!

Yes, this picture is of chocolate batter sitting in melted butter. Is anything wrong with that? I think not! Please tell me nothing is wrong with this!

Third, sprinkle sugar and cocoa over the batter/butter. I won't tell you that this step calls for a full cup of sugar and we won't mention the 3/4 cup that's already in the batter.

You're welcome.

Don't stir it!

Last, pour 1 1/2 cups of boiling water over dish of butter/batter/sugar. What? Water? That just seemed odd to me. But, I followed the directions. Oh, don't stir it!

And THIS heavenly thing is what came out of the oven. Remember the water? The sugar/cocoa? Well that together makes this delicious, rich fudge sauce. Serve it with vanilla ice cream and, oh my! It was good.

But the kids, they were hesitant to try it. They weren't sure. Chocolate, fudge sauce, and ice cream?? That can't be good. They fought it. We forced them to eat it. They kicked. They screamed. They hated every bite.

(Anyone who knows my kids knows that I'm just kidding.)

As I was spooning out his dessert Colin said "Now THIS is summer vacation!" That statement and their pure joy about such a simple thing....that's a great part of being Mom!

Happy summer vacation to all of you!