Yesterday, my two oldest spent most of the day desperately finishing summer school co-op projects they’d volunteered for when summer was fresh, new and infinite (and which they’ve sworn they’ll never do again!). At the end of a long day studying, my oldest son grabbed a dvd from the One Year Adventure Novel curriculum and snuck off to the computer to sneak a peek. This morning he asked if he could get started on it now. The fantasy novels that live in his brain are itching to come out. Does that count as the first day of school? lol I didn’t snap any pictures!

Enjoy

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1 tablespoon lavender flowers
1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled
1 large egg, beaten
1 cup apple, peeled and diced, divided use
Directions
1Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2Coat 12 muffin tins with cooking spray or line with muffin cups.
3In large bowl, sift together flour; sugar; baking powder and salt. Make a well in center.
4In separate bowl, whisk together milk, lavender; butter and egg. Add milk mixture to flour mixture and stir by hand just until batter is evenly moistened. Fold in 1/2 cup of the apples.
5Fill prepared muffin tins about three-quarters full. Gently tap filled tins to release any air bubbles.
6Sprinkle remaining diced apple over muffins. Bake until skewer inserted into center of a muffin comes our clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool muffins in pan about 10 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack.

We are finally on a two week break from a very busy summer. Summer businesses for the kids, lawn mowing and butterfly raising, and community theatre plus dance, piano, two 4-H Clubs and One Thing – Art. We are not start again until Sept 8th scheduled classes put us back into a routine.
Teatime sounds great.

Kids are starting 9th and 5th grade.