Finals Week…

Well. Lawyerboy, and me too I guess, almost made it through the first semester of law school. It is the second week of December and it is finals week! Lawyerboy studied a lot. So of course that meant talking aloud to himself and pacing the floors to commit the material he had learned to memory. He took finals in Civil Procedure, Contracts, Torts and Criminal Law. He was most concerned with Civil Procedure.

I spent the week teaching at a few different schools. I started the week at my favorite school. I went down to say hello to Sue and her class. Sue told me how she had to leave for an hour to have her stitches taken out so they got someone in the school to come cover for her. Sue said the kids said, “But we want Mrs. Carr!” They are precious!

In the middle of the week, I was at a school I had been to before and thought it was okay. Both days the teachers I was teaching for weren’t planning to be gone. Therefore, they had no plans and no emergency plans. The next door teachers gave me an idea of what they had been working on and I added a few of my own ideas.

At the end of the week, I got called to an elementary school that I had never been to. I wasn’t needed until noon! I didn’t even know what to do with myself! I spent some extra time in the gym and watched Live with Regis and Kelly when it aired! The kids were at recess when I got there. The principal said they’d be coming in soon, so I read through the schedule and afternoon plans for the third grade class. The first girl that walked in, stopped, and said, “Wow! You’re pretty!” It was so sweet! They were a nice, small group! 🙂

Meanwhile, Lawyerboy was taking finals. He was usually home when I got home so he could tell me how it went. A couple days I didn’t get to hear how it went until I called him on my break at Target. We won’t hear about his grades for almost a month! Oh the suspense! When Lawyerboy is stressed, he can’t eat much. One of his favorite all time foods is ice cream. I bet if I would’ve made him an ice cream pie, he would have felt hungry! Not that anyone really needs to be hungry to eat ice cream, right?! Even though you don’t want the ice cream to melt, ice cream sure has a way of melting the heart and forgetting your test troubles for awhile.

Ice Cream Pie

Preheat oven to 375 degress – Bake: 8 to 10 minutes – Prep Time: 30 minutes – Serves: 6

Graham Cracker Crust:

1/3 cup melted butter

1/4 cup sugar

2 cups graham crackers, crushed

Crush a package of graham crackers in a Ziploc bag with a rolling pin or in a food processor. In a small microwavable bowl, melt butter. Add the sugar and mix. Then add the crushed graham crackers. Press into a pie pan. Bake it for 8 minutes. Let it cool completely.

Ice Cream Filling:

2 or 3 types of chocolate candy, cut into bits

1 quart vanilla ice cream (almost)

2 tablespoons Hershey’s syrup

Cut the candy into small pieces. Scoop out most of the vanilla ice cream from a 1 quart container into a large bowl. Stir it until it is smooth. Add a few squeezes of chocolate syrup. I only like a little since you will be adding chocolate pieces, but to each their own! Mix in the chocolate syrup. Last, add the bits of candy and stir in. Spoon the ice cream into the cooled pie crust. Smooth it out so it looks pretty. Cover it with tin foil and let it freeze for a few hours before serving. After cutting, you may top it off with chocolate syrup, hot fudge, Carmel sauce or without a topping! Lawyerboy’s favorite is Carmel, so that is what I use! I made my mom’s Carmel syrup that I also used for my Chunky Apple Cake.

Carmel Sauce:

Prep Time: 5 minutes

1/4 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup whipping cream

In a small saucepan, put in butter and brown sugar. Turn the heat on medium to low. Stir. Then, add the whipping cream. Continue to stir until well blended and it starts to simmer. Remove from heat. Serve warm or room temperature. Pour it onto the slice of pie. Put any reserves in a small serving jar or gravy boat. Cover and place in the refrigerator.