CHERRY TURNOVERS

It was Labor Day and we went over to stay with our grandchildren while our daughter and son-in-law went to the movies.
Being so hot outside, I decided to take along some ingredients to make some Cherry Turnovers and thought the kids might like to help.
Well, I thought the day's plans were a bust when both children said they didn't like cherries! Seriously? How could that possibly be?

Now this recipe was not rocket science by any means and simply involved opening a couple cans of refrigerated crescent rolls,
opening a can of cherry pie filling, filling the crescents, baking and then drizzling with a little icing.

So I had the oldest grandchild read the instructions for opening the crescents and then I showed him how to peel the wrapper in a spiral fashion and smack the tube on the edge of the counter
and when they both heard the tube make an explosive "pop" and saw the dough schmooze out, they suddenly became interested in baking.

Actually Alaina and I did all the prep work and the baking while Lucas managed to "clean up" the icing dribbles on the pan under the rack... and he said it was quite tasty!

Now I do have a confession to make... I had plans of shooting the freshly baked Cherry Turnovers.
As I was taking some shots, Alaina got very excited talking about different possibilities of plating and positioning things on the table.
She even had the concept of putting two pieces of posterboard together to make a plain background.
Now mind you, she is only 6 years old... soon to be 7. She was really getting into this!

I taught her that we needed to pick our "heroes"... the best looking pastries to use and she thought that was fun and picked out her favorites, and one of those would definitely be for her mommy.

So as I was shooting, she announced that she wanted to take a shot also, and so begins Photography 101!
I taught her how to hold the camera and zoomed out pretty wide and then told her how to "squeeze" the shutterbutton and not to punch it so she would be very still taking the photo.
Her concentration was intense. She took the photo and checked the viewing screen and said she was too far away, so we zoomed in some more and she got the shot.

It was a bit cattywampus but it was sharp! So I fixed it with a little straightening and cropping and this is her final image!
Bravo Alaina!

Too bad she doesn't like cherries!