Apple Crisp at the Hogar and Francisco

While Greg was at the Hogar, he stayed Sunday - Thursday night, we made apple crisp with the kids. I tried to explain to Greg how it works before he got here... You cannot just say, oh I am going to run into town and get some eggs and milk and I will be home in about an hour... Because all volunteers are at the mercy of the unreliable buses or hitches we can never really say when we will arrive or return. But Greg and I decided to head to town to try and get all the ingredients to make the kids an apple crisp. They do have apples here but they are spendy (abut $5 for 25 apples). We bought apples, oats, brown sugar and ice cream. We ran to the road and caught a hitch that made a couple little quick detours but we returned to the Hogar before the ice cream melted in the back of a truck. The Hogar already had flour and primavera (which is basically crisco and they use it to cook everything and call it margarine). We made apple crisp with about 5 kids in the kitchen hanging on us and watching until it was finally ready. It seemed a bit rich for the kids but they loved it. They seemed to almost love watching us make it more than eating it though. But it was tons of fun! Here is a picture of Francisco (the kid with the biggest appetite at the Hogar) and I and our plate of apple crisp, minus the ice cream!