Once October hits, it’s officially time to bring out the pumpkins. There are so many things you can do with pumpkin, but one of my favorites (and easiest) ways to cook pumpkin is to bake up a loaf of pumpkin bread or a batch of pumpkin chocolate chip muffins. 5.0 from 1 reviews Perfect…
DIY Phineas and Ferb Halloween Costumes
My kids are last-minute costume-pickers. They tend to change their minds on what they want to dress up as all October long. Luckily, the characters that two of my kids decided to be at the very last minute this Halloween turned out to be very easy (and cheap) for us to put together. DIY Phineas…
Crazy for Pumpkin Carving – PSF GMYBS Linky
It’s that time of year again!! I found pumpkins at Aldi’s for $2.49 (two-forty-nine?!) and so I bought three. Reese has been begging me daily to carve one of them. Apparently she REALLY wanted to carve a pumpkin, because she chose to stay home carving while I took the other kids out for ice cream….
Halloween Craft Idea – Cheap and Easy “3D” Paper Pumpkins
Years ago, I made a wooden pumpkin craft at a church event. I have kept that pumpkin and displayed it every October-November since then. Last night, as I lay un-sleeping in my bed, I realized that I could re-create that craft for my kids with hardly any cost. I couldn’t wait to try it…
Pumpkin Muffins – Food Photographer, I am Not
As much as I love taking pictures of just about anything, I have never been really excited about any of the food photos that I have taken. Maybe mastering food photography should be one of my goals for 2011. Regardless of how these muffins look….they tasted incredible. The family liked them, too, apparently. The other…
Picking Pumpkins in 94 Degrees??
We made it to the pumpkin patch yesterday. Our annual trip to the pumpkin patch is one of my favorite times to take pictures (and probably my favorite pictures to scrapbook). Candyman and I love to look back at our yearly trips and compare the clothes we were wearing…Some years we’ve got short sleeves, and…