October 31st, 2008

Carter dressed as Anikan from Star Wars. Everyone thought he was Luke Skywalker. He didn't hesitate to tell them who he was! This was his best Anikan pose. It was a beautiful day to get treats on Main Street. He got his picture taken at the newspaper office and it was in one of last weeks editions. I think this is the only picture I got of him by himself that day.

The second picture is Carter with his good friend "Strawberry Shortcake"!

Festive fall recipes - my favorites

Hot Mulled Cider

1/4 to 1/2 cup brown sugar
2 quarts apple cider
1 tsp whole allspice
1 1/2 tsp whole cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
2 oranges sliced, with peels

Combine brown sugar & cider.
Put spices in cheesecloth. Add orange slices to cooker. Cook in crockpot on low 2 to 8 hours. Note: I think it is best to serve this within 4 hours because it tends to begin to seperate when it after several hours.


Pumpkin Dump Cake

3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 large can (29 oz) pure pumpkin
1 box spice cake mix
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup butter, melted

Mix pumpkin, eggs, sugar, cinnamon and condensed milk. Pour into ungreased 9 x 13 inch dish. Sprinkle spice cake mix over top. Pour melted butter over the spice cake mix. Sprinkle with nuts. Bake 350 for 60 minutes or until golden brown.

It's been crazy here!

I was all excited about blogging when I started this. It has just not slowed down at all since mid-September. It seems like every week has been crammed full of happenings. Several families from our homeschool group started a co-op in September. I teach a group of twelve k-3rd grades in my Pirate class and that keeps me busy with lesson planning. We have also started cub scouts. Jeff took the Cubmaster position and I am the assistant. We have been busy with training and meetings for that. During September and October I worked about four days a week with a friend in preparation for our Autumn Street Fair where we had a craft booth. I thought once that was over life would slow down a bit. Boy was I wrong!

Within the next few days I hope to have some fall photos posted that everyone can enjoy.