Tackle It Tuesday: Pumpkin Baby Food

As I was flipping through my baby food book trying to decide what to make next, I saw a page that involved this: Pumpkin.

So, I took 1 of our pumpkins and cleaned out the inside and cut it up into large pieces to cook it.

I scooped out the pumpkin meat from the skin and put it in the blender to puree it.

And Wallah.......this is how it turned out! :) I must say, "it turned out delicious"! I didn't realize how good pumpkin really is freshly cooked from a pumpkin. My son loves it! I have never done that before. We have plenty more pumpkins to cook before they go bad.

Meal Plan Monday

Time has crept up on me and I haven't even gone to the Meat Market to pick up my meat for this week's menu plan. Hopefully I will get my shopping done in the next couples days so I can continue my meals as planned.

Sunday: Chicken Enchilada Casserole & Green Salad

Monday: BBQ Chicken Sandwiches

Tuesday: Chicken Pot Pies

Wednesday: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, Tomato Soup & Fresh Fruit

Thursday: Bacon & Blue Cheese Sirloin Burgers, Tator Tots & Fresh Fruit

Friday: Pork Chops, Garlic Mashed Potatoes & Green Beans

Saturday: Tri-Tip, Green Salad & Garlic Bread

Cobb's Pumpkin Patch & Trunk-R-Treat

We had a fantastic family day full of fun! We took the boys to Cobb's Pumpkin Patch earlier this afternoon since we were not able to go the past couple of weeks due to our whole household being sick. We all had a blast and I had fun taking many pictures of the kids to capture these precious memories. Here are a few of my favorite photos from today.

We took the boys to Trunk-R-Treat at church this evening. They got loads of candy and had lots of fun with all the activities. New Covenant Community Church is Awesome!!!

Festivity Fun: Day 3

Today, we finished our projects that the kids started on Tuesday. They turned out so cute! I think the parents are going to love them. The kids had fun making their own delicious treat to take home and enjoy. You will have to wait to find out what that might be?!?! :)

Here is a picture of their finished treat bags they decorated. (I'm not sure why this picture is sideways). The photo books fit perfectly inside!

These photo books turned out adorable. The kids had fun picking out all their own decorations and stickers to make them. Inside this photo book, are many pictures I have taken during daycare hours of all the crafts and fun we have had throughout the year with each individual kid.

Noah helped decorate the photo book for baby Spencer, since he is too young to do it himself. He was proud of helping out.

Preston made this photo book especially for his Nana to surprise her! She will be so excited when she opens it up and See's all the photos of her grand kids. She has been asking me for pictures of the kids for a long time, so she can start scrapbooking.

Can you guess what we will be making?!?!

That's right! Caramel Apples. Tis the season for sugar overload and yummy treats.

Preston had fun decorating his own Caramel Apple with M&M's. He just couldn't wait to take a bite out of it. :)

The kids decorated theirs with M&M's and we left the other 2 plain. Since they are so big, Preston & Noah are sharing one and the other is going home with my daycare kid. The two plain ones are for my Mom and I. My hubby isn't a fan of Caramel Apples, so I thought Nana would be happy to get one. She loves these!

This is Jeremiah's best little buddy Spencer. They looked so cute in their costumes together, but unfortunately, Spencer wasn't liking his costume. He was happy to get out of it!

Festivity Fun: Day 2

My friend Lora threw the best Annual Fall Kids Party today and we all had a blast! She definitely went way out of her way in making it fun for the kids with all the activities and great food! Thank you Lora.........You are one amazing party host! :)

Of course, I couldn't resist taking pictures of my cute boys in their costumes.


My sweet little Jeremiah, cute as ever! I just LOVE his frog costume!

Preston wanted to be Thomas The Train again this year (his favorite character for the last 2 yrs) and Noah makes one adorable little Giraffe.

The boys had fun decorating cupcakes with frosting and lots of candy. I usually don't let them eat too much candy, but I made an exception today.

Noah liked it so much, he got frosting all over his face.

Look at all that candy corn on Preston's cupcake.......OH MY! Who wouldn't have such a big smile with all of that!

This is the cute little candy corn craft that Preston picked out and made.

Festivity Fun: Day 1

I'm not a big fan on celebrating or decorating for Halloween, but I thought it would be fun for the kids to create a week of fun with ideas such as: orange, pumpkins, edible & memories. We will see what this week has in store for us. This was today's FUN!

The kids LOVED drinking orange milk with their special pumpkin straws.

I made orange jello jigglers and poured them into silicone pumpkin ice cube trays to have these cute little bite size snacks.

The kids helped cut these pumpkin shapes out with a pumpkin cookie cutter. They had so much fun!

They cut out more shapes with a small leaf cookie cutter. They picked this one out!

This is their Scarecrow coloring page they colored on. I think they were more excited about the craft, that they didn't want to finish coloring their page. :)

Here are their little treat bags that they started decorating today. This is to hold a special little project we are working on for their mommy's or grandma. Stayed tuned to see the finished project and what's going to be inside! :)

Meal Plan Monday

I'm back! I skipped making a meal plan last week due to my whole household being sick, including me! I didn't feel well enough to make dinners, so we just ate what we already had around and made it simple. Now.......It's time to make some great meals again!

Sunday: Tacos w/ all the fixings

Monday: Parmesan Crusted Chicken, Garlic Mashed Potatoes & Crab Stuffed Mushrooms

Tuesday: Chicken Pot Pies

Wednesday: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches & Tomato Soup

Thursday: Homemade Broccoli & Cheese Soup w/ Crackers

Friday: Bacon & Blue Cheese Sirloin Burgers, Tator Tots & Fresh Fruit

Saturday: Make your own Pizza's (w/ homemade pizza dough)