Falling leaf pancakes for Thanksgiving morning

I saw a picture of these pancakes somewhere
and wanted to give it a try.... here we go 

 

start with your favorite pancake batter and a squeeze bottle

 using squeeze bottle draw an outline of a leaf on your pan
cook until edges are brown

 

 fill in the spaces with pancake batter and flip immediately

 beautiful fall leaf pancake

 

 

 serve with butter and syrup

 

Happy Thanksgiving from our house to yours

Pumpkins in the mist

After a rain shower we visited our local pumpkin patch and corn maze.  The corn maze was tricky to maneuver and very slippery.   The fog and mist on the camera lens  produced some interesting pictures. 

hiding from her daddy

scoping out the maze

we only took a couple of wrong turns

a tired little girl

A spooktacular day

The next two posts should have been posted in October but time has slipped away.  So here are our fall October festivities

The weather here was extremely warm for October but that did not prevent us from having a Halloween get together.  The most fun was creating these cute egg Ghostbusters.  They were so easy to make and the girls loved them. 

hollow out eggs, wash, dry, and add baby powder, glue wax paper on the top

throw on the sidewalk and the baby powder explodes with a puff of smoke

spider web cupcakes

Donut Tree a tradition from England

Hard part was getting the string not to cut through the donut

Circus Fun

Going to the circus was a great way to end the Summer.  

I can remember taking Courtney and Christopher and

 it still holds all the thrills and excitement 12 years later. 

This was Sarah's first circus so it was extra special.   

 

 

At the pre-show on the circus floor

clowning around



She had to have cotton candy and of course a circus hat

Loving that cotton candy

 




 

Ash-baked Orange Brownies - 5 easy steps

After grilling we always have an abundance of hot coals and nothing else to grill.  Inspiration came from a Young Women's Activity from the previous week and loads of fun (thanks Mandy and Carrie).  So today  ---- we tried this at home and here you have it ......

 Ash-baked Orange Brownies. 

 

 These are so easy and very scrumptious

Here's how you do it....in five easy steps 



Start with basics -- brownie mix, oranges, and aluminum foil



Step One 

Slice end of the orange cutting on this side (is this the navel side?)

  

Step Two
Using a spoon scoop out inside of orange
do not scoop out lid you just cut - the juices from the lid are needed when cooking
Your oranges should look like this when done
 now you are ready to add the brownie mix

  

Step Three

Make brownies following directions on package

Spoon brownie mix into orange shell filling about 2/3 full -

it will expand so do not overfill

This is Sarah spooning brownie mix into orange shell -

you can be as messy as you want

 

Step Four -

Place top on orange that you sliced previously

Using two sheets of foil--

Wrap covering entire orange

Use another sheet of foil and

Wrap again covering entire orange

 

 

Step Five

Place in hot ashes so orange is surrounded by the hot coals or ashes

 (no flames)

Cook for about 20 minutes

These were done in about 15 - the coals were very hot

 

 

Delicious .... and with a hint of orange