With all of the festivities this weekend I'm surprised I had the energy to make all that I did in a 3 day period!
First up was making a Mummy cheese spread and some strawberry filled pumpkin cupcakes on Friday.
This little guy was super easy to make, using Tastefully Simple's Smokey Cheese Ball Mix I shaped it into a person and then with 2 raisins, about 4oz of softened cream cheese and a Ziploc baggie I wrapped him up. And have to laugh that Gavin calls it an astronaut every time he sees it!
Then that evening was our 1st time driving Go Karts as a family, sooo much fun!!! Expensive, so a thanks to Plum District for offering the coupon, but fun nonetheless!
Then the boys had their last Soccer games Saturday morning, so sad as they were both getting to be so good and enjoying every moment! I can't say enough good things about the Upward division, the Christian values that were taught is something I hope the boys remember just as much as all the fun they had!
Next we were off to a dear friends home for some Halloween fun with homemade games we created earlier in the week!
And it looks like we might be missing out on trick-or-treating at the Grandparents on the 31st with hurricane Sandy on the way. Glad we did our neighborhood festivities last week!
Then while spending hours in the kitchen on Sunday after Church (while Mike and kids cleaned-up outside before hurricane Sandy arrived) I had time to contemplate, how in the world did Mom's have time to spend with their children when there was no such thing as prepared foods or microwaves back in the day? Prepping, cooking and cleaning the aftermath took me hours on end, at least we had the meal to talk and have quality time together but then it was off to clean the dishes and start on canning our apples, which took more hours out of the day. At least Mike got to spend 1 on 1 time with the boys, but him being home is rare so I know I wouldn't have been able to cook anything if he wasn't home!
My 1st from-scratch Chicken Pot Pie turned out amazing! It wasn't too hard to fix and was well worth it, sorry Marie Callendar, you're pies are good too but there's nothing better than enjoying the love and fresh ingredients that goes into the meal instead of knowing it came from a factory!
A great tip I found somewhere said you can shred warm chicken in the mixer, so true and much easier than doing it by hand! Thanks to Safeway's $5 Friday pre-cooked chicken- this saved me so much time!
Simmer chopped onion in a sick of butter, add flour, chicken broth, bag of frozen veggies (or fresh as I had some corn and carrots on hand) and shredded chicken... so simple! You don't even need to measure ingredients, just eyeball it and it'll still taste good, take my word!
Then while the pie was cooling I remembered there were lemons that needed to be picked from our lemon tree. This will give the boys something else fun to do, and teach Daddy as he's never done it with us before!
6 lemons rolled to perfection, water and sugar to taste... Mmmm!
Then while the kiddos were getting ready for bed, with Daddy -which never happens either so maybe my cooking day was a good thing for everyone, I had to cook-up the apples we picked at the farm a few weeks ago before the hurricane takes our power and they all go bad.
And couldn't go wrong using the Apple Pie Filling recipe I've used the past! But somehow I ended up with 2 more jars than last time, bonus! Guess the apples we picked were a bit larger this year!
Hope your Autumn has been just as busy, and yummy, as ours!
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