Pumpkin carving

My boys are 7 and 4 so carving pumpkins turns in to adult play. My oldest would help but not my youngest he just wanted a voice in what they were.

We started off looking at the books with the patters. Which my oldest did choose from. I got brave and carved 2 with out a pattern like old times when I was a kid.

Although my tools are way better than just having a kitchen knife like I did as a kid it made it much easier! 

I used a pic we found for insperation and here we go!

Not looking to bad! Staring to drill a hole for his eye! 

And here you go! 

I only took one picture of the second free hand carve since my boys wanted scary faces I wanted a scared little one!!!

Here they all are! 

It's such a nice fall day after it being so cold out this week. So I think we are now bound for some back yard time with the puppy in our lives!!!! 

Have a great day!!!!

Enjoy the fall 

Colors!

Bacon Mac & Cheese

If you are a piner on pintrest you know there are millions of recipes out there for the same things diffrent variations. Sometimes I'll pin several recipes and pic threw them and make my on version. Mac & Cheese has been my latest victim. 

I love Mac & Cheese if it is good stuff not the boxed stuff. I had really been having a hard time with makeing a rue of flour and milk and that's all we could tast. I found some ideas of making Mac & Cheese with other things in them and got Bacon Mac & Cheese. Yummy!!!!!

1 box routine noodles

1/2 Ib cheese

Bacon chooped - use as much or little as you like.

3 cups cheese your fave 

               Any kind you like.

Start the pasta cooking. 

Choop bacon. In a large skillet cook chooped bacon. I only use about 6 full slices. Once the bacon is cooked drain on a paper towel. Drain grease from pan. 

Bring heavy cream to a simmer and reduce about 3 min. Add chese stering tell melted well takes about. 3 min. Add bacon. Pasta should be done and drained. Pour cheese sauce over pasta and yummy dinner ready.

So very good. 

If you like bacon and cheese you will love it.

I have done cheddar and also made it with Colby jack which did not melt as well as cheddar.

Hope you try this it is great. 

Have a great day and yummy eats!!!!

Pinterest tries!!!!

So I love Pinterest.... Who doesn't right? I find all kinds of things there to try and make. Today I tried to make stabilized whipped frosting. It didn't have a good taste needed some vanilla maybe it would be okay. 

Maybe if I got it to tast better I would be okay. I'll keep practicing on it as I will have heavy cream left over from making Iron Skillet brownie for my hubby!!! Talk about a good homemade brownie.....YUMMY!!!!

I also recently made a brownie mix that I found on Pinterest that I didn't like. 

Out the fales from Pinterest explorations!!!

It's fun though! 

I think I am going to try another type of frosting!!! I want something not so super sweet!!

Have a great day!!

:)

Tutu my first time

The first time I have attempted a tutu and it came out good. It is time consuming depending on the size  you are make and mine is for me. So it took a while. 

The supplies:

2 colors of tule I used green and blue

Ribbon 

I figured out the leghnt I wanted and then it was time to figure out how to cut it all at once.

Here was my solution! :)

This way all I had to do was cut one end. 

Once the pieces are cut. I wraped the ribbon around my waste determine how long I wanted it. Once it was cut I started wrapping my tule around the ribbon.

Once I was all most done I desided I needed help but didn't have any so her was my soulition to seeing what I was doing. 

It worked out well I could see what I was doing!!!! Hahahaha! No extra hands do what you gotta do!

My tutu is ready! Can you guess what I am going to be for the costume party? 

Have a great day! 

Smiles!!!