Fall Bucket List!

I am already ready for Fall!! We made our Fall Bucket List today. I can't wait for September to get started!!

Pumpkin Pie Playdough using REAL canned pumpkin!

 

Pumpkin pie play dough using REAL pumpkin!

 

Ingredients:

 

-        1 cup of canned pumpkin pie filling or pumpkin purée

    1/2 cup of water

    2 tablespoons of oil

    1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

    1 teaspoon of cinnamon

    1 teaspoon of cloves

    1 teaspoon of nutmeg

    1/2 teaspoon of ginger

   if you don't have the cloves, nutmeg and ginger, you could also sub pumpkin pie spice

    orange gel food coloring

    2 1/4 cups of plain flour

    1/2 cup of salt

    2 tablespoons of cream of tartar

 

Directions:

 

Add first set of ingredients to a large pot and heat on the stove, stirring regularly, until just bubbling.  Remove from heat and add in dry ingredients.  Stir until combined and dump mixture out on the counter.  Allow to cool for 5 or 10 minutes.  Knead dough until soft and fully cooled (it may feel sticky in the beginning, but don't add flour – the stickiness will go away once the dough is cool).  Store in an airtight bag or container in the fridge when not in use.

Handprint turkey and Indian for Thanksgiving

 

Today we made handprint turkeys and Indians!

Love teaching her about the holidays. She just turned 3 on Halloween,

and she is very interested in EVERYTHING!! LOL. 

Thankful Thursday

...give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

1 Thes. 5:18

With the nice, cool, Fall weather outside, I thought I would post what I

am thankful for about this wonderful time of year.

Cool temperatures during the day and at night.

Perfect for cuddling up in a blanket next to a campfire.

The smell of fresh sweet apples, the aroma of spicy hot pumpkin pie,

and even just the air outside in the fall smells good.

The colors! How amazing and breathtaking! Anyone can see the amazing

gift that God has given us in the fall. Bright reds, vivid yellows, burning oranges....

There are so many foods that go hand in hand with fall.

Apple cider, Pumpkin pie, apple crisp,

a steaming bowl of Beef stew, spicy chili and lets not forget caramel apples! YUM!

And we can't talk about things that we are thankful for in the fall, without mentioning all of the fun fall activities. Corn mazes, hay rides, picking out a pumpkin, even playing in the leaves. (It doesn't matter how old you are... you know it's still fun!)