Homemade Apple Cinnamon Muffins

I have been really getting into making things with the kids lately. Seems like they really like it and there is always something good to eat at the end of it. Anyway, I wanted to share a new recipe I found for apple cinnamon muffins. They are DELICIOUS!! Please try this recipe, you won't want to miss this!

Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Ingredients for muffin:
1/2 c. flour
3/4 c. white sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/3 c. vegetable oil
1 egg
1/3 c. milk
2 medium apples- peeled, cored, and chopped small

Ingredients for topping:
1/2 c. white sugar
1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. butter
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Directions:
Mix dry ingredients for muffins first (by hand). Then add the wet ingredients and stir until blended well (will be thick). Fill muffin tins to the top with mixture. Be sure to use muffin liners in your tin. Before you put in the oven, mix your topping and put a spoon full on top of each uncooked muffin. BAKE in the oven for 20-25 minutes at 400 degrees.

One Tough Week

This past week was hard. Brent had worked 70 hours through the weekday and was gone the whole weekend. So my mom came to help us keep our minds off of it. Her coming was a surprise and I was so thankful. We sure did keep her hopping and she was such a good sport.

We had Pirate Night at church on Friday. This was for preschoolers to dress up like pirates and watch the new Veggie Tales movie "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything." The next day we went to a children's fall craft show called "Just Kids at Art." We were only there about 10 minutes when Bradley and Breanna both lost there balloons. Apparently they could not recover. A McDonald's picnic outside seemed to do the trick. Later that afternoon, we went to Chackbay, a town nearby. They were having their annual Gumbo Festival. There were lots of rides and plenty of Cajun food. Bradley and Breanna met two of their friends from church there, Levi and Liddy, and they had so much fun together. Finally, Sunday, our church had their 75th Anniversary Picnic. Whooo, thanks mom for coming and taking care of us!

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Carving the Pumpkin

On October 12, we finally carved our first pumpkins with the kids. Is that crazy? They loved getting the slimy stuff out of the center. So gross!! You know what else is funny? We haven't even lit them to this day. There is mold growing inside of them now. What is that? I don't remember mold being inside my pumpkins as a kid. So we had better light them before we have to toss them. I seem to remember a picture Sandi gave me when Garrett was first born and her pumpkin had hair growing out of it (mold). YUCK!!

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"Simple Mom" is the best site I've seen in a long time

This is so exciting and I am really not a nerd. This site is so great!! I hope that you will take a look at it, all of you working and at home moms!!! Let me know what you think! Just look in the side bar on My Favorite Blogs and click.

Pumpkin Patch 2008

We went to the Pumpkin Patch today in Thibodaux, Louisiana. This was the first one we had ever been to. Bradley, amazingly, wanted to take lots of pictures. I think he is starting to realize that it can be fun when you make faces. Anyway, we selected our pumpkins and are about to go carve them. Pics to come. Hope you enjoy!!


My pumpkin, not yours!!





Made completely of milk jugs!

Pumpkin Pie Playdough

This was a fun time! Messy... and yet still lots of fun. Here is the recipe and some good pictures...

What You Need:
5 1/2 Cups Flour
2 Cups Salt
8 teaspoon cream of tatar
3/4 Cups Oil
1 (1 1/2 ounces) container pumpkin pie spice
Orange Food Coloring (2 parts yellow, 1 part red)
4 Cups Water

What You Do:
1. Mix all ingredients together
2. Cook and stir over medium heat until all lumps disappear.
3. Knead the dough on a floured surface until it is smooth.
4. Store in airtight container.






Cheesy!! So sweet!!

Football Season

This is a great season!! I know this sounds strange coming from a woman, but I love the sound of a game, cool weather, grilling out, and watching Bradley and Brent throw the ball back and forth in the yard. The other day, no lie, we were attempting to put the tv in the backyard through our bedroom window. Alas, the cable cord was not long enough. So we just watched it through the storm door on the back porch. And when I say we, that was Bradley and I. Brent was glued to the game indoors. This video is a good one for women who don't understand why men get so caught up in the game that they forget their name...