Holy Batman, Batman!

Last night our neighborhood had a halloween party... all the kids got to dress up and run around the neighborhood and for the second day in a row ( the first day was at school on friday) The boy...or shall we call him Batman got to wear his costume. By the way it is Sunday now and Yes, he has it on again....So here is Batman in action!

Pumpkin, Pumpkin and More Pumpkin

This is my favorite time of the year. The crisp dark mornings. The leaves changing from blah green to brilliant shades of scarlet, canary and of course pumpkin! This year same as all years before I get a little batty for pumpkin! I crave all things pumpkin and luckily my children feel the same way. So what better way to celebrate the change in the seasons with all things pumpkin! Play along with me, it gets better...

First the staple spices! I put these in everything, I use them so much they never make it back to their specific spots in the pantry. There even great in my morning cup of coffee!

So here are a few of the recipes I made and love... and I will definitely make them again and again. I have included a link to all the recipes or blogs where I found them...

1. Pumpkin Spice Green Monster... ( did you know there is actually a Green Monster Movement) So I happened to stumble upon this web site and then of course I had to check out the "OH SHE GLOS" blog as well ( vicious cycle I am telling you) anyway... this was an amazing pick me up in the morning and gave me tons of energy. As you can see it is green but I just happened to add a little extra spinach that morning. So green it is... but let me tell you, if it were not green you would never know that there was actually spinach in it. I made another version of it for the kids with berries to disguise the green. They Loved It!

Anyway I am totally hooked on this blog... so much that I made my first vegan snack. Pumpkin gingerbread with buttercream spice frosting.

Kids can't get enough of these tasty treats.

Alway a staple at my house the kids favorites with a pumpkin twist.

The biggest pancake pumpkin style and pumpkin egg nog french toast.

We also made Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream and Martha Stewarts Ginger Pumpkin Bread

Too come...picture of my pumpkins on halloween!

Trick-or-Treat

"Old School"

This week my sister and I are going to break it down old school style. We are NOT going streaking in the quad... "tempting, but NO!" (you know what movie that quote is from?)

Remember when...

Schools actually went on field trips...

Teachers actually taught in the same school district for more then 5 years

and

Kids actually rode their bike everywhere they went.

At the boys school he will not be taking any field trips so I made the decision to take him out of school a day early this week and we took a trip up to the lake house. I decided we needed to take a nature field trip. When we were younger my parents took us to this place called Brasstown Bald, Georgias Highest mountain. I vaguely remember it... but the one thing I do remember was it was a long climb and at the top you could look out and see 4 different states.

It is quite a climb but we all made it to the top minus any active bear sightings... and it was a great experience for all. They have completely renovated it and now have a museum at the top with tons of interactive things for the kids and adults.