pupcake

Our first baby is 5 today...

Happy Birthday Divot!

Brandon and Felicia's new baby, Jeter, came over for some party hats and pupcake. :)

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Peanut Butter Pupcakes
1 cup whole wheat flour, 1 tsp baking soda , 1/4 cup peanut butter , 1/4 cup vegetable oil,

1 cup shredded carrots , 1 tsp vanilla , 1/3 cup honey , 1 egg
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix together flour and baking soda. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour into cupcake liners, bake for 20 minutes. Frost cakes with low fat cottage cheese and decorate with carrot pieces, dog bones, etc. Store in refrigerator.

cinnamon and sugar

Keeping with the sugar theme...

We had the BEST dessert last night.

In fact, I'm eating it for breakfast right now. :)

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Piecrust Cookies!

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This recipe came from my favorite (now discontinued... stupid economy) magazine, WonderTime.

Perfect for those times (usually after the 31st) when you're on sugar overload.

This pile of leaves are light, flaky, and softly sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. Perfection.

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Ewan LOVED them! I couldn't get him to stop signing "more". He had some for breakfast too. :)

warm and fuzzy

My favorite season is here!

And the house (well... 700 sq ft, 1 bedroom, attached garage, apartment) is getting cozy. :)

The candles are lit...

The sparkly pillows and cozy afghan (knitted by Jeff's Grandma!) are placed... Vince Guaraldi is playing round the clock...


Collected magazines from holidays past are pulled out (Martha Stewart circa 2003!)...

Pumpkins are popping up...

Cinnamon on everything, especially coffee... in our fall color Starbucks mug collection...

Pumpkin pie bites warm our tummies (from the inspirational bakerella.com)...

And warm socks and jammies keep us cozy all day.

Happy Fall! Autumn! October! November! December! :)

Dough Play

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Ewan and I made Play-doh today! Super fun, super easy.

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The recipe...

1/2 flour

1/4 cup salt

1/2 cup water

1/2 tablespoon oil

1/2 tsp cream of tartar

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Stir everything together in a pot on low heat until it turns into a ball of dough. That's it. Then divide to mix in different food coloring. Safe to eat, though I don't recommend it... salty! And the recipe even works without cream of tartar... apparently I'm out. :)

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Found the recipe from this Simple Mom blogpost...

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