Weekend Recap

We had a very busy and fun weekend! (mainly saturday)

Saturday morning we woke up bright and early to head to the Dewberry farm with lots of family. We came home and I made some snacks for the kiddos. That night we had our annual Delcampo family pumpkin panting and carving.

Let me overload you with pictures of the day!! :)

Pumpkin Patch at the Dewberry Farm

 Apple Nachos and Monster Munch

(Apple Nachos are super delicious and super sticky - Perfect for kids... and grown ups :) )

Kids getting ready to paint pumpkins

 Addie painting her pumpkin

This is fun.

U sure I'm allowed to get this messy, mom?

Addie's finished pumpkin.

Yay, taking pics with all our pumpkins :)

 

Wait, why is ev1 screaming "cheese" so loud??

The Indian Game

Addie learned how to play the Indian game and LOVES it. It started with me patting her mouth one day while she was making sounds. She thought it was hilarious, and I tried to teach her to do it herself. She learned but uses the  back of her hand instead of the front!!! So Cute!!
I tried to capture a little video of her doing it. She usually does it a lot more, but was distracted by the camera. Here is a little bit of what I could catch.

Side note: She loves watching videos of herself, so we have sat here and watched it a few times as I'm posting this!!

A Day of Crafts w/ the Mom to Be

Ashley Kivch and I spent a wonderful day together today. We started off with a pedicure and lunch at Jason's Deli. Then we headed over to Hobby Lobby for some supplies for craft making.

I'm normally not much of the crafty type, but had a lot of fun today learning to make some things. As it turns out they are all really easy, and I may just be becoming a Do it Yourselfer.

First we made Tutu's. I made Addie one to go with her "My First Halloween" onsie.

Isn't it cute, and it was so easy, we were done in minutes. I'm thinking she needs tons more, right?

Then I made her a Bow holder. Currently they have all been in a Bow Basket. This is much more organized. All of the bows that are sewn onto headbands and the plain headbands are still in the basket, until I get a hook. Here is the Bow holder I made her.

Before I put the bows on and After.

"Princess of Everything" :)



Ashley also taught me to make hair bows. I only had time to practice on one and it didnt turn out as well as I'd hoped. I need a little more practice before I finish one and post it, but it really wasn't too hard!!

Nichole

Happy Fall

Adam and I took Addie to a pumpkin patch this weekend to try and capture a couple cute photos!!!

I also discovered the awesomeness of Picasa and Picnik!!! They are free and have so many tools that are easy to learn for editing photos!! I played around a little with it on the pumpkin patch pics!!

Cake Balls

I made cake balls for the first time last month, and have since made them a few more times!! Each time I think they are looking a little better!!!

Here are a couple of pics from the latest batch I made!

Plain Vanilla

W/ Sprinkles

My attempt at a blood shot eye, for Halloween

(the edible pens I have didn't write well on the coating)

Milk Chocolate W/ drizzle

 

 

Yum

A Pink Berry opened by my house!!!



I have always seen people eating at them on Reality TV shows, and thought it sounded and looked so yummy. I think the name is what sounded good to me.

I tried it for the first time today, and its pretty delicious. Its a frozen yogurt place, but what is good about it is that there are a lot of healthy options, and all the yogurts and all the toppings have the calories listed right there for you to see as you are ordering.

Hopefully I'll be going back again soon to try a new flavor!!

Fall

One of the best parts of this time of year is getting to eat things with pumpkin in them!!! I LOVE it!!

It is probably one of my favorite ingredients. In past years, I have sort of stuck to 2 main pumpkin dishes, the pumpkin roll, and my staple- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread!!! I love it, Adam loves it, and the whole family loves it!!! I always make several loaves a year for everyone!! It's really great, and if you want to recipe I will totally share!! :)

This year thanks to the internet, and more free time I have stumbled upon SOOO many more pumpkin recipes. They all look delcious and I can't wait to try them!!

Even though fall has officially began, I sorta feel like I have to wait for the temperature to drop down just a little bit, so I can really enjoy them!!

Here are 2 new ones I'm going to try first:

http://jessicainsd.blogspot.com/2011/09/pull-apart-cinnamon-sugar-pumpkin-bread.html#comment-form

http://www.bakerella.com/pumpkin-pecan-chocolate-chunk-cookies-with-maple-brown-butter-frosting/

I'll let you know how they turn out!!! :)