It's Raining Leaves!

It's raining leaves, as my three year old daughter calls it! As October fades away the leaves are now falling off the trees. As I have become an adult, enjoying the color of  leaves changing doesn't seem to last long! Before I know it, it's raining leaves and the trees are becoming bare. As a parent, I feel I can get caught in our hectic schedule's easily. Therefore this year I made sure we were more involved as a family and enjoyed the fall season. Of course, trying to make it last as long as possible.

Our lovely backyard. Well part!

Thursday we hit in the high 70 degree temperatures. We took advantage and enjoyed a nice walk. That's not normal for Michigan. We were then quickly reminded that it's the end of October with high of 49 degrees the next day, eek! Although, us Michiganders are not surprised. We joke that our weather can change in a snap of a finger. 

With our sudden change in temperature, we started off our chilly Saturday making pumpkin shaped rice krispie treats. As I mentioned in previous posts, we love baking in the kitchen. 

Picture does not do justice. 

Rice Krispie Treats

Ingredients

6 cups of rice krispie cereal

1 10 0z. bag of the big marshmallows. You may use 4 cups of small marshmallows too!

3 Tablespoons of butter.

A pumpkin cookie cutter.

Directions

1. Melt the butter in a pan, add marshmallows and slowly melt.

2. In a separate bowl ad the rice krispies and the marshmallow mix together and stir. 

3.Put into any size pan you choose, I usually use a 13x9

4. I use wax paper to evenly flatten out the treats, then start cutting them out with the pumpkin cookie cutter!

Have a blessed weekend!!

Baking Memories

Since it's fall now, one of our favorite things to do is bake. I remember growing up baking with my mother, and want to pass the tradition on with my own daughters. There are so many positives about baking with your children. You can get a little bit of math, science and of course memory making out of it too! Not to mention it warms your home up with the sweet aroma of homemade baking!
 This past weekend we made our favorite; homemade banana bread! I do not believe in banana bread from a box, sorry. The girls each take turns pouring in the ingredients. Evalyn is now learning how to the eggs. I made sure there were no egg shells, he he! We usually take turns mixing as well, but my kitchen aid mixer did the job this time. Once it's in the oven the girls are impatient. So we check how it's rising periodically, so they can see the progress. It saves me from the question, "is it ready yet?!"  I'm sure those of you who bake with young kids who don't understand it takes a little time in the oven, know what I mean! With the built up anticipation, it's ready! We all enjoy our warm, homemade, banana bread before bedtime!