Herb Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

One of the best part of fall are pumpkins and whats inside them. Every year look forward to roasting the seeds after carving the pumpkins. This year we tried another recipe we threw together on our own again. If you don't already know, we like to experiment in the kitchen. 

This years roasted pumpkin seeds were simple and delicious. Our girls devoured them and repeated it was the best recipe so far. Success in the mom book! 

Herb Roasted Pumpkin Seeds 

All you need is...

Salt

Pepper

Rosemary 

Parsley

Add any kind of herb you want.

How to...

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Clean seeds and add ingredients.

place on a baking sheet. I lay tinfoil down first.

roast for about 10-15minutes. Till their starting to get golden brown.

Happy Halloween!! Pictures

Happy Halloween from the Hoffman's! Sunday we had our own little pumpkin party. Ev carved her pumpkin with help of course. The two young ones painted their pumpkins. It wasn't a pumpkin party without our Halloween treats. The girls had so much fun.

 The calm before the storm.

 And it begins...

 Busy painting their pumpkins.

 A few breaks for snacks.

 I refused to gut the pumpkin this year since I was stuck doing all three pumpkins last year. Hence the two younger girls painting. 

 Busy!

Helping daddy dry the painted pumpkin in the end. 

Now we wait for the evening to prepare for our costumes! Stay tuned to see what they are!

The Pumpkin Jar Craft

With Halloween around the corner and our love for crafting, we decided to make lighted pumpkin jars this past weekend. The girls had so much fun. Dad was even home to join in on the fun. Here is how we did it!

My girls pumpkin jars.

The girls hard at work painting. 

The Pumpkin Jar

Tools you will need

• Mason jar; any jar would really work.
• Paint brush
• Orange paint
• Glue 
• Black construction paper
• scissors 
• glow sticks, light, or tea candle

Instructions

1. You may need to prime your mason jars before painting them orange. I did not and they started to chip!
2. Paint your jar orange and let it dry! You may paint the top a green or brown to resemble the stem. My girls did not want to. 
3. Once it's dry cut out your face with the black construction paper for your pumpkin jar. 
4. Glue your face onto your orange jar.
5. Let it sit for a couple minutes to make sure the glue is dry.
6. Once it's dark put in the glow stick, light or candle to see it glow! We used glow stick from target's dollar section! They were in a pack of two for 1.00 dollar! The glow stick last for one whole night.

Enjoy!!

The Pumpkin Patch Adventure

We couldn't have picked a better day to venture out to the pumpkin patch. Sunny skies and 60 degree temperatures. It is one of our favorite fall activities as a family. We have been going ever since we had our first daughter. In fact, before then. It was our first official date before we became a family! Therefore it has a lot of meaning to us.

We first enjoyed the petting zoo and visiting the animals. Then we were off to Klackleville. Which is a little mock of an old town they built on the farm for the kids. 

Of course we can't go to a pumpkin patch without a wagon ride. We took the wagon ride out to the pumpkin fields to pick our pumpkins. The girls really enjoyed the ride, especially Helen. It's always an enjoyment watching the girls find that perfect pumpkin. Good thing we have a strong dad because we like big pumpkins. The girls tried to be big helpers, but some were just too heavy.  

Once we chose our perfect pumpkins we jumped back on the wagon and headed over to the corn maze. The girls weren't too thrilled with the corn maze, so we didn't last long in there. it was fun while it lasted. To end the pumpkin patch adventure we stopped by the fire and enjoyed some relaxation time. I definitely needed it and I'm sure they did too.

Whats your favorite thing about the pumpkin patch?

 

Fall is here!

It's that time of year again here in Michigan! I probably say every season is my favorite once is approaches, but I sincerely feel fall is my all time favorite. A few of our favorite fall activities include; family car rides through the country and gaze at all the colorful trees. We go for walks and pick up as many colorful leaves possible. It's that time of year when apple cider is famous in the grocery stores. We visit the local pumpkin patches, and the list goes on!

Sofar this month I was honored to chaperon Evalyn's field trip to alocal pumpkin patch. I love being able to be apart of her schoolactivities. It's a joy watching all the kindergartner interact witheach other. I won't lie, it's also a little over whelming too! I giveteachers a lot of credit!

Thisweek we went into our backyard to find colorful leaves for ourproject, which is surrounded by woods. We are blessed to live in thecity but yet feel like were in the county! We decided to pressleaves. I'm sure you all remember doing this at one time or another.We liked making a little science out of it and talk about how eachleaf is different, why they change colors and what kind of trees makewhat leafs. My girls love this kind of stuff.

Pressingleaves

1. All you need is dry leaves, wax paper, an iron and a iron board
2. Tear 2 sheets of wax paper; sandwich the leaves between the wax sheets.
3. Press the iron on the wax paper where the leaves are, simple!!
4. Your have pressed leaves!! Now you may use them for decorations on your table or wherever you desire!