Oatmeal Raisin Apple Muffins

I did mostlly mini muffins so my regular size ones are kind of small b/c I barely had enough to fill the 6 ct. regular size tin. That is why this one is so short.

This is my all time favorite Muffin Recipe. I started with a recipe I found somewhere on the internet and altered it until it was just the way I like it.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and grease 12 muffin cups

1 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup applesauce
1 egg
1/3 cup canola oil
1/3 cup milk
1/2 cup chopped nuts or sunflower seeds
1/2 cup raisins

Combine the first 7 dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Mix the applesauce, egg, oil and milk in another. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and stir in the wet ones, mixing just until combined. Fold in the nuts and raisins, divide among the muffin cups. Bake at 375 for 18 to 20 minutes until the muffins are golden brown and smell heavenly.

My Favorite Picture

This is one of my all time favorite pictures of Aly. I downloaded the free 30 day trial of photoshop just to play around with some old pics and see if I would ever be willing to pay money to have it. Here I removed the color everywhere except her eyes. That is her natural eye colore people! Click on the picture to make it bigger so you can see them good. Aren't they gorgeous. She takes after her Paw Paw.

Marshmallow Fondant

Just found a really great you tube video on how to make Marshmallow Fondant.  I will have to try making some of this in preparation for the next round of birthday cakes for the girls.  Or, maybe we can decorate some cupcakes for Thanksgiving or Christmas.

6 Year Old Coolness

Oh my, where has my little baby girl gone.  She officially moved permanently into a backless booster this weekend.  Only because I didn't think the booster I was using with Abby was safe, so she moved into Aly's old one and Aly got the backless one I already had. 

She thinks she is so cool in her sunglasses and new boots.  I have to admit, those are some cool pink plaid boots!  Found on the clearance rack at Target.

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Mod Podge Pumpkins

The girls wanted to decorate their pumpkins and I just wasn't up for carving with them. We ended up with 3 pumpkins this year so I let them each decorate their own small pumpkins. I carved an owl on the big pumpkin accidentally deleted the picture. Ooops.


The cat is Abby's and the witch is Aly's.



The supplies are really simple. All you need is Mod Podge, cheapo paintbrushes, a pattern and scrapbook paper, or picture of your choice, and pumpkins.

I used bits of leftover scrapbook paper to cut out the pieces of the witch.

Abby just wanted a simple black cat so hers was easy.

Spread Mod Podge on the back of the picture or paper you are using. Then stick it to the pumpkin and smooth out any wrinkles. Once you have all your pieces of paper glued to the pumpkin, add a layer of Mod Podge over your whole pumpkin. Since we didn't make ours until Halloween and they didn't need to last long, we only put on one coat, but to make it last longer, I would think 3-4 coats would be best.

It would be cute to do some leaves, turkeys, or pilgrims for Thanksgiving too.

Ribbon Skirt and Applique Shirt

I was looking around for pumpkin decorating ideas this morning and stumbled across this adorable ribbon skirt and applique shirt by Melissa over at The Polkadot Chair. It got rave reviews from both of my girls. Looks like I will be making at least one of these very soon.

Free Motion Quilting

This is my first attempt at free motion quilting. Well, if you don't count the first tiny bit on one corner of a baby doll quilt that I ripped out. I didn't want to risk ruining the whole quilt doing it so I switched over to the walking foot.