Just in Time- Harry Potter Quidditch Costume
With a busy morning of getting everyone in their costumes, we just had time to snap a quick shot of my son in his Quidditch uniform before running to catch the school bus. I am happy to say I finished…
Month October 2009
Two Harry Potter Costumes Down and One to Go
I’ve done it again. I’ve somehow managed to leave costume-making to the last minute, despite best intentions. I’ve finished my girls Hogwarts school uniforms- a little Ginny and Hermione. But my son’s Quidditch costume, which I have had to completely…
Make it Do- Spooky Silhouettes
Two sheets of thin black poster board is all you need to create a spooky display this Halloween. I got this clever idea from Martha Stewart. I simply sketched a witch with a white colored pencil to the back side…
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
There are some recipes that just say Autumn. And Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread is one of those. This recipe is so good, it might even be better than Great Harvest’s bread, and it costs a fraction to make it at…
Where, oh where has our Witchy-Poo gone?
This past weekend our family visited Gardner Village in West Jordan, Utah to the see their annual display of witches. There’s Emma getting cozy with a witch. She decided to sit for a spell. (I know, I know, I couldn’t…
Autumn Weekend
“I am rich today with autumn’s gold, All that my covetous hands can hold; Frost-painted leaves and goldenrod, A goldfinch on a milkweed pod, Huge golden pumpkins in the field With heaps of corn from a bounteous yield, Golden apples…
Make it Do Witch’s Cauldron
Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble. – William Shakespeare It’s getting spooky around here… and the little witches love it. Even though she can hardly see above the rim of the cauldron. I always look forward…
A Good Scare
Are you looking for ways to entertain the family this Halloween? Why not scare the daylights out of the kiddies? The other night we made caramel apples with the kids. We used Honeycrisp apples and rolled them in melted caramel…
Drew’s World Famous Chili
My husband doesn’t venture into the kitchen often. But when he does, the results are always delicious. I wish I could get him in the kitchen more. Every Halloween half our neighborhood turns up before Trick or Treating for a…
Bamboozled
My girls are really good girls. I remember when they were toddlers, and I would say “No, no” as they were headed toward a potted plant (or some other something that was off limits.) And they would turn and look…
Autumn Garden
It’s time to put the garden to bed. Time to rake up the leaves. Time to pull out the vegetables and annuals… the tomatoes, peppers, petunias and cosmos. Time to cut back the dying perennials. Prune back the long stems…
Make it- Dinner in a Hurry
It’s raining outside. The clouds are hanging low over the autumn patch-worked mountain behind my home and it is beautiful. On a day like this, nothing sounds better than soup. One of my favorite recipes is so easy you…