Now I want Jeffrey to be Kip for Halloween

Seriously....

Pumpkin Patch- Dakota Carriage

Halloween Treats

Look at these adorable Halloween treat bags my parents sent the kids!

"Thank you Nonna and Nonno- we love everything!"

Mickey said the flashlight was "one of the best presents he's ever gotten." hahaha

homeade pizza sauce & eggplant pizza & the Worst Witch

Tonight I decided to use up some more of the billion beautiful tomatoes I have(thanks to my very generous neighbor/friend!) and try my hand at homemade pizza sauce.

It included a lot of chopping so some wine was in order. :)

I just kinda made it up as I went and simmered it down so it was less watery. It turned out DELICIOUS! I started with olive oil and fresh minced garlic, then added chopped tomatoes(a lot), fresh oregano and basil(lots of basil), 1 tsp of red paper flakes, and some kosher salt. If you try this use more tomatoes and basil then you think you should because it boils way down. I thought I made a lot but there was only enough to make one pizza. Luckily I was making one pepperoni pizza and one eggplant & tomato pizza so I only needed that much.

I used the dough recipe from The Pioneer Woman also(found on the link above) but I always substitute whole wheat flour for about 1/3 of the flour amount called for. I also added chopped kalamata olives and red pepper flakes to this pizza- and we really liked it like that. Looking for a way to use up some eggplant? I highly recommend making this- it is YUMMY!

And the perfect ending to our weekly Friday pizza and movie night?

The Worst Witch

We LOVE that movie!!

Happy Birthday Dad/Grandpa!

We hope you have a wonderful day!

art and education

check this out here

funniest book ever- Memoirs of a Goldfish

We read this book at Zandbroz and we were laughing out loud- it is hilarious!

We then checked it out of the library... but we definitely want to own this one.

Christmas is coming...