Turtle Pumpkin Pie

I hope you are ready for another installment of "COOKING WITH JOSH". What we are going to make today is "Turtle Pumpkin Pie" And while we were making this we had a few technical difficulties, some we kept in the video and some were not. The one that I did not get on video is Josh eating a "SPOON FULL OF PUMPKIN-OUT OF THE CAN!!" The look on his face was priceless. And as you are watching please pay close attention to Megan licking with whisk over Josh's shoulder she is very funny! (I see film in her future!)
The pie is in the fridge right now, and I will have an update of it sometime tomorrow.

1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. caramel ice cream topping, divided
1 HONEY MAID Graham Pie Crust
1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. chopped PLANTERS Pecans, divided 2 pkg.
2 (3.4 oz. each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
1 cup cold milk
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg 1 tub
COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided Make It!

POUR 1/4 cup caramel topping into crust; sprinkle with 1/2 cup nuts.
BEAT dry pudding mixes, milk, pumpkin and spices with whisk until well blended. Stir in 1-1/2 cups COOL WHIP; spoon into crust.
REFRIGERATE 1 hour. Top with remaining COOL WHIP, caramel topping and nuts just before serving.

Just one of the Kids!!

Megan had her Thanksgiving Fest today at preschool and Don and I both were able to go to her school. And well lets just say Don got in on the action!!

I Dusted off the Sewing Machine!!

Alright, so my friend Julie is going to have a baby girl (Reese Taylor) at the end of December. And when I was thinking about baby gifts, of course I thought of a "Pretty Dress" and something pink, but I wanted to do something a little more personal. So I broke-out the sewing machine and my shopping cart cover pattern. I made one about 4 years ago for Megan, and told myself I would never ever make one again. (I must really like you Julie!) So about the middle of October I started making it, well lets just say, I ended up trashing it! So back to the fabric store I go, but this time Don talked me into make one for a girl he works with. So now I have 2 to make. I can't draw in a straight line, how in the hell am I suppose to sew in a straight line!?!? So all in all I am very happy with how they turned out! Just don't look to close, I never said I was a seamstress! And isn't my model the cuties!


So I guess you can add shopping cart covers to my list of so called talents. The pillowcase dress is next, Megan picked out the fabric in the last photo for her dress, stay turned for that!

A/B Honor Roll

Josh worked very hard in the 1st nine weeks of school and got rewarded for it on Friday. He got on the A/B Honor Roll and got the Principal's Award. He missed the All A honor roll by one "E". He got an "S" in Reading.
For All A Honor Roll: All E's in Reading, Language, Math, Science and Social Studies
For A/B Honor Roll: 3 E's and 2 S's or 4 E's and 1 S in Reading, Language, Math, Science and Social Studies
For Principal's Award: 7 E's in PE conduct, Music conduct, general conduct, homework, participates, follow directions and uses time efficiently

Happy Birthday!!

Guess who is turning 4 today!!

Happy Birthday Megan!!

I think we have a Singer in the Family!!

We have had a very busy weekend and in the middle of it I got this video of Megan singing. This song is from the kids favorite cartoon called Phineas and Ferb. The 1st video is Megan and the 2nd is from the cartoon. Every time I watch the video I laugh