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Wordless Wednesday Oct. 16

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It has been said a picture is worth a thousand words.  Hopefully on Wednesday’s I won’t have to write a single one.  

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Infinite

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This weeks photo challenge is infinite.

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Menu Plan Monday Oct. 14

Here in the Pacific Northwest it rains.  A lot.

So when we get a nice day or weekend we have to take advantage of it.  Because we never know when it will come again.

We had a gorgeous day on Sunday so off to the pumpkin patch we went.  We are scheduled to go to the pumpkin patch with Ian’s school.  I was afraid it might rain that day which would be bad for Baby Sid.

I didn’t want Baby Sid to miss out, so this year we will have two pumpkin patch visits in the scrapbook.

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Ian’s favorite thing was this slide, once he tried to climb up it, and so did my little climber Sid.  I am pretty sure Sid would have climbed to the top if I had let him.

 

 

Menu Plan 10/14-10/20

Mon: Easy Chicken Noodles (recipe altered to use crock pot)

Tue: Meatloaf and Potatoes 

Wed: Sloppy Joe’s with…. what do you eat with sloppy joes’s that are not potatoes? probably just salad

Thr: Crock Post Pesto Ranch Chicken with noodles

Fri: Leftovers 

Sat: Kitchen is Closed

Sun: Beef Bourguignon with Cheesy Potato Casserole (hubby’s new favorite side dish)

 

Happy Cooking

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Halloween Popcorn Box printable

Ian is in preschool now.  I know I can’t believe it either.

His school is having little Halloween parties on two days.  That way everyone gets to participate, since it is preschool, not everyone goes everyday.  The day that he gets to attend, Wed., is my day off!  That means I get to go too!  Whoo Hoo!

The great thing about him going to preschool at a private school with about twenty students is that I can make treats for the kids!

While browsing the blog Ginger Snap Crafts, I came across a guest post by I Dig Pinterest.  It was a recipe for Gooey Caramel Apple Monstercorn.

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Doesn’t that look fantastic?!

Christine (I Dig Pinterest) made caramel popcorn and then poured melted Caramel Apple Taffy over it and accented with candy eyes.  (For her recipe click on the picture above)

I just knew this would be the treat I wanted make for the kids at school.  I thought about just putting some in little plastic bags, but realized that is a bit too simple for me.

So I designed these popcorn boxes.

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I used the graphic from a couple of Halloween kits from Just So Scrappy.

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You can download this printable here.

The PDF file has two pages to print on cardstock or other heavy-duty paper.  Each page is for two sides of the popcorn box.  Simple cut each out and glue/tape them together then secure the bottom (download includes instructions).

Enjoy!

Happy Crafting

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