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PUMPKIN WHOOPIE PIES

i have something important to tell you and you have to listen to me: you NEED to go out and pick up a copy of baked. i've blogged about it before, but this time it's serious. really serious. kai has been digging through our cookbook library working on a new list of recipes to try. this was what he started with, partly because we had some old cans of pumpkin that needed to be used up::

pumpkin whoopie pies. these were just incredible. so, so moist. so delicious. if you make them for thanksgiving next year you will be the most popular person at the table. i promise. this recipe is worth the cost of the book ten times over. kai will now be making these every fall, per me. and maybe a couple of times during all of the other seasons as well! he's more than happy to oblige and is very excited to be in charge of a thanksgiving day dessert. i love how much he loves the kitchen.

 

 

SEAM ALLOWANCES...

not quite as scary to draw onto a pattern as i had thought::

much, much more time consuming than scary, as it turns out. perhaps the most frightening part though, is realizing that after committing all of this time to tracing and adding in the seam allowances, and even though i measured myself beforehand, it's looking like this dress will be of circus tent proportions. there are pleats involved though. they are my only hope at the moment. i'm just going to keep going because that's how i do. i always like to see a potential train wreck through to the bitter end! 9 times out of 10? it is an actual train wreck. but there's always that chance....

happy weekend!

 

CUPCAKES FOR DINNER

an april fools day delight. or an april fools day disappointment, depending on your age bracket. i got this idea from bridget and used the recipe listed on her post for the "cupcakes"::

it's meatloaf and mashed potatoes everyone! did you see that coming? my kids definitely didn't::

reactions were priceless, as you can imagine!

the meatloaf recipe was very delicious. i don't have a meatloaf recipe of my own and this was the first time i ever even tried making it, so i was happy with the results. i know for certain i overcooked these and they were still moist and yummy. that's my kind of recipe! i used real mashed potatoes, made my usual way, and it didn't seem to effect the end result. 

worked like a charm!

 

EASTER WEEKEND ASSEMBLING

hive two, in the works! kai and big b were on it::

now it's just a matter of color choice. and i also need to set all the foundation. that too. we have just under three weeks before the bee packages arrive. so excited for the extra buzz!

 

 

EASTER TREATS

• my favorite part! •

* happy april *