Iron Chef Pumpkin Style!

I will try to remember what each dish is.....but heaven knows, I will probably miss something. So when Levi gets home from school, he may change a few things. The first dish on the top left is dessert. He whipped up a chocolate pudding from scratch (just threw some ingredients in the bowl and somehow it made pudding!!) It has sliced pumpkin on top that was baked with cinnamon and sugar before he added it to the pudding. The next dish to the right is pumpkin, sauteed' with olive oil and soy sauce. On top of it is a coleslaw/broccoli mixture with some ground beef (ok, that he pulled out of the fridge. It was leftover from dinner the night before but the fact that he thought to put that on top is crazy!) and then it has a raspberry vinaigrette dressing around the edge. The last dish is thinly sliced pumpkin and red/yellow peppers on a bed of kale!

A few of us tried bites of everything before he devoured it! Shockingly, they were all amazing!

I had to post these pictures before I forgot about them. The night we carved our pumpkins, Levi decided to take his pumpkin carving a step further. He cut out a few big chunks from inside and brought them inside.

He worked like crazy for a few minutes and came up with this!!! Who does this????? I have never met anyone like him! Amazing!!

Sneak Peek!

We had a great time yesterday taking our family picture!! This is just a preview of how they turned out! I won't be posting them until our Christmas cards go out.

Speaking Of Braids......

Speaking of braids......looks like he's next!! Ha ha.....what a funny kid!

Braids!!!!

Just getting started!

All done!!

And Miss Talisha with her braids.

We finally attempted to braid Vanessa's hair at home. We have always taken her someplace but it's so hard to schedule plus it takes all day and costs a ton of money......but more importantly.....it hurts like the dickens!! The end result is that it looks amazing for at least 8 months but for the reasons listed above, we just haven't had it done since last year!

A month or so ago, I actually cut her hair. That was an experience!! It didn't actually turn out too bad. She has been wearing it in a huge afro, which was cute but was getting old.

A friend that I went to high school with posted a video on Facebook of how to do a particular type of braid (she has beautiful little brown girls too!) and has spent quite a bit of time in Haiti. After watching her 4 minute video I figured I would give it a try. What did I have to lose, right??

The end result was that Vanessa loved her hair!!! I wish I would have kept track of how many times she said, "I feel so pretty!" Doesn't get better than that!!!

We ended up doing Talisha's hair as well! Her's went much faster because she has a different type of hair. The amazing thing was I got them both done without any tears being shed!!! That was worth every minute!!

So......Sweet?

A boy and his "hat".....it's a bizarre thing!!

So Sweet!!

A girl and her steer......it's a beautiful thing!!

Wow. A Must Read!

This morning as I was browsing FB, I came across a post by a friend. She linked a blog article to her status. I don't usually take the time to read things like that but this one caught my eye. I pasted the link below. Yeah, it's long, I know. Get over it and read the whole thing. It might be the most important thing you do all day. It was for me. I have never read his blog before but I will be checking it out in the future.



www.danoah.com/2010/09/you-just-broke-your-child.html