When Ellie has to pee, she’s happy to do it while you wait. But you know she needs a little more time in there when she sits down on the potty, looks at you, and says in a happy sing-song voice “bye. bye.” which is your signal to leave and wait outside the door until she cheers “HURRAY! POO!!! HURRAY! POO-EES!”
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Will watched The Cat in the Hat this week, in which there is a reference to a ‘dirty hoe’ (there being an actual dirty hoe in the scene). But Will took to the saying as his new catchphrase and we are working VERY hard to make sure ‘dirty hobe’ isn’t the latest thing in Mrs Harrington’s kindergarten class come Monday morning. I made this for a playdate yesterday, so I had a batch of pumpkin seeds left over. It’s always hard to decide how to cook my pumpkin seeds, whether to go classic with oil and salt, or fancy it up with spices. For our first pumpkin seeds of the year, though, I decided to go with this family favorite.
Ingredients: pumpkin seeds (rinsed and dried) 4 T butter 1/4t red pepper (if your family isn’t a big fan of spicy, drop this to 1/8th) Directions: Preheat oven to 325. Combine butter, brown sugar, and molasses in a sauce pan over medium heat. Once the ingredients have combined, add in the spices. Line the bottom of a pan with parchment paper. Sprinkle the pumpkin seeds over the parchment paper and then pour in your sugar/spice/butter mixture. Place in the oven for about 20-30 minutes. (This is the hardest part–you want the pumpkin seeds to cook, but you don’t want the sugar to burn. I don’t think I’ve mastered this yet and it seems to depend on how moist your seeds are, but if you get this part down to a science, let me know your trick!)
When she doesn’t feel well, she gets gropey. The sicker she is, the more gropey she gets. She’ll snuggle in close…and slowly put her hand down your shirt. |
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Spicy Pumpkin Seed Brittle
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Kate - This looks delish! By ‘red pepper’ do you mean cayenne pepper?
Jacey - Mmm, that sounds heavenly! I love pumpkin seeds, and I typically just toast them with some seasoning. I’ll have to try this one, though. Pinning now!
Traci - Yes–I think it’s regional name difference on the pepper. Like green onions and scallions. 🙂
Beth Moore - I clearly need to schedule more playdates with you.
Susanne - I’m going to try this tonight. Wish me luck : D
Holly U - Oh my, this is intriguing. I love sweet, my husband loves salty….I’m thinking this will make us both happy!