Bannana Pudding Pie

Banana Pudding Pie

 

This recipe is so EASY!  I can not take the credit for this idea I have to give it to my wonderful husband who LOVES Banana Pudding.  You will need to gather:

- Banana Puddin (I just used the Jell-O Banana Pudding dry mix)

- Graham Cracker Pie Crust

- Vanilla Wafers

- Cool Whip

1st Pour the Puddin into the Pie Crust

 

Next, top the pie with wafers.

 

Then Pour the Cool Whip evenly over the wafer layer to top it off. 

After that I just took a spoon and gently spiked the top.

 

Hope you enjoy!

 

 

"O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His loving kindness is everlasting."

 

1 Chronicles 16:34

 

 

 

 

 

Thanksgiving Indian Vest

    So we had a Thanksgiving party at the beginning of this month and we made some Indian Vests out of paper bags.  These can become so complicated to make on your own but I found some simple instruction online.  So here I am passing them on. 

You will need :
   - A Lg. Paper Bag - If you are having trouble finding paper bags try the older grocery stores.  Down here in the south we have Piggly Wiggly and that is where I found mine.  I believe they sold them to me for only .10 each so I got 10 for $1
   - Scissors
   - Markers
   - Feathers
   - Glue
   - Stickers
   - Anything you want to decorate you Indian Vest with

1st turn the bag upside down and find the triangle on the bottom.

 

Cut the a little "V" out of the triangle

And your bag should look like this at this point.

 

Fold the bag and put it back on the table.

Cut a line down the center for the front opening.

Fold in half

Cut out a semicircle at the top.

Then add fringe to the sleeves and the bottom.

And to give it a worn leather look crumple it up and then uncrumple it.

 

Now your vest is ready for some embellishments!

 

This is the one my 2yr old made. They really had the best time with this and we actually add to it every now and then.  On Thanksgiving day we dress up and eat our Thanksgiving meal in our hand made Indian costume.

 

 

 

 

 

 "I will praise the name of God with song, And shall magnify Him with thanksgiving."Psalm 69:30 

 

 

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween

 

   In today's post I thought I would just share some of the highlights of our Halloween this year. 



Of course one of our favorite things was all the Halloween movies we watched. Our favorites were "Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!"

 

These were our favorites for this year.  I am sure they will change over the years as our children get older.

 

  






One of my favorite things to do for the holidays is DECORATE!  Here are some of my favorite decorations.

 

The Jack Skellington Jack o Lantern that my Husband and the kids made.

The set up on the porch I thought was very adorable this year.

We made this pumpkin last year with a crafting pumpkin.  I hope to add to this next year. With a "Welcome To" pumpkin to place on top.

 

 

 

 

 

 

To kick off our Fall/Halloween Season we went to Mike's Farm.   This is one of our FAVORITE holiday spots.  They have an AWESOME restaurant with a family style meal that will leave you stuffed.  They have a great hayride with great looking tractors, different shows and a petting zoo. During the fall they have all kinds of different activities from school tours to a haunted hayride.  This year we did a school tour with a group of our home school friends.  We take a hayride to their small pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin then we go back to see a demonstration of how thing were done on the farm in the days of old.  You learn how apple cider is made and get a free taste of some home made cider.  And then they have the cutest Magic Show this side of the Crystal Coast.  It was a great day for learning in the fall with our little ones. 

Ready for the Hayride

 

Little Pumpkin Patch

Jesse with his Pumpkin Pick

Apple Cider Demonstration

 

Granny Mae teaching about the old ways of farming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also LOVED checking out Halloween books from the Library.  Here were our favorites

Zoom Broom By Margie Palatini       

 Witch Mamma by Judith Caseley

Crafts for Halloween by Margie Boss which we used to make our Owl Pencil Holder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I saw a real cool post on Pinterest of a Halloween manicure.  So I messaged my dear friend Jen who used to do nails, because I'm frightfully terrible with doing my own, she agreed to try out the style on me.  She did a great job!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last but not least I think one of the coolest things that I made this year was Cecily's Costume.  Since she is only 2 it was very easy to convince her to be spider girl.  We already have two Spiderman costumes and all I would have to add to her costume would be a toole skirt which turned out GREAT.  Click here to learn how I made Cecily's skirt.

 

Spiderman with his Spider Sister

Candy from a pirate

Crossing the street with Daddy

Spider Girl in the Pumpkin Patch

Spider Girl and Spider Boy

 

 

Well I hope you and you family had a very Happy Halloween!  Today we are resting and filling up on candy.  And will be getting ready for our next Holiday... THANKSGIVING! 

 

 

 

^"22 When I am with those who are weak, I share their weakness, for I want to bring the weak to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some." 
1Corinthians 9:22 

Questions about Christians Celebrating Halloween?  I would like to encourage you to read this Article "What does the Bible Say about Halloween?" by Mary Fairchild  Feel free to comment bellow.