Pho Dinner!

Hello Blog land, Have you ever heard of Pho ?

It was a mystery to me too, Until my husband came home and told me about this wonderful little Asian market He found.

Fresh veggies

Love the egg rolls

That's fresh mint and rice noodles

My kids loved it, they kept saying it was like they were in" Kung fu panda " hahah! 

 

We had mochi dessert , it's So good!

Strawberry filling

We had so much fun eating this meal, Great family time. We just laughed and tried new things together. loved it!

Spring window seal and lavender water

I heat lavender! My lavender bushes are in full bloom and they are breathtaking. So I decided to bring the spring inside.

 

I love soaking lavender in water for an hour or so. You can make your own lavender water ! Just make sure you clean the lavender when you bring it in, and don't use it if it has been sprayed with any kind of pesticides, and make sure there are no bugs on them. Then soak the leaves in some filtered water .

It's so refreshing! I'll have to do a tutorial on it.

This is just a random shot of a little nook in My kitchen, I'm pretty proud of it. 

It was a complete mess, before I clean it up.( I won't show you pictures because it's kinda embarrassing, lol! )

My aprons were thrown over the side of my fridge, my old broom was always falling down. 

 It's amazing what a new pretty broom and some $ store hooks can do.

I hated My old broom. This one is colorful and I feel pretty when I use it! 

I think you should  always try to surround your self with pretty things. I think it makes your day run better.

 Here's a picture Madie made when she was 5, I love That She made sure to add a Mr. Sun shine! I heard some where that if Kids draw a sun in their pictures, It means that they are in in a happy and healthy life style.

I don't think I'll ever take this off My fridge, not even after the girls are married and gone. Madison made it last year for fathers day and  I think It inspires their father and it's just precious!

Fun kiddy Lunch

Ever since Target sold those Adorable little birdie cafeteria style plates, I have been inspired to make lunch time fun! I make sure to fill every spot on the plate with something yummy and Healthy.

My Girls are vegetarian and I had ran out of veggie dog's that day ( Yeah I know they Don't look eatable, but my kids love them! hahaha! ) so I used what I had.

Pb & J  Banana Dog's!

 

They were Soooo Good! I had one too.

They can be messy, But so fun!

You could try to put the Pb & J into squirt bottles and make in look more like

" ketchup and mustard " that would be so cute. You might want to cut them in half for smaller hands , my two year old  

had a hard time holding it. 

They made a mess! but it was too much Fun!!!

They were so grateful, They kept saying " Thank you mommy, your the best mommy!" hahaha! 

It made my heart smile.

homemade Play dough

Ahhh... Play-dough, Didn't you just love the smell of play- dough as a kid. Well let's be real I still love the smell of Play-dough, hahaha!

I thought it would be fun to make some with the kiddo's. My mother always made it from scratch when I was a kid. 

Right About now your saying to your self "why would I ever make play dough when I can buy it for like 99 cent?" 


I'm SO glad you asked! Here's The answer, You ready... Because It's FUN!!!
I Know, I know... Simplify and all that, but It makes you spend time with your kids and laugh. That's hard for me sometime ( Please don't judge me, lol )

 

It's pretty Easy it just calls for a lot of salt.

 Make sure you have everything set up before hand if you're making it with your kids, It just make's life a little easier. 

You can find the recipe here, But if you don't like it there are video tutorials on you tube also.

Here are all my ingredients 

The kids helped

Once we mixed the ingredients, we added color 

Patty Cakes, patty cakes!

 

All in all it was fun, I would do it again. Even if it is easier to just go buy some, hahaha!

Harvest wrap up

Okay, Okay...I know October is over but i still have more to show you and technically harvest time

is not over yet. I know this is the month to get all excited over Christmas and don't get me wrong, I totally get the whole get an early start thing but let's just enjoy Thanksgiving!

November is really the only month that California feels like fall, so I wanna savor every moment .

So here is my recap, well more like all the pictures I haven't posted yet hahaha!

time fly's...

We went to the Green spot farm pumpkin patch . It was so much better then the over priced, giant, commercialized pumpkin patches around these days. 

It's so cozy! 

They had some great produce

I  love it! they had beautiful Peacock walking around the farm,

I so want one for my back yard...

I love them too much!

We found chickens!

Next we went to the honey house where our tour guide " Tony "

Showed us house they make their very own honey.

There's a queen in there somewhere...

Then we fed some adorable animals

Pumpkins!

Hayrides!

 We had a snack before we went home, it was a great little pumpkin patch!