Pretending

Deep down I dream of living in the country, homeschooling like ten kids, and living off the land. But since this will probably never happen, we went to the pumpkin patch and started our crazy idea.... Homemade pumpkin.

Apparantly there are so many different kinds of pumpkins and certain ones work best with certain foods (leave it to the pumpkin patch in Boulder to know all about this). So we left with a Cinderella pumpkin and a Wisconsin cheese pumpkin, then headed home to start. It took about 4 hours, but I think we all enjoyed the funny fall activity.

my dad and partner in crime for this activity. he also dreams of being a farmer:)

cooking the pumpkins.

for dinner. pumpkin soup and pumpkin bread. interesting.

We had a TON of left over pumpkin puree, so last night I decided to can it all so we could have it all year for pies and bread. I had everything in the cans and in the boiling water when I thought I should check how long to keep them in....only to find the USDA doesnt recommend canning pumpkin! So now it is all in the freezer. Details, details, details. I guess one should check the recipe before actually starting. Oh well. At least I know for next year. And it was a fun afternoon. Maybe next year the pumpkins can actually come from my backyard. Probably not though.

workin.

It was so hot! By the end jackson was in only an undershirt.