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Ben was blessed on October 16th by his dad. Ben was only 2 weeks old but we wanted to do it while my mom was still in town so she share the day with us. Owen gave him a beautiful blessing and Ben did great, slept the whole time. My stepmom, Carolyn, found his darling outfit for event. He looked so sweet. He looked like a little Amish baby in his bonnet but it was too cute!
I don't know about everyone else but I love autumn. Cooler weather, warm yummy food, its great. I found a super tasty recipe 2 weeks ago and in as much time have made it twice. I can't stop eating it!
I buy a bag of chickpeas at the store, pour the whole bag in a large bowl, cover the beans plus 1 inch above with water and sprinkle about 2 tsp of baking soda, and let sit overnight before cooking, drain, rinse and cook until tender. Doing this will allow you to get the most nutrients out of the beans which are naturally hard to digest.
I used half of the bag of chickpeas (soaked and cooked) for this recipe or you can use 2 cans.
1 large roasted sweet potato (just scrub it, throw it in the oven until fork tender)
2 cloves of garlic minced roughly
Extra virgin olive oil
Put the chickpeas in the food processor or a blender. Cut the sweet potato in half and scrape out the insides. Throw it in with the beans. Toss in the garlic and start with 1/4 cup evoo. Add a good pinch of sea salt. Blend until smooth add more evoo if necessary.
There you go! A easy and yummy fall snack that is pefect for dipping veggies or crackers. (I eat it with a spoon too)
Enjoy!
Sorry the lighting is so bad...
This year Sarahveive was Rapunzel and Cecily was Cinderella, our princesses. Ben had a pumpkin costume but never had a chance to wear it. He stayed in the sling the whole time at the trunk-or-treat and was Owen's candy-passer-outer-buddy Halloween night. But here he is looking cute in his Halloween outfit.
The girls had a fun time trick-or-treating this year. SG was so proud of her Rupunzel braid she had to tell everyone at every house about it! I think that's why our girls got so much candy!! We decided to let them eat as much as thet wanted and we'd throw the rest out. They each had 3 pieces and haven't asked about it again! I didn't want to do a piece a day because that could have gone on forever and I've heard candy daily can be hard on kids teeth and set up expectations for treats every day. Not going to fly in this house! Wow, I've become my mom ;)
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