Finally it's gone!

For the last few months Jesse has been wiggling one of his front teeth but it has never been quite loose enough to come out. Even with the new grown-up tooth coming in it still wouldn't let go. Hubby has been bugging me to get him into the dentist so they can yank it but I figured it would come out when it was ready. Also I didn't want Jesse to get upset or nervous having the dentist in his mouth doing who knows what. I know they know what they are doing but a six year old doesn't have a clue. Finally yesterday you could tell it was on that last strand of whatever was holding it up there and "POP" out it came! Now you can see his big tooth! I think this smile is just adorable.

Of course a visit from the tooth fairy was in order, which I totally spaced until the alarm went off this morning. So I ran downstairs, grabbed some cash and went to go sneak into his room to find that he was already awake and slightly disappointed that the tooth fairy hadn't shown up. So what do I do? Some really quick thinking. Somehow the tooth fairy got confused and left money under MY pillow! Silly tooth fairy!! So I traded the money I got for the tooth and he totally bought it!! The tooth fairy has a know reputation for being unreliable and scatterbrained in this house!

Flavorful Friday

Yes... I know it's Saturday. I have been having fun with my out-of-state family that will be here for a while. I hope to post some more about it later. Right now though I want to get to my recipe.

Here in Utah we seem to have a few things that are hard to find outside of this state. I didn't know anything about fry sauce until I moved here and the same could be said about the cookie I'm about to post a recipe of. Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies sound to me like a fall food, just like turkey and pumpkin pie. But here you can find these soft cake-like cookies year round. These are the only cookies my youngest will eat. Wierd, I know, but once they are baked he can't get enough of them! I'd have to say my most favorite thing about these are that it only requires 3 ingredients!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 (14 ounce) can 100% pure pumpkin
1 (18.25 ounce) package spice cake mix
1 Cup Chocolate chips


DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two baking sheets.
Dump pumpkin and cake mix into a large bowl. Stir until well blended and creamy. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by spoonfuls (I use my medium scoop from Pampered Chef) on prepared baking sheets.
Bake in preheated oven until tops are firm when lightly touched, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on racks. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.