Chilly Nights and Spooky Sites...Pumpkin Spice Latte!

So since earlier this week I was rudely denied a Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte, I thought it was time to make one for myself.  This weekend is going to be filled with worksheets, projects, reading and a lot of other stuff.  I needed a little something to put some pep in my step if ya know what I mean :).

This morning me and my amazing penguin pajamas were in the mood for fall pumpkin stuff.  So as usual, we had two big pumpkin spice waffles. Have you seen those?? They're the seasonal Eggo ones.  It's perfection.  As long as you have about of gallon of syrup on top.  Well, enough to cover each little square!

On top of that, I made a nice pumpkin spice latte. Don't you want to know how to make it too??

Ingredients

2 cups of milk

2 tbsp canned pumpkin

2 tbsp sugar

2 tbsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Coffee
Whipped Cream (optional)

Directions

Bring milk, pumpkin, and sugar to medium heat and stir often until steamy.  Remove from heat and add vanilla and pumpkin pie spice.  Whisk until thin layer of bubbles form.  Pour into cup and add as much coffee as your little stomach can handle! Add the whipped cream, generously. :) Bon Appetit!

To top off your morning, listen to this song "Heart Skips a Beat" by Olly Murs.  It is a really fun song to start off your day right.  I incuded this acoustic version, because it emphasises the point that these guys are good singers, even without a recording studio.  Plus, it has Niall from One Direction in it :).  That's the real reason...

I hope you enjoy this recipe!  Sip slowly!

Much Love, 

Chilly Nights and Spooky Sites... The Fair

Hey everyone!  I'm proud to announce that I'm finally starting a new fall series called 'Chilly Nights and Spooky Sites.'  It took my mom and me like two days to finally come up with something that was appropriate.  We went through lots of play on words and rhymes for this!  Since I wanted to continue this series throughout the fall season, I couldn't just directly relate it to Halloween.  It was a difficult task...

So for today, as I've mentioned, I have a fair post for you!!!  My family and my cousin's family went to the fair last Thursday.  We got there after school and stayed for almost six hours!  Most of that time was spend walking around, eating, watching shows and looking at exhibits.  In fact, I only rode like seven rides the whole time.

My younger cousin, Emily, is also a blogger.  She did a post on the fair trip as well.  I suggest you go check her out here and follow her blog!  The link will just open up another tab. :)

Well I won't ramble on for long.  Here are some of my favorite pictures from that day.

As you can tell, we take lots of pictures of each other :).  But that's cool, it's what teenagers do.  If you were wondering, my cousin, Emily, is in the pink shirt with the ice cream.  I am in the grey shirt, and Alex (Emily's brother) is the little boy in all the pictures.  My brother didn't want his picture taken, because he's too 'cool' for that sort of thing. Yahhhhh.

Actually I do have one picture of my brother of him with a little stuffed animal he won from one of those "Guess your weight/age/month" things.  Let me see if I can dig it out for you....

Got it!  Isn't it just adorable?  I have no clue where that little Clifford is now, though.  Probably on the  floor in his room, waiting patiently to be played with.  That poor dog.

What else did we do....?  OH!  So there was this hypnotist there that was preforming at 6:30.  I'm really into the whole psychological stuff right now, so I really wanted to go.  I was pretty skeptical about the performance, wondering how good it would actually be.  Let me tell you, it was amazing!  If you ever get the chance to go see a show, I highly recommend it.  It was hysterical and quite interesting!  He made them do all kinds of stuff like play a trumpet and pretend they were rappers.  Plus, with the snap of his fingers, he could make them fall asleep.  Amazing...

The rides were lots of fun, as well. My cousin and I were riding on the Hanglider singing One Direction.  It was priceless :)

The only thing was, I forgot to ride the swings!!!!  By the time we had to leave, there was at least a fifteen minute wait for everything.  It was sooooo crowded.  

I loved it though.  Always have, always will.  If the fair ever comes to you, go and ride the swings for me, please!  It would mean the world to me :)

Before I leave you, I'll link below a song that I've been loving lately.  It's called 'Begin Again' by Taylor Swift.  Since her new album is out really soon, (Oct. 22) she's been busy releasing some singles in the past few weeks.  She has four out so far.  I'm excited.  REALLY excited.

I hope you have a good week!

Much Love,