Midnights With Molly

Night shift is brutal sometimes.  Last night, I fell asleep at 9pm and woke up around 2am.  For the day.  Ugh.  I got up and cleaned the whole house, did 2 loads of laundry and then decided to take advantage of my time at home to do a little fall baking!  First up was Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread .  I got this recipe off of Pinterest.  Super easy and smells delicious!  I haven't tasted it yet...I'm taking it into the hospital this weekend to share with my beloved co-workers.  I hope it's good!   Then, I had a half a can of pumpkin left, so I searched Pinterest some more and found a recipe for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies !  I couldn't resist...I mixed up a batch of those, too.  YUM!  Needless to say, the house smelled DELICIOUS by the time I finished my baking this morning.   Oh how I love the tastes and smells of fall!  :)  And the cozy, cold nights curled up under a warm blanket with a cup of hot chocolate to keep me company.  Ahhh...  ;)  Happy F

My niece, Ruth, is taking her very first ballet lessons this fall!  She is SO excited to get to wear a tutu and take her lessons faithfully one night a week for the next 15 weeks.  An added bonus is that at the end of every class, each little ballerina receives a sticker for all her hard work.  Ruthie's mommy thought that it might be nice if Aunt Molly could make a special ballet chart where Ruthie can put all of her stickers after each class.  What a great idea Mommy!!  So Aunt Molly got to work...     Sorry, but I had no tutus or ballerina stickers to add some pizzaz to my little ballerina's sticker chart...perhaps Aunt Molly will have to take a little walk down the sticker aisle next time she's at Pat Catan's and see what she can find!  :)  Have fun with ballet classes, Ruthie!  :)