Pumpkin Seeds

My husband hates pumpkin seeds.  I love them.  This means my kid loses and I will be making spicy pumpkin seeds. But, for the record, I don't think he could chew them well, so I'm not being a crappy mom. More like good mom!

So, I got about a cup of pumpkin seeds from the "dog" pumpkin. (see below).  This is what I did to get my spicy pumpkin seeds.

1 cup washed and dry pumpkin seeds
1 table spoon of butter, melted
1 glob (decide how big that is) of minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon of Thyme
Pepper to taste
More garlic. (seriously, can there be too much? no.)

I cooked them for about 50 minutes at 350 degrees.  I took the seeds out every 15 minutes to stir.

The result: amazing.  i need more pumpkins, now.

Dog!!

We think that the kid calls Mickey "Dog" because of the "Hot Dog Song" at the end of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.   Anyways, today we ( I ) carved a pumpkin and blew my kid's mind!  He helped me gut it, which made him gag every time he touched the guts with his hands.  Being the good mom i am, I kept handing him pumpkin guts to see it again and again.  He made disgusted faces when I would pull a big chunk of them out and put them in the bowl and an even more disgusted look when the dog (real dog, not Mickey) would sneak up and take a chunk to eat.

I carved Micky.  Took me about 45 minutes.  I got sweaty.  Then I got a candle and we turned off all the lights. 

 He yelled "DOG!!" and ran over to see the pumpkin.  He "oohed" and "aahhhed" for a few minutes and then got bored when it didn't sing or call for Toodles.   He walked away, we turned on the lights.  He freaked out. We had to keep the pumpkin lit until he went to bed, thankfully he let us have the lights back on.