Best dessert ever!

I am on a roll! 
I was making this and thought of what a great post this would be because this dessert is, to me, amazing!

I saw this made on Live with Kelly and Michael and thought I would give it a try for Thanksgiving last year. It was so much better than pie. 
It's called Pumpkin Pudding Crack.... I mean Crunch. 
Ingredients:
2 sticks of butter (melted)
1 large can of pumpkin puree
3 eggs
1 large can evaporated milk
1 cup white sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 box of yellow cake mix
whipped topping

Directions:
In a large bowl mix, pumpkin puree, eggs, milk , sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon and nutmeg. 
Pour into baking dish (13x9 works best)
Sprinkle evenly over mixture dry cake mix. Cover completely with cake mix!
Pour melted butter on top, do not mix in, butter should sit on top of cake mix. 
Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.
Let cool, best served cold (I prefer it warm but that's me)
Top with whipped topping when serving. 

This is amazing stuff, I can eat it all! 
The love I have for this may be equal to a drug addiction and cause as  much damage to ones body. I do make half the recipe when I am really craving it and I take some things out so it's not as indulgent. I did not add the sugar (cake mix has enough) I also did not add eggs, I added an individual serving of apple sauce to help thicken it up.
Also use, 1/2 of the cake mix and 1 stick of butter. It tasted the same to me and made me feel a little better about being able to eat all of it in one weekend! 

Maybe I should really give blogging a try...

I am a horrible blogger but I think I will give it a whirl. 
Since I am married to an MP I am going to use alias' for my family. Firstly if this becomes something I truly do on a consistent bases this POS desk that is currently wobbling while I type has gots to get gone! 
Moving on.... 

This house is full of sickness!!! 

"Peanut" as he will be known is sick today and stayed home from pre-school. He is not sick too often but when he does get sick, he throws up (so gross). I am not sure what is wrong he may have a sore throat, I am not sure. He keeps telling me he has "coughs in his mouth." I am not sure what that means but he is been lying around ever since looking pitiful. He did melt my heart today, I gave him a hug and told him I didn't like when he was sick and he told me.. "it's okay, I will feel better soon." Awe he is such a sweetie. I think he is enjoying our day together laying on the couch and watching movies. 

I have my suspicions of where these germs came from though. My second child who I will call "Monkey" as had cold symptoms for a few days and she loves to share those germs through hugs and kisses!

Monkey is a very very late teether. She is 20 months, and she has.... 8 teeth! She just cut 2 more and she has been coughing and snotty for a few days. I never know if her stuff is from her teeth or something else. She rarely has to go to the doctor for anything but well visits and that is a good thing because she HATES the doctor. Even when they are doing something minor like listening to her heart she looks at the poor nurse with loathing and contempt. She has been this way since she was a tiny thing. Monkey is the sweetest little girl, she is quirky and funny and smart and she could totally deck someone if she was inclined. She is a tough girly girl. 



 This little Surprise is my "Ladybug" she is 6 months old and for the past 4 months (6-4=2 months old) she has been coughing and congested. We have been to the PC several times, she has been on antibiotics three times will minimal results. She wakes herself up almost every night coughing. I have tried putting a hypoallergenic cover on her mattress. I have had her sleep upright. I have tried a humidifier, then I thought it might be growing mold and blowing it into the air so I stopped using a humidifier. I put saline in her nose, I suction her nose, I lay her on her tummy to sleep so nothing drains back into her throat. Finally I made an appointment with the ENT and he thinks her adenoids are enlarged. His plan is since she did respond somewhat to antibiotics we are doing one dose a day for 21 days of a stronger one. So far she has improved. Fingers crossed it will give her some relief because he won't take them out if needed until she is at least 1. 

So needless to say between three kids who are sick one after another and then I end up getting it (especially the tummy stuff!) I am SICK of sick!!! 
And of course since my darling husband is "SFC Superman" he rarely gets sick at all. He's been vaccinated for anthrax for crying out loud, germs don't stand a chance!!