Sunday afternoon

 Sunday afternoons are laid back around our house.  Sometimes R and I try to take a nap.  After his cycling feat on Saturday, and my two fun filled days with family and munchkins we were both tired and thought this was a perfect fall afternoon for a siesta.  We set the kids up with a movie and went upstairs. 

Everything was quiet, we had the windows open and the cool fall air was like a peaceful blanket gently lulling us to sleep when ...knock knock knock.   Lu was at the door.  She missed her daddy, and wanted her mom and was bored.  So we scooched over and let her hop in the middle.  She was happy, and our nap was over before it even started.  She flopped around, talked, did flips, watched TV and wondered when we were getting up.

Eventually I decided to be a good wife and let my hubby nap in peace, and be a good mom so I offered to bake with my little Sassy pants Lucy ballerina.  We went downstairs, my boy came down too so no one actually  slept.  We did however get some yummy pumpkin spice cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese frosting, which Lu made every bit of by herself.  She loves to bake.  Her favorite parts are cracking the eggs, putting the cupcake liners in the pans and spooning the batter into the cups.  She also liked piping the frosting onto the cupcakes after they cooled.

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
submitted by Melanie~The Sisters Cafe

1 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup buttermilk
1-15oz can pumpkin puree
2 1/4 cup flour
2 Tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp alllspice
1 TB baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
In a large bowl, beat together sugars and oil.  Add eggs and vanilla beating until well mixed.  Add pumpkin and buttermilk until incorporated.  In a separate bowl combine the dry ingredients and whisk.  Add to pumpkin mixture and beat until creamy.  Grease or line 24 muffin cups (36-48 mini depending on size of pan) and fill 2/3 full.  Bake at 350 for 18-22 (10-15 for minis) minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.  Let cool and frost with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting and top off with a little sprinkle of cinnamon sugar.

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup salted butter, softened
3 1/2 -4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp cinnamon
2-4 TB water
Beat together the cream cheese and butter.  Add half of the powdered sugar, salt, cinnamon and vanilla.  Beat until fully incorporated.  Add the remaining powdered sugar and water, until desired consistency is reached.  Beat on medium high until light and fluffy.  Pipe or spread onto cooled cupcakes and finish off with a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar!  Enjoy:)

These fuzzy fur feet were a gift from Nana for our little Sarsaparilla.  So cute!  The shoes and the girl.