Pun'kin Seeds

I have a twin...

Except this is not your average twin-ship.  No, my twin is approximately seven years younger than I am.

I don't think your little brother can technically be your twin, but I am trying.  You see, my little brother and I are so alike that it is SCARY.  We not only act very similar, but we look so alike it is uncanny.  He is the male, 15-year-old version of me.

I am competitive; he would trip our mom to win a race.  I am goofy; he always acts like no one is watching.  I am loving and caring; he cries when our dog dies.

And tonight, I got to hang out with just him... Luckiest girl alive.

He and I decided to be 10 year-olds again.  We drove down to the nearest corn maze and had a blast.  We danced a hoedown jig through the corn maze and laughed until we cried...

As a testament to how similar we are, the woman at the front told us that it would take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour to get through the maze... He and I set a timer and made it through TWICE in less than 40 minutes.  Yeah, we are that intense.

After we decided that we had thoroughly destroyed the corn maze, I reluctantly hit up the corn hole boards with him.  Initially, I was losing 12 - 0.  That's right -- 12 to ZERO... But I hit a hot streak and soon the trash talk was flowing between us. (Btw, I won, in case you were wondering).

Brother and I then picked out a pumpkin each (he paid for mine!) and headed to dinner.  Of course, we had to go to Buffalo Wild Wings...

Over wings and football, Brother and I bonded as we always do when out together.  We talked about girls, life, and Steve Spurrier (seriously, what was that call?!?!).  Finally, he and I pealed ourselves out of the booth and came home.

Where we carved pumpkins and roasted pun'kin seeds...

3 different kinds of pun'kin seeds because we don't halfway do anything at our house. =)

Pun'kin Seeds

For all:
1 1/2  cups fresh pumpkin seeds (we pulled ours out of the pumpkins...)
1 Tbsp vegetable oil

For 1/3, each:
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper

1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp chili powder

1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 350. Toss pumpkin seeds in oil.  Spread pumpkin seeds onto a cookie sheet in a single layer.  Roast for 15 - 20 minutes until slightly brown.

2. Toss in respective spices.  Eat like candy...