Trick or Treat

This year, for Halloween, Jack wanted to be Mario.

Bailey selected a girl warewolf.

We had a great night out Trick or Treating!
Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving

We had wonderful weather to carve our pumpkins this year. Here is Bailey cleaning out some seeds.

Jack poses for a picture, but didn't want to get his hands dirty.
Here is the final result. Bailey designed the on the the left and I did the one on the right.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Trunk or Treat 2011

This year's Trunk or Treat at AUMC was SPOOKTACULAR!

We had pizza, cotton candy, made a craft ... and trick or treated. Here is "Mario" with Princess Peach.

We also took a few turns on the blow up slides.

First Jack.
Then Bailey.

We had such a fun time despite the windy cold weather.

Texas doesn't do the cold :0)

Fall Fest 2011

We had a great time at the Crosby Community Center's Fall Fest this year. The kids played a few carnival games.

Got a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch.

Decorated their pumpkins with stickers and some hair.

Then went for a hay ride. Yes, they are sitting on hay. It didn't make it into the picture.

Finished up the event with a hot dog and chips for lunch.

Such a fun day!

Pumpkin Cake

Fall is officially here and what better way to celebrate than with pumpkin cake!

This recipe is very simple and delicious!
Pumpkin Cake
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 can Libby’s pumpkin

Combine eggs, sugar and oil. In a separate bowl, combine the remaining ingredients except the pumpkin. Combine mixtures. Fold in pumpkin. Bake at 350 for 55 minutes in a greased and floured bunt pan. Top with cream cheese icing if desired.

Happy Fall!

Trick-or-Treat

Took the kids trick-or-treating last night. Here they are before we left.

Here is the haul.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2010 Jack-O-Lanterns

Here are this year's jack-o-lanterns!

Trunk or Treat

Last night was AUMC's Trunk or Treak. Here the kids are before we left to go.

Enjoying the hay ride.
Pizza, games, crafts and trick or treating made for a wonderful time on a cool Fall night.

Sweet Treats for HHE Staff

For October, I did a "sweet" treat to give out to the HHE Staff. I love this Holiday Party Snack Mix because you can add the candy for they holiday at hand. I used Fall colored M&Ms this time.

Halloween Candy Bar Covers

I made the kids' teachers these cute bat candy bar covers. Saw these on Skip to my Lou and could resist making them. She also has a mummy. For template, click here.
Happy Halloween

Crosby Boo Bash & Pumpkin Patch

Meme & Pobby came down today and took me & the kids to the Crosby Boo Bash & Pumpkin Patch. We had a lot of fun playing games, decorating pumpkins and eating :0)

October 2010 Picture of the Month

October has brought some wonderful fall weather to us here in Texas. All is going well. Bailey and Jack are both doing great in school. They are both are looking forward to all the festivities this month has to offer. Today, we wnt to the Fall Festival at the May Center and had a wonderful time.

Pumpkin Bread

This month for HHE's Teacher Appreciation we made bread for all the teachers. I did an easy pumpkin bread. It is really a cake, but worked great in the loaf pans. Click here for the recipe. It is too easy not to try ;~)

Trick or Treat 2009

"Its dark. Can we go?!?" Here are Seth, Bailey and Jack as we head out to Trick or Treat.

Here are Jack, Seth, Bailey, Emma and Taylor along our candy route.
Cassey, Bailey and Emmerson pose for a picture. Jack is to excited to pose. There are more houses to visit.
Here is Bailey with her cauldron full of goodies.

Here is Jack's and Bailey's haul.

We had so much fun. Now for Bailey's home work. We need to count and make patterns with the candy.

Carving Jack-O-Lanterns

Carving Jack-Lanterns is part of our Halloween tradition.

This year we used Pumpkin Stencils to help us with the design. You select your stencil and tape it to your pumpkin. Then, used a pen to mark the outline.

Then for the fun part. Scooping out the pulp and seeds.

Here are the results. I think they turned out great!

Happy Halloween!