All Hallows

Do you like their self-created Halloween decor on the door? Also last year's Christmas wreaths they made... they've been up all year.

We have Church late. 2-5pm. Blurg. Only one time have I had as horrible a time slot... that was freshman year at BYU... I think it's was 2:30pm. We are occasionally still late. You know, because we are awesome.

The girls were decked out in orange to celebrate Halloween. Me and hubby minus kids, wouldn't give a rat's-A about Halloween. Add kids into our lives, and all of a sudden I'm into it.



Here's some of our decor...



This hockey player who has left me for the World Series, did pause the game to take his girls trick-or-treating. Please let the Giants win the series tonight, just so I can have my man back.


My darling Alice in Wonderland requested I wear my Mrs. Potts costume I purchased back in '05 or '06... 20 bucks well spent.

The trick-or-treating kids loved me as Potts, and "oohed" and "ahhed"... and said "lucky!" and "you are the best mom ever" when they caught a glimpse of the trampoline in our living room. Kids are so easy to please. FYI, it was the teens/middle aged kids that loved the tramp! I am keeping that thing... until they leave for college.



My friend Sally got us the Mad Hatter cut out for the girls' birthday party...and he works well for Halloween too. Freaked a few kids out... which is the point of the silly celebration anyway.



See ya next year!

Witchy Cupcakes

Here are the cupcakes I made for the kid Halloween party my girls were invited to on Friday.

I didn't have time to do eyes, nose, hair... so they are my abstract witches? I like them better without the candies too...



Chocolate cupcake with raspberry filling, and peanut butter/cream cheese frosting. I found the cookies in the gourmet cookie aisle and I found the idea from the Food Network.

It was a graveyard smash...

Happy Gimme Gimme Candy day.

The night before the girls needed to wear their costumes to school... we did sponge curlers...and a spontaneous, fun-with-photos, before bed... I still can't get over how cute and how much personality they have. I love it.





The girls picked their own costumes, not from our princess costume box, this year... I am very crafty with a computer mouse. I showed them the Disney website and my 6YO picked Cinderella's bridal get-up, and my 4YO picked Alice in Wonderland.









I think my darling daughters are ... gorgeous...and goofy!




The girls both had a class Halloween shindig.






We went to hubby's annual trick-or-treating at the office. The folks there totally get all their cubes decked out and the kids rake in the goodies... by the time we left, both girls had their pumpkin buckets filled to the brim.

I love this lamp I saw in one of the cubes...but forgot to ask where she got it.

The twins' mom came up with these two adorable bathtubs... I love seeing creative costumes, since I have no skill in that arena.

Instead of the Church trunk-or-treat this year, the girls were invited to a their first Halloween party! They loved it, and hubby and I got to get away for a delicious Afghan dinner.

Now...all that's left is some trick-or-treating in the neighborhood.


Man... Halloween is exhausting.