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Halloween Treats
We’ve been busy the past few afternoons…
Halloween cookies (recipe here and I don’t really think you can call them “low fat”!)
We had trouble agreeing on what treats to bring to school so we decided on two: a cookie treat and a healthy snack.
Although with Ritz crackers and Jif peanut butter, I think I’m pushing the limits on “healthy.” :)
They worked diligently.
Happy Halloween K and 2nd grades! :)
(this is just one tray of several!)
A Halloween Weekend
Apparently there is a storm coming. A storm of such great enormity they are calling it a mega storm or a “frankenstorm.” A hurricane from the south, a winter storm from the west, a cold front from the north, and high tide on the east. All of New England has declared a state of emergency and the states around us have practically shut down already. Apparently we in the mountains are keeping the faith though!
Anyway, the reason I’m talking about the weather here is that it occurred to me on Friday night that I have put a lot of work into Halloween costumes this year and odds are pretty good Halloween will be washed away in the storm. Darn weather! While normally we are lazy on the weekends, I thought this weekend we should get some Halloween-y activities in, just in case the actual holiday is cancelled. The kids eagerly agreed!
Saturday morning we went to the library where they were doing pumpkin carving and Halloween craft projects. We brought our own pumpkins and had a lot of fun! Eve met a few kids from her class and even a girl from her old school. I made new friends, and Lex made an awesome treat bag that coordinates with his Lego costume.
My rule is they can get any pumpkin they can carry.
This pictures makes it look like they did the work, but in reality about two minutes after I snapped the picture they were both asking me to finish their pumpkins while they skipped over to other projects. Fortunately I had a few other mothers around to chat with while carving. :)
Jack-O-Lanterns!
There were several projects to choose from, but both kids spent all of their time making treat bags. Lex’s has a Lego man on the front and Lego decorations and lettering around the rest of the bag.
Happy kids. :)
I was going to stop at a Cookies for Cancer bake sale (somewhat) on the way home, but we spent so much time at the library that we were all tired and hungry by the end, so we headed straight home for lunch and quiet time. After that we went to Grandma’s to help celebrate her birthday!
Happy Halloween!
Today was a beautiful day so we went to a Halloween party at Billings Farm, an old-timey place with farm animals and old-timey activities. I am generally bored stiff there (shhh… don’t tell) but the kids always have fun! They wore their costumes… for a few minutes!
I had big plans for her wings, but apparently she did too! I let her do it her way and they came out lovely.
Lego Lex and Butterfly Eve
I love how this turned out! It is cumbersome and uncomfortable, but it looks awesome! :) He got lots of compliments.
Guess what we found first thing?! Legos! They had a bunch of orange Legos and instructions to make a pumpkin. We hung out here for a few minutes, but fortunately there were other neat things to distract them and help us move along.
This picture makes me laugh. One of the ribbons on Eve’s wings broke so I was carrying them in one hand and Lex’s Lego head in a bag. :)
Sheep and Legos.
The horse’s fence is broken and Eve thought she would try to lift it back into place. She worked hard getting it up and then, just as she was about to try to put it in the hole, the horse came over and she JUMPED! Dropping the railing and covering about three feet back in an instant.
Lex was feeling brave and gently pet the horse. He decided that if it were his he would name it Midnight. Most of the other animals had names (on their stalls or on tags around their necks).
It wasn’t long before the costumes ended up in a discard pile while the kids moved about more freely.
Making apple cider.
Donuts on a string.
Surrounded by donuts on strings, like a dream for a child. :)
They donned the costumes again for a parade around the green. It was a slow and bumbling event as both kids tend to walk close to one another (and to me) and both kids were rather large and awkward in their cardboard costumes. :)
Lex can’t see very well, or hear very well I suspect.
Snack break! The apple only lasted a few minutes before he was asking for his cracker snack.
Eve looking contemplative while munching on pretzels.
After depositing the costumes in the car and having a quick snack we went back for more fun. Halloween stories read while sitting on hay bales, making pumpkin ice cream, chatting with friends, etc. The kids wanted ice cream but it was nowhere near ready, then then wanted another donut on a string but the lady said no, so I told them it was time to go get some real food. We stopped for pizza on the way home. That counts as “real food,” right?!? Barely.
Someone is getting post cards in the mail this week!
We got home for quiet-time at 3pm. Afterwards we went around the house and “battened down the hatches,” while Alan worked busily all day to finish the mudroom and get my car back in the garage!! (like how I save the best for last?!)
So, depending on what Hurricane Sandy decides to dump on us, you may or may not see more Halloween pictures.
Lego quote
“Anything can happen when you’re inside a Lego head,” said Lex while his real head bounced around inside a giant Lego head.
Halloween boxes
That futon delivery came just in time!
Halloween begins… P2
The beginnings of Lex’s costume. Can you guess?
Halloween begins
Halloween constume construction began today. Can you guess what Eve is going to be? :)
Halloween Craft
Another idea from Pinterest, with our own spin, of course. A crafty afternoon that started with making a Halloween decoration and ended with getting out all of last year’s homemade decorations. Now we have a lovely decorated Halloween home.
My idea for a decoration was the white ghosty hands, like mine in the middle. The kids thought black with white crayon would be more scary. Eve’s handprints (just left of mine and far right) remind me of Badly Drawn Dog. :) Lex had the idea for the BOOs.
Lex decided the ghosts should be haunting a pumpkin patch. It’s hard to see in the pictures, but there is a row of orange pumpkins on the bottom part, courtesy of Lex.
Then some decorating… and out came the hat and teeth from years past (I’m gonna be lazy and not link to years past though because it’s late and I’m tired).
She can stick her tongue out even with fake teeth in her mouth!
Oh, actually our afternoon also included getting out the winter gear and sorting through it to see what we need. It sounds early, I know, but it is getting chilly on those bike/walk to school mornings!
Trying on the winter gear.
Eve decided to pretend the leaves were snow and went out to “play in the snow!”
Lex wanted nothing to do with pretend snow, but he was happy to smile for me. That’s all I ever want. :)
Halloween Fun – 2011
Halloween is here again! There are tons of Halloween activities in our area. You could be Halloweening from Thursday-Monday, with multiple activities each day. You could, but we weren’t, of course! This year we went to a Halloween party at Eve’s school yesterday and trick-or-treating today. That’s enough for this family.
The PTO at Eve’s school held a great Halloween party. They had lots of goodies and games and arts & crafts and tons of fun things to do. It was Sunday, mid-afternoon, and almost all of Eve’s class attended. We had a lot of fun.
Astronaut Lex. Princess Eve would not pose.
As I said, she did not want to pose. Despite his best efforts. (Check out his teeth, by the way. Those front two on top are sticking so far out. Both are loose, but one is super loose. It almost looks like he's lost a tooth but really the wiggly ones are just moving sideways. Funny!)
First things first, a plate full of goodies. The the little bee in the middle is Eve's friend.
Then we made some paper plate bats. It was a fun project. Lex also made a spider, but I don't seem to have a picture of that.
Lex likes craft projects. He worked hard on his bat and spider.
Eve got a butterfly painted on her face.
Proud boy with a black bat.
They had a huge piece of paper up and they were asking everyone to sign it.
Lex worked hard on this too.
While Lex concentrated on just a few projects, Eve tried her hand at everything, including painting blue frosting onto nondescript sugar cookie shapes. She took one bite and left the rest on the table. :)
Don't all princesses eat powdered donuts off strings? (there were a lot of princesses at the party!)
We ended the afternoon with some pumpkin bowling.
Tonight, after force feeding the children a healthy(ish) dinner, they donned the costumes again for some chilly trick-or-treating. They were both SUPER excited for it this year!
Laying out the costumes
Halloween - 2011 (Posing for the camera was a requirement for trick-or-treating. Eve obeyed.)
Alan went trick-or-treating with them. He was dressed as Johnny Bravo, but I think he looks more like the terminator in this picture :) Alan's bare arms and Lex's helment didn't last long!
A Lego pirate! :)
The loot!
We all dug in! :)
They lasted for about a half hour before coming home. I think they had almost as much fun at home, watching for trick-or-treaters.
Eve loved doling out candy to the trick-or-treaters. This guy took off his mask and started chatting with Lex. I guess they go to school together.
Do you like my costume?! :)
Now it is late, my house is asleep, and I am chilly and eating candy. I think I need to go to bed. Happy Halloween!! Tomorrow starts my favorite month (if only it was warmer!) and swimming lessons. Busy, busy. Good thing we have plenty of candy to help us power through!
Jack-o-lanterns!
We carved pumpkins today. I almost skipped it altogether. The kids mentioned it once or twice over the past week or so and I promised we’d do it… but I almost “forgot” because it’s not my favorite activity. It went well enough today though. The kids drew faces, I cut and carved. They somewhat helped with the gutting process, but they were both pretty uninterested in cold, orange, squishy guts. Eve did what she could. Lex moved on to other things pretty quickly and left me to finish up his. :)
Doesn't she look thrilled? :)
Lex is not much for touching wet, squishy things. He never has been.
Pumpkin heads! (what, doesn't everyone take pictures of their kids under the table?)
We closed the shades and turned off the light and tried to make it dark :)
They both wanted their pumpkins to have hair. I did my best.
Two little pumpkins sitting on the table...
We put them on the porch, but I have to remember to bring them in tonight. We’re supposed to get 4″+ inches of snow tonight!