I love Halloween but man, I'm always so exhausted afterward!
Late night on the 30th finishing up costumes, getting things ready for class parties, making treats, whew...
And what's great about when it's all over...there's still the Thanksgiving & Christmas seasons to look forward to!
I didn't get any decorating done (boo!) but I did manage to get my Jack Skellington cupcakes made. I used my favorite cake & frosting recipe along with Wilton black icing (which, as far as black icings go, tasted pretty good). I was not about to try & make black icing...I end up putting so much coloring in it that it tastes nasty :( To make the smaller lines I actually piped some into a ziploc baggie & snipped a corner off.
In hindsight I should probably have not put Ben's pumpkin in the porch...2 days in the sun and the small parts in his design dried up. Oh well...
For my kids' parties at school Addie & I dressed up as Dorothy & the scarecrow (her costume from last year). She loved my makeup :)
After school it was time to get ready for trick or treating!!
This year we had Katniss Everdeen (after the games :) ), a zombie Jedi, Jessie, Rick Grimes & a walker.
Addie had so much fun trick or treating. I love this age...the age when they really start to figure out what Halloween is all about :)
Every house she went to she kept saying over and over again "Di Dou!!" (thank you), "I see you! Bye!!"
Oh man, so stinkin' cute!
And now...time to start getting ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas!!!
