Halloween

Our October has been a long and joyous one.  Our family really gets into Halloween, as you may have gathered from some previous posts.  This weekend, we did a wee bit of trick or treating. 

Munch is probably on her fifth costume here - a 50's girl.  This year she has been the princess Buttercup, a lion, a fairy, and Ginny Weasly.  I love how she pieces together her own costumes out of our dress-up stash.  Every once in a while, I make an integral piece of her costume.  Sweetpea is a woodland fairy, and has been fairly consistent with that one.  (Except for the time we forced her to be a Rodent Of Unusual Size.)

Boy was Fessik for a bit, then switched over to a pirate.

Love the rain boots...

Arrrr, maties!

Witch's Brew

I have been away.  First I went on my sister's trip to the wonderful world of Harry Potter down in Orlando, FL.  (We had a stupendous time, by the way!!!!!!)  When I got home, I had 2 days to prepare for our trip to beautiful Cook Forest in Pennsylvania.  We had a great time there too (pics to come later).

While I was away having a great time with my sisters in a Harry Potter dream world (yes, I am a tremendous HP fan), Nick and the kids brewed up all kinds of mischief.

Without me there to stop them, the four of them decorated the house with Halloween decorations.  That meant our holiday cauldrons (not to be confused with our everyday cauldrons) came out of storage.  And what else do you do with the holiday cauldrons?!?!?  You make witch's brew, of course.

Special ingredients were acquired.

Nothing but the organic best for our little witches.

The ingredients were carefully measured.

And mixed.

Other secret ingredients were added according to the whim of the witches.

YIKES!!!!  An intruder!!!!  Be gone!  Or you will be pricked with this poisonous spear...

The potions were carefully stirred and watched over all weekend.

Finally, everything was ready.

Would you like a taste?

A Few Halloween Party Pictures...

We had beautiful weather for our halloween party on Saturday!!  Daytime temps were in the 70s, while the early nighttime temps were in the 50s.  Here are a few pictures that Nick took that night and during the cleanup the next day.

Welcome!