Happy Halloween

 

Trick or Treat

 

Thankful Thursday: October 31, 2024

I Am Thankful For:

Getting some rest

White cheddar popcorn

Realizing something you have been looking forward to is getting close

Having dinner dropped off

Lazy Sunday

Starting to feel a little bit like myself

Texting with my cousin

First trip out of the house since surgery

A good post-op checkup

Plans made

Stopping for breakfast

Early voting

Conversations with neighbors 

Little Pumpkin hats

Picture October: Day 29

Yep... I have missed the past 5 days in the whole "Picture October" plan.  Oops.  Sometimes life gets in the way. So, perhaps we could just pretend like that never happened. Pretend that there were awesome, smile inspiring pictures posted for those days.  And let's move on.  Shall we?  Great!

Halloween Carnival at our local park

Bumble Bee Hat

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One Little Monkey, Up In A Tree

The grand baby was a little monkey for his first halloween.  Just about the cutest little monkey I ever saw!

Grand baby was a monkey. Mommy dressed up as his tree.

He played some carnival games.  Sorta.

Met a scarecrow.

Climbed a lollipop tree.  (look! you can see his little monkey tail!)

Enjoyed the hayride with his uncle

And with mommy

A ride in the cow train.

Happy Halloween!

Baby Pumpkins

The grand baby carves his first jack o' lantern!

This is gonna be fun!

Hmmm... what's in here?

ewwwwww!!!!

This does NOT taste like Oma's pumpkin muffins!

Squishy pumpkin guts... Hey - this IS fun!

Don't look yet!

2 little punkins!

Queen B's Halloween Sale

Queen B's Busy Work is having a HALLOWEEN SALE:

October 26 - November 1 !!

 

Use Coupon Code HALLOWEENQUEEN for 20% Off your order!

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A Haunting We Will Go!

Vampires, zombies, and witches... oh MY! 

Trick or Treat time in our home is an adventure.  Even the grown ups play along!!

This year we had a little vampire, Alice in Wonderland, and a zombie. Escorting them through the neighborhoods were a vampy witch, a pirate wench, a pregnant hippie, and... well... I'm not sure what to call him.

Oh yes... Eat your heart out, ladies!  He's all mine! 

It's The Great Pumpkin!

 

Last night was Jack o'Lantern carving time in our home.

Each kid (the Princess, the Little Man, and the Nieces) gets a pumpkin.  This process is interesting enough to watch on its own.  Will the pumpkin be picked for its roundness?  Having a unique shape?  Flawless flesh?  Because of the size?  Each child has his or her own criteria for the perfect jack o'lantern pumpkin.

The next step of course involves choosing just the right design for each jack o'lantern.  Silly or Scary?  This might be determined quickly.  Or it might involve great amounts of time pouring over jack o'lantern templates online to find just what fits the mood one is seeking for this year's creation. 

Then the fun really begins... 
The scoring of the design into the pumpkin flesh. 
Opening it up, and diving elbow deep into the heart of the pumpkin. 
Scooping out the strong smelling, stringy, slimy guts. 
And separating out all the seeds for roasting. 
Carefully cutting out the design.

And then finally... Finally... the moment of truth.  Carrying the finished product outside into the dark night and lighting the candle to reveal your finished Jack o'Lantern.

I'm Dreaming of a Reese's Halloween

If you know me personally, you know I am a big admirer of the Reese's peanut butter cup.  OK... to be honest - saying I'm a "big admirer" may be more than a little bit of an understatement.  

But even better than the original Reese's cup are a few of its off-spring.  There is that tasty treat which I believe is the resulting love child of a mating between the Reese's Cup and a Snickers bar - the Nutrageous.  Chocolate, peanut butter, caramel, peanuts.  A sweet little taste of complete deliciousness.  Mmmmmm

And then there is that Reese's miracle that only shows up at this time of year... 

The Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkin!

Oh sweet Halloween!!!  Of all the candies weighing down the shelves at the stores - this has to be the best.  It has that perfect ratio of chocolate to that Reese's peanut butter.  It's cleverly available for a limited time, meaning I must get my fix while I can.  They are irresistible to me.

Or, it was.  This year there is "The Rash"  And along with that rash comes the suspicion that peanuts may be the culprit behind its appearance.  The last time I had a major outbreak I had eaten a peanut butter sandwich earlier in the day.  And the last time I allowed myself a few bites of that tempting little confection shown above - I got a small patch of the rash around my eye.

This likely means the end of my relationship with the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.  And all it's delightful little spin off treats as well. 

Si i i i i i igh....