Halloween Heyday!

It's that time again! Yes, time for the Halloween Musicale! Isaac and James were here watching the Gator game with Dad in the family room. One of my boys (grade 2) is a huge Gator fan, so he spent a lot of his time yelling at the TV with the men. :) Too cute!

Tori and Caroline (Tali's sisters!) helped me with my 80s costume! Watch out, OGC. I think I may wear my hair like this to church tomorrow!

Emma, her cousin, and Regan came early and helped me set up and bake some goodies. They also loaned me some cool props! Thanks, girlies!

Can you say hair?

I gave all the treats spooky names.

The butterbeer was soooo sweet looking/smelling that I didn't even try it! (It was chilling in the fridge when this photo was taken.)

Ms. Williams and me with her witch! I transported her in my little two-door yesterday. She stretched from the trunk through the back seat, and her head came through to the front. Too funny! Thankfully I remembered to turn off the cackling before driving home.

The whole gang! Those are some legit costumes!

Concert time! All the kids played wonderfully!

We played a duet to end the program. I love the look on the girl's face in the bottom left corner. So priceless!

Enjoying their munchies!

Annnnnd a few pics with some of my students!

Such a fun day from start to finish!!

Laos-Bound!

In the middle of the semester right now, just trying to push through.

The morning after finals I'm hopping on a plane and going to visit my sister!

Yes, in LAOS! This has certainly been my year for traveling the globe! I'm stoked!

Monsters in Your Freezer

I'm freaking out! Yesterday I played hooky from school, baked, spent time with friends, watched movies, and listened to the rain fall all day.

My kids' Halloween Recital is at the end of the month, and so I took this opportunity to try out some spooky goodies.

First I made this yummy bean salad! Mmmm. I ate it for dinner, too.

Then the party started.

Every good party involves a big mess.

o_O

I found these cute recipes at Better Homes and Gardens. We copied some of their designs and invented others.

Here Ty is showing me pictures of a truck he worked on. I saw this photo of us and thought my hair was getting long, but then we watched Tangled...

Here are some of our creations. Carissa and Ty were laughing at me, because I had a whole photo shoot with each monster. They're just sooo cute! :D

And let's not forget the mice! (Made from a chocolate-dipped cherry, fruit leather, almond slivers, and a Hershey Kiss.)

"It's Mike Wazowski!"

The damage.

Ty said his apartment had never been so messy. I took that as a compliment, and I think he meant it as one, too. The monsters stayed overnight in his freezer. So much for the closet...