Happy Fall Y'All

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We love this time of year. The leaves change, the heat disappears (not yet, but soon right?), our electric bill is cut in half, the colors are gorgeous, the calendar gets filled with fun activities, and most of all we get to dress up in silly costumes and hound the neighborhood families for lots of good candy! What could be better? I know most of you are saying Christmas, right? I like that holiday too, just not as much (maybe it's the red and green thing)!

We opened the start of this exciting month with a night/weekly kids reading time with the latest from the Magic Tree House series called Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve. We also love reading the kids to bed at night, and the new book is an extra treat. I am sure we will pull out the Scared Silly Scholastic Reader for a few quick reads during the week. It is sure to make the kids gasp and giggle. Mark even stocked up our queue at Netflicks with some hair raising, sleep at the end of mamma's bed, kids movies. One T.V. channel begins to air scary movies for adults on the 19th and lasts till Halloween. I know we have plans to tape (no, we don't have TEVO) nearly all of them! The fall activities for this month include a weenie roast this Saturday (complete with hay ride), Boo at the Zoo, Pumpkin Patch, and Trick or Treating!

I decided to have holiday fun with their lunches early. I bought a cute little recipe book at the Wally that features several creepy, toe curling treats.
On the menu tomorrow:
Person Pumpkin Face Pizza (pictured left is "scream" pizza)
Cinnamon Crisps (shapes of pumpkins and witches)
Apple Sauce
Candy Corn (Mark's favorite holiday treat).

Comments

K.T. is Mommatude said…
We love October too!We try to treat the kids to some activity related to the season.The first week,I made a pumpkin pie-which the kids did not like.We had planned on going to boo at the zoo but cannot..:(-We have figured out recently that soccer is too much for us this year and seems to be taking away from any and everthing else.....So maybe no pumpkin patch this year either...again :(,Those pizzas are too cute!
3:20 PM
Sugar-n-Spice said…
i was just commenting on mark's blog about how do you guys' find the time? you must NEVER sleep! how cute, and i know your kids will remember these things fondly!
7:34 AM
Mandy said…
Oh I love the lunch box menu!! Way cute! October is great.. we bought the kids' costumes yesterday.. I'll be posting a pic of them on my blogg in the next few days. :) Madison is a fairy princess (of course! lol) and Carter is Dash from The Incredibles (his fav. movie!) I'm really excited about decorating pumpkins soon!
10:26 AM
Lou Arnold said…
Being pregnant, that picture almost made me run to the bathroom. I finally figured out what they were and everything is ok now. That are so cute.
5:59 PM
Kristy said…
call me. ladies Bible study has been moved to a new day this week! weigh in is Wednesday...get ready, girl!
11:38 AM
Mandy said…
Hey.. when you see this.. read my blog! :) Great news awaits!!
11:25 AM
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