Ready to Trick or Treat

We were finally ready to trick or treat. Once the kids came home from school they headed straight to the backporch with Daddy to carve their pumpkins....they both got to pick out what design they wanted from the carving books and help as much as they could! After we ate and got into costume then it was time for goodies from Nana & Papa. They give the kids a pail of candies, etc. every year and the grandkids look forward to it! After that we all went out with a couple neighborhood kids to trick or treat. My dad stayed back and passed out candy last year so Shane said he would trade off this year and pass out the candy. So the rest of us headed out- we were only gone for a little over an hour and the kids' buckets were full and running over and they were worn out!! We walked just about the whole neighborhood so by the time we got back and out of the costumes they were out! What a fun night!

Shane & Rylee carving the pumpkins

Tyler cleaning out his pumpkin- EWW!

Some of my kitchen decorations

I love my halloween tree!

All the kiddies patiently waiting

Nana passing out all the goodies

Rylee & Tyler ready for some candy

All the kiddies ready to go trick or treating

Shane staying back to pass out the candy

Spooky Halloween Dinner

Today is Halloween and we have a whole day planned out! Shane had the day off work and my parents were off work so they came over and spent the whole day with us. We went to the kids school to watch the storybook parade and then we went out to eat for breakfast. It was so nice to get to have some time with them without the kids and actually have some conversation. Then it was back to the house to get ready for that night. My mom and I baked all day and worked on all the food I had planned. I had worked on this menu for a couple of weeks trying to narrow down my recipes and decide what we would have. We always just have my parents and my brother and his family over to trick or treat every year and so I decided to do a spooky halloween themed dinner this time. We made several desserts and a couple of appetizers and also had some pulled pork for the main course. This was so much fun working all day in the kitchen with my mom and it was a big hit with the kids too!!

Our Spooky dinner finally done!

Frankenstein, eyeball & skeleton cupcakes

Coffin Sandwiches

Spider Brownie dessert

Spooky finger food dip!

Mummy Dogs

Storybook parade

On halloween day the kids school had a storybook parade. Each student is allowed to dress up for the parade in the morning but they have to be a storybook character and nothing scary! I guess this is their way of letting the kids dress up for halloween! So Rylee was a witch and she actually found a really cute book from the school library and checked it out to use (even though I had already bought a book!) Tyler was a spider- we were supposed to have Ry dress up as little miss muffet which would have been really cute but she decided that wasnt a good idea either- so opinionated these days! But we were still able to get Tyler a cute book to do with his spider costume and we gave him the option of getting another costume for trick or treating but he like his spider so it was no big deal to me- even though Dad didnt really like it....so I guess next year we will have to make up for it and be something really scary!! Great!! LOL! Anyway, these are a couple of cute shots I took while watching the parade!

Rylee & Sommer waiting for the parade to start!

Tyler with his class ready to march in the Storybook parade!

!!Thursday night downtown Auburndale trick or treating!!

Thursday night is the annual downtown trick or treat trail in Auburndale. My parents decided to invite all of my friends and their kids over for some chili & grilled hot dogs.... my parents just love having all the people over and seeing the kids in their cute costumes....I am so fortunate to have parents that live close and are willing to do something like that for me & my friends.....we probably had close to 40 people there! They also made all the kids goodie bags which I thought was soo sweet! It was also so nice to be able to get together with everyone and get some cute pics of all the kids!

All the kiddies ready to go trick or treating!

Christa & Chloe the Cutest Cowgirl ever!

Tyler & Randy- Spider & the Joker!

All the girls- Marissa, Katie, Lexi & Rylee

Wednesday Fall Fest at church!!

Our church has a Fall fest for the kids every year- they have such a blast! Danielle brought her kids and Reagan also hung out with us for the night!! They has a lot of fun!!

Caiden, Reagan & Rylee waiting for the

horse rides!

Me & Shane snuggling up- it was sooo cold!

-Rylee getting her face painted!

Pumpkin Patch with Nana & Papa

This week we have a lot of activities going on so I am going to be posting a lot day by day day to get it all in! Today, is Monday and we went to the pumpkin patch with my parents. Every year they take the grandkids there to get a pumpkin and come back home for dinner, dessert and decorating! After the pumpkins are dry they leave them out on the front porch for everyone to see- the kids love it!!Jack o lantern sandwiches before we head out!
Tyler & Kaleb picked out their pumpkins
Rylee & Katie wanted the white ones this year!