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    Happy Halloween is Over!

    Nov 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment

    Did you miss me? I knew October was going to get crazy and something was going to have to go. And the winner (or was it loser?) was this blog. I had a bunch of ideas throughout the month, but there never seemed to be time to sit down and write.

    Besides my usual keeping up with the kid and the house and the yard and volunteering at the school twice a week and everything else I do that manages to keep me busy, I spent quite a bit of time doing back end "stuff" on That Recipe. Plus plenty of cooking and baking and blogging.

    Baking recipes like this Pumpkin Spice Cake with Caramel Pecan Glaze. I'd never made caramel from scratch before, it was fun and oh so delicious! You can use a store bought sauce if you are intimidated, but the sauce was actually easy to make. The cake was a treat for the teachers at J's school to help them through Parent Teacher Conferences. They loved it! Rumor has it that at least one person *cough* the principal *cough* snuck a few extra slices to take home to "his kids".

    And then there was all of the Halloween related activities...

    like decorating...

    Mummy light, wrap a jar with cheese cloth, gauze or streamers,
    add google eyes, put battery operated candle inside.
    I traced his hands on a meat tray and cut it out then he decorated.

     We hung the spider lights from the tree to the web over the
    walkway to the front door this year.
     
    
    The tree is the purple on the right and the spider lights arch from it to the porch.
     
    
    Our new addition to the decorations this year was a pair of glowing eyes in the upstairs window
     - the kids in the neighborhood loved it - no one was scared.
    They even reminded me to plug them in if I forgot.
    I am proud of this photo in particular, because it was chosen out of thousands of other photos for an FMS Photo a Day Fab Four. Yeah me! I get nothing for it except to say it was chosen.

    And I had to make the Halloween costumes...

    Simple sewing on store bought sweats - I can handle this.
     
    Geo from Team Umizoomi.
    The Shape Belt was a beast but I did it (completed version below)!
     
     Geo's sister Milli (Dad went as Bot, their friendly robot, but I didn't get a picture)

    And then there was the actual day of Halloween...

    Breakfast! (all ideas courtesy of Pinterest and easy to make)

    How cute are these Oreo spiders they made at school for "Spider Day" yesterday?
    His got a tad squished on the way home.
     
    My masterpieces! Super Mario and a Mini Boo! 
     
     

     

     Garlic Parmesan Pumpkin Seeds... What is this "share" you speak of?

    Mommy finally let him get in his costume to go trick or treating, but first some pictures.

    Eight houses and he was done! Life on the Spectrum can be great sometimes.
    Here is his little stash that he was perfectly happy with.
    Yes, I noticed he opened the M&Ms before I could check everything.
    Luckily I knew each and every person we got candy from so I didn't really bother to inspect.

    "Mommy, no more pictures!"

    And now on to November.

    Actually we put up the November calendar numbers before we went trick or treating so I could stall a little to let it get dark, hence the 31 had to stay up until this morning, when it was immediately handed to me when we came downstairs.

    He wanted an ABCD pattern for the calendar so I had to make the number cover ups. Design, print, cut, glue on card stock and cover with packing tape. And did I even get a thank you? Nope! Ha ha!
     

    I already have a Pinterest Board started for Thanksgiving. You might want to follow along if you aren't already following That Recipe, because I will have plenty more coming once I get out of this sugar coma. I'll also be blogging everyday in November as part of NaBloPoMo, either here or on That Recipe, so be sure to stay tuned for more fun and craziness, and hopefully lots of great recipes.

    

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