Happy Halloween

I got all Betty Crocker-ish in honor of Halloween today.

 

Jack-o-lantern cheeseburgers

 

Mummy dogs

 

and chocolate covered yumminess !!

 

I probably should have spent my free time today folding the piles of laundry or paying the stacks of bills, but playing in the kitchen was so much more fun.

After dinner the kids couldn't wait to get their costumes on.

Maura was a Monster High character

{not sure which one...don't even know their names!}

 

And Audra was Anna from frozen...

because she loves Frozen,

but mostly because it was the warmest costume I could find!

She managed to keep the wig on just long enough for pictures, then she wanted nothing to do with it.

 

We went to the same neighboring neighborhood for trick or treating that we did last year.  With only 4 other houses on our road the fun wouldn't last very long.

 

The other neighborhood has plenty of the kids friends and all the houses really get into the Halloween spirit.  We made sure to plan our route so we made it the stretch of houses with hotdogs, soft pretzels, popcorn and hot chocolate first.  Then there was Maura's favorite...the "haunted house".

They set up canopy tents in their front yard to create a walk through experience.  Even Audra went through with her nurse!  At the end each kid is asked if they want a trick or a treat.  Those who ask for a treat get an A-Treat soda can!  And those, like Maura, who prefer a trick get to dig through "stuff" {dry rice and beans I think} for their prize...a full size candy bar.

 

Even Blitz got dressed up,

courtesy of a hand-me-down costume from Audra's nurse.