My Halloween Favorites

This was my newest Halloween favorite this year! I had ceramic pumpkins made with our last name and I had 3 little ones made for each of the kids. Even though at first I thought it was kind of hokey, I really liked it. I have found myself for the past few years feelings as though I wanted to do more with holiday decor, but I never did. I finally thought, a little at a time is what I am going to do. Last year I bought 3 black cloth bags and had the kids' names embroidered on them. Then, we helped them decorate their bag with fabric paint. When we pulled them out this year, the kids were so excited to see them. So, last year was the bags, this year is the pumpkins. A little at a time.....

I'm In!

I love this idea and I'm in! I'm wrapping up the evening, hanging out with the family on the couch and thinking about the weekend. We have friends visit so we went to Round Barn, where we got married and then came home and had dinner that's become my 'Halloween' weekend dinner tradition (last year Dave and Laura were in town and we had the same thing). Its a turkey-pumpkin version of goulash from Bon Appetite. Today we carved pumpkins and I made applesauce to freeze. The making of applesauce became 100x easier with a new gadget I borrowed from my boss - it may just be my favorite things this holiday season!

This made me wonder - what are my sister's favorite Halloween traditions??

No one else

There is no one else who understands me like my sisters.

No one else who makes me laugh as much.

No one else who truly gets me.

No one else who makes me feel free to be myself.

No one else who can get me out of my funks.

No one else who can call me out without making me feel judged.

No one else who makes me feel unconditionally loved and accepted.

and no one else I would do a blog with.

(although, no one else would have asked me to.)

attempt number 999...

I'm the girl that starts multiple blogs. I start them... and write once or twice... and then stop. I don't know if its just that I can't commit or if I get lazy, or if I just need a push to keep me going, but I don't want to not attempt to continue just for the fear of stopping, so I'm going to re-try. I figure I can try again with three of my favorite people (plus, if their peer pressure, sarcasm, bossy-ness can't keep me going, I figure nothing can!). So I'm opening this up to all of us and see if we can get this thing going. Love you!