Happy Halloween!!

Link, the hero of time, getting ready to save Zelda and get some candy.
Haunter, a ghost type Pokemon. I have a feeling this mask will get played with a lot after Halloween. Maybe I should whip up a Pikachu one as well.
Matilda wanted to be really scary so she asked to be Frankenstein's monster. She thinks she looks super scary. I think she looks super cute.
And last, but not least, a fire-breathing dragon who didn't want me to take a picture of him! I guess he though he was so fierce that he would break the camera!
Here are the kids hanging out in the graveyard. One trick or treater asked if those were real graves. :)
And as a Halloween bonus, the cupcakes I made for a certain husband's 40th birthday. Recipe can be found here.

Boo!

Autumn...my favorite time of year! I love the cool breezes, the many pumpkin recipes, and of course Halloween!! Yesterday was September 30th, so we got busy making our first of many Halloween crafts. We started with jar-o-lanterns. (Thanks for the idea Kim!!) Here's how we did it...

First, I gathered all the unused ball jars leftover from my overambitious canning dreams. Then I gathered up some craft paint and brushes. The kids painted their jars (on the outside), then played Wii until the jars dried. After many turns at Wii Sports Resort, the faces were then painted on the jars.

The jar all the way to the left is Liam's (a boo from Mario), then Jack's ghost and Matilda's pumpkin. She directed me as I painted the face. The final three are mine. This was a super fun and easy craft for the kids. Now onto making some tombstones!!

And one more thing, it rained last week!!!! As you can tell, we had fun playing in it.