Lost in Halloween...

...and everything that comes with it! I feel like we've been doing a ton, but I keep forgetting to share.

This is what we've been up to.

Visits to pumpkin patches (Yes, plural). Why go just once when they are so much fun?

wearing Halloween colors all day, every day. Well, except while at home-at home we wear our costumes at all hours.

Get amazingly excited on dress-up day at pre-school. This day also marks the day
we get to wear our costumes during meal times, and out of the house. It's a big day in
the Fine family, as you can see by the above picture :)


watch "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" over and over and over.
Teach Kate to look in her Trick or Treat bag and say "I got a rock."

carve jack-o-lanterns.

be grossed out by pumpkin guts.

give our jack-o-lanterns hair (obviously)

Then we went to our now annual Halloween playdate.

Peter Pan!


and Tink!

loving the bounce house


have you ever seen a tiger, a pig, peter pan, Tinkerbell, Spiderman and 2 Firefighters all sharing
a meal peacefully before? Must be those chicken nuggets. Or the promise of cupcakes if they
clean their plates.

And finally, create and eat/drink as many pumpkin-y and halloween-y goodies as possible. On our list this month so far we have: pumpkin bread, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting, pumpkin beer, apple cider, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin and witch hat sandwiches, mummy juice boxes, mummy pizzas, and mummy hot dogs! We got a little greedy and ate most of these before we could take pictures, but I have some mummy ones to share. Everything we made was so easy and the kids LOVED it!

made with googly eyes and white electrical tape

made on whole wheat bread with pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese cut into strips and olives for eyes! toast the bread, assemble mummy and broil for 2 minutes.

It's safe to say that this family doesn't like Halloween. WE LOVE IT. It rivals Christmas. Seriously. Stay tuned for more costumed pictures from tonight. We are going for tricks or treats. Watch out, Ditchley Road!!!

Time flies when you're having fun..

October 17th, 1998 was the night of the Homecoming Dance in the Norfolk Academy Refectory.

**note: this is not the homecoming dance, or the NA Refectory! This is a picture from Jr Prom at Nauticus. If it had been the Homecoming Dance I would have most likely been in an oversized t-shirt tucked into jean shorts. Caught in a snapshot dancing to "Summer Nights" from Grease. Ooohhhhh, high school.

October 17th, 2011 I have 2 beautiful girls and have been married to my wonderful husband for 6 years! We will be enjoying a most romantic dinner at home, accompanied by an emotionally charged 3 year old and a 15 month old who would rather feed the dog than herself! Life is good :)

Blog Stalking.

I love Kellie Hampton. It's like she speaks my language! :)

http://www.kellehampton.com/2011/10/bringing-fall-hallmark.html

Enjoy.