Happy Halloween!

Its been a while since I have had both kiddos for myself all day long. No teaching, no grading papers, no babysitters, no school--just at home all day for halloween. We did lots of cooking, playing, decorating, and enjoyed making one big mess. What a blast!

We put a big bowl of candy on the front porch and took both kids on their first real trick-or-treating date. (It rained last year and it was 70 degrees the year before! )

Van loved ringing the doorbell and saying "hi," but was more interested in striking up a conversation than getting any candy. Instead he would ask: "okay if I come on in?" ... and proceed to walk past their candy bowl.

Van doesn't know a stranger.

The spirit caught me a little too much :) Happy Halloween!!

As if meatloaf isn't scary enough... we tried "mummy meatloaf"...despite the 'frightening' appearance it was actually delicious.



Oddly enough, adding "eyeballs" to food caught Van's interest. Perhaps this is the key to some culinary variety? :)

This might be our Christmas card. Love these sweet tarheels!