Bonfires, Boos and Kats…..

What a positively Halloweeny few days. We love Halloween around here. Now, living in the same house I grew up in, it holds so many memories that I can share with Kei.† We love to decorate inside and outside.

Ahhh Halloween

We went to my brother’s house Saturday night for a bonfire.†† Kei and I brought acorn snacks we got from Phyllis’s site.† While Kei was making them Nomad was waiting to clean up the messes!† Yes he has an apron on.† What??† Don’t your pets wear aprons while cooking?

Nomad with his apron
Snacks!

We had such a good time. †We toasted and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows.† He had a dry ice cauldron bubbling and the makings for S’mores! It was really chilly outside so the fire felt great!

Bonfire

Eddie had bought pumpkins for Kei and Katherine to carve.† Seth bailed on us and went to the Auburn game!† Kei was so proud of her Dragon Pumpkin.† While they were carving Eddie, Heather and I watched “Walking Dead”.† We LOVE that series.† It is about zombies. †

About to begin
Dragon Pumpkin

It was a great night with family.

Monday was Halloween and we had so much to do!† We were having our friends over to eat and then go trick or treating, then come back here.† I made Taco Soup, which is something you MUST try if you haven’t.† I used turkey because several of our friends do not eat red meat.† I follow the linked recipe almost exactly except we don’t use olives.† It was so good.† I make it in the crock pot and it cooks all day. †

Then Kei and I got ready for our Halloween adventures.† She was going to be Katniss Everdeen from “The Hunger Games” so I decided to be a cat.† Get it?† Cat and Kat? :)† We had been working on her costume for a few days and thought it turned out really well.† We spray painted the bow silver, made a quiver out of leather and made a pouch for her belt and even put berries in it.† [For those of you who have read the book]† She wore a black one piece suit, a black sweater we bought at a thrift shop and cut the sleeves out of, a brown leather belt with fringe and brown boots.† She had leather wrapped all over her wrists and her hair in a side braid and wrapped with leather.† We put dark eyeshadow on her face for bruises and ‘blood’ by her ear for her injury in the arena.† She looked so cool!

Katniss Everdeen
Katniss ready for the games
I love this picture
Homemade Quiver
Ready, Set, FIRE!

And the Mommy CAT

Mommy Cat

We had the house semi cleaned, candles lit everywhere, pumpkin smells wafting all around the house.† The Taco Soup was in the pot, Kei had made cookies, chips, sour cream, cheese and drinks were ready to go.† And of course Nomad was dressed in his Halloween finery.

Darth Vader Doggie

We had such a blast.† There was laughter and food and talking and kids everywhere.† Then we all went trick or treating and there were HUGE numbers of people out.† They even had the police and a firetruck to make sure everything went smoothly.† We take our Halloween seriously here!

Loved this house

Photo by Esther Crawford because my picture of the kids was horrible!

The kids

After loading up with candy and fun, we headed back over here where more food was consumed.† Trick or Treating is hungry work!† The kids all did their annual ‘candy trading’.† I think they like this part more than the collecting.

Candy Trading

It was a great night.† And here it is November 1st!† I can’t wait to see what amazing things await us this month.

Hope everyone’s October was as lovely as ours.

Homeschooling Rocks!

Karen

Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.† ~Steve Almond

I don’t know that there are real ghosts and goblins, but there are always more trick-or-treaters than neighborhood kids.† ~Robert Brault

 

 

8 thoughts on “Bonfires, Boos and Kats…..”

  1. What a fun night! Love the acorn snacks and the picture of your aproned dog patiently waiting for someone to drop a bite of food on the floor:) Your costumes were great!!

    Taco soup is a fall and winter favorite around here! The recipe I use is slightly different…never thought about putting black olives in it. I may have to make some this week!

  2. Looks like such a fun Halloween, Karen. I love Kei’s costume. I haven’t read the books, but Jason did and loved them. I love your costume too and the Taco Soup looks very interesting!

  3. Costumes look great! And I love the dragon pumpkin! Awesome!
    We don’t carve anymore. ::sigh::

    I will have to wait for grandchildren, I think.
    My kids are sort of… meh about the whole thing.

    Ever stop to realize that the life you’re enjoying so much is SUPPOSED to be enjoyed? I know that doesn’t make sense, let me see here… You have a knack for appreciating the good stuff as it happens rather than looking back in 10 years and going, oh, gosh, that was great, I wish I’d known.

    🙂

  4. So I think that we will have to pick a date to see the movie. Then the next day we have to call each other for the critique. I am dying to know how this book will translate into a movie. The three books kept me captivated for a week. I read until the wee hours of the morning. Then I had nightmares. I don’t know if I want to see children hurting children but I know I have to see this movie.

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