The Pumpkins

There are four of us in our family. We each got to carve a pumpkin tonight and let me just say, that big pumpkins take a long time. I was the first to finish mine, which is the smallest of the 4. Mine just has a face, but this year is the 1st year we did not use the pumpkin templates. We decided to stick with good old fashioned imagination!


This next one is my 13 year old's carving of a wolf with wings. It turned out absolutely amazing.


My 6 year old wanted a cat and then she wanted a bat. My husband carved the bat out, which turned out amazing.


After helping our youngest out with her pumpkin, my husband finally got to finish his. I think he likes being the last one to finish because he knows he is going to do a great job on his! LOL


And here is our family of pumpkins all lined up. I spray painted two clay pots black to use as pedastools for the two smaller pumpkins.

Wishing Star Farm (Pumpkin Patch)

Yesterday I took the girls to The Wishing Star Farm & Pumpkin Patch. My younger and I had a blast, while my 13 year old was bummed because she couldn't ride one of the BIG horses!! They had miniature horse rides, a hay ride, farm animals to feed, pumpkins, and the best of all was the Camel. He was so cool and when he ate out of mind hand, his lips were very soft.

The barn had pot belly pigs, sheep, goats, mini horse, a Painted and Appaloosa horses, donkeys, geese, chickens, ducks, llamas, and a mini cow.

Crystal was really excited about riding the ponies. Luckily she had a mellow pony, as the lead pony kept trying to nip the girl that was leading them!! LOL

Here is my 13 year old looking excited about being here!

This is Jim, he drove the tracker for the really cool hay ride. He even put some scare factor in the ride by going on a slight slope next to the small lake they had.

This is some scenery and a horse that ran off when we were about half way away from it. Oh yeah, who can forget the windblown post hay ride picture that the guy next to us would only take if I took one of his wife, child, and himself. I told him to "pass it on!". Which, he probably had no idea as to what it meant.

These are just some random pictures at the end. My camera went dead when I was ready to take pictures of the pumpkin choosing. This really bummed me out, because this is when my 13 year old finally woke up!!

FROM MY FAMILY TO YOURS: HAPPY HALLOWEEN AND A WISH FOR THE BIGGEST PUMPKIN TO COME INTO YOUR HOLIDAY!

My Halloween House

This is the video I am entering for the Good Morning America's "Home Is Where The Haunt Is" contest. We usually put up ALOT more lights, however, in lieu of increased prices and decreased income, we did not put up as many this year. I still have some more ideas but time is running out. Wish me luck!

My Little Kitty!

Well, times are tough and so is the money coming and going. This year I decided to make my girls their Halloween costumes since we are a little low on funds. My younger daughter was a princess last year and since I still had her costume, I decided to make her a CAT using pieces from it.

I have to say that I was really surprised after making the outfit how well it turned out. I used the sleeves from the old costume and sewed them onto a black leotard outfit. I used the fur collar, and the bottom of the dress, which had a wire.

The collar is pretty obvious, but, the tail was so cool when I finished. I cut the wire and then sewed the fur over so that it would look like a tail. Then I cut a hole in the black leotard and sewed the tail inside, just a little so as not to bother her, and presto-chango! We have what you see in the picture. I also cut some of the left over fur and made anklets that will fit right over her black tights.

I'm not sure what I was thinking, but when I was done, I felt like watching the Broadway video "Cats". LOL. Anyways, my youngest is so excited she can't wait to wear this outfit for Halloween. Stay tuned for the pictures of my oldest and her best friend in their totally HOT Kimonos.

Halloween Treats!

It's almost here, my favorite time of year. Halloween is just around the corner and if you haven't had a chance to check out the many wonderful items for sale on Etsy, now is the time. There are a few pages in the Halloween Gift Guide and I decided to pick some of the my favorites.

I love shadow puppets and orangemoontoys has a set of the perfect Halloween spooky shadow puppets. They come in just black or you can get a set that are colored.

Littledreamsbig has created the cutest little treat bags. They are made with various Halloween material and I just adore them. My favorite one is the one with BOO and ghosts.

I bet you never thought you see Argyle, skulls, and Halloween in the same sentence. This has to be the coolest little monster, created by PoisonedCreations, I have ever seen.

If I had a wish for some more Halloween decorations it would definitely be this cemetery display by crafterella. I really go all out and these would be perfect in my front window.

This psycho killer black and red Halloween wreath by dancingcircle would look awesome hanging on any door.