Week In Review: October Edition

Starting October 1st, it's Halloween season in this house. 

Because there's just way too much fun Halloweenie shit to do to cram it all in one day. Or week. 

So here's what we did this week:

We did some decorating. (including my new Halloweenie nutcrackers that make me especially happy). The outside isn't done yet.

We made mini caramel apples using the ultra-small apples that Camden picked from the orchard last week. Perfect size for the kids, because who can eat an entire caramel apple?

Hint: I wouldn't recommend this. The caramel was hot, the kids were uncoordinated, and combining the two made hot caramel all over hands, shirts, tables, floors, dogs etc. Just don't. 

We also made apple dumplings, thanks to Pinterest. It involved wrapping peeled apple slices in crescent roll dough. Then pour a mixture of 1/2 cups sugar, 2 sticks butter, cinnamon and vanilla over the dumplings in a baking dish. THEN pour an entire can of Mountain Dew (of all damn things) over that. Bake. Die of happy fatness. 

Amazing triple bypass apple dumplings. Still bubbling out of the oven

 Tonight, we made some cute Halloween characters using a foam activity kit I bought at Michael's and added some stickers to make the craft last longer than ten minutes. The kids loved this and my $3 was well spent. 

Once craft session was over and my entire table was covered in a thin layer of Elmer's glue, we christened this year's Halloween pajamas and made Monster Munch. Monster Munch is a free for all of all the yummy bags of shit you can't help but buy this time of year. Candy corn, pumpkin spice M&Ms, those candy pumpkin things, ghost marshmallows (because you couldn't help but buy them, even though you had no idea what you would use them for) and of course Muddy Buddies. And whatever else you may or may not have. As long as it's Halloweenie themed. Mix. Serve. Watch as your kids stay awake for seven hours afterwards. I gave them each a smallish helping (okay, not so small. Let's be reasonable and make them sick. It's more fun that way) and we are finishing off the night watching Spookly the Square Pumpkin on Disney Junior. I voted for Texas Chainsaw Massacre but you know for some reason they vetoed me. 

Funny story about Calen's pajamas. In September he started asking, BEGGING, for skeleton pajamas. Randomly. Lucky for ME Halloween stuff was starting to come out. So I ordered their pajamas early. Then for bonus Mom points I found the skeleton beanie (and matching gloves) in the dollar bin at Target. I don't think Calen's ever been so happy over a pair of pajamas, and he's been wearing them almost nightly (when I'm on top of the laundry, anyways). Whatever makes him happy.

Monster Munch!!

Calen's beloved skeleton pajamas, and Cam's fake monster teeth pajamas are my personal all time favorite

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