Halloween 2016
We were down to two trick-or-treaters this year. Lucy held on to an idea I had a while back to be Lea the American Girl Doll. I was trying to…
Halloween prep and thoughts
The beginning of this week seemed to crawl like a snail and now suddenly it’s Friday? How did that happen? And somehow it just suddenly turned into October 28th? IT…
Halloween 2015
Just as I was starting to feel a little bit nostalgic on Halloween about the good old days when I could take a picture of all my kids together before…
pumpkin carving FHE and a sneak peek to Halloween
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. For me it all begins with pumpkin carving. Why do I love this tradition so darn much? Maybe it’s just…
Happy Halloween 2014
I think Claire’s biggest worry about coming to China was missing Halloween. I mean, what ten-year-old wants to miss a day like that? Thank goodness that the good old “Trunk-or-Treat”…
Halloween 2013
This year I realized we are gradually growing out of Halloween. I can’t even do my traditional Halloween collage because it was like herding ants to get everyone here at…
Jack-o-Lanterns 2013 and some Halloween thoughts
A couple days ago when I was starting to let the “hate” part of my love/hate relationship with Halloween take over, I was reminded by my-2012-Halloween-self back HERE not to…
Halloween 2012
(Confession: I made Max stick on something from the costume box just for this collage…sorry Max, but you’re kind of a cute alien volleyball player… 🙂 Let’s take a little…
Halloween epiphanies and pumpkins
Happy Halloween! Each year I start to dislike this holiday a tad bit more. I mean, seriously, it is a lot of work. And I am a lot of tired. …