Halloween Tid~Bits

Happy Halloween from Tinkerbell and Periwinkle!

It's fun to stretch out holidays for as long as we can, but there never seems to be time to do everything {example: caramel apple supplies are still sitting on our kitchen counter ~ maybe this weekend!}. we've sure squeezed a lot in, though!

We painted pumpkins...

We "dressed up" for Halloween at school...

They could have worn costumes to school, but they had to be characters from a story book. I probably could have justified Tinkerbell and Periwinkle {we do have a book}, but there was no way I was letting their costumes get ruined on a PE day, and I certainly couldn't whip up another costume! Instead, I made these cute spider t-shirts, and they could not have been happier to wear them. Love that!!

We carved our pumpkin...

{okay, technically Daddy carved our pumpkin; Anna Claire and Mallory pretended to make pumpkin soup from the pulp and seeds ~ what a mess!}

Finally it was time to trick~or~treat!

The girls could not have been happier with their costumes. Granny made them and they turned out great!! Thankfully, it was another warm Halloween...

Less that an hour of trick~or~treating and they were ready to come home and give out candy! They were in bed and fast asleep before 8pm!

We've had a great week, and we hope you have, too!

InstaFriday ~ a Peek at Our Week

Hey, friends and family! Here's my attempt at a quick peek at our week. I find myself using my phone to snap pics more and more frequently these days {though I still love my DSLR}, so I enjoyed sharing my phone pics this summer…until things got busy. Maybe I can try again to start a habit of updating more frequently. 

Here we go…

Here's Anna Claire picking out her glasses. These aren't the frames she went with ~ they didn't come in purple! Watching her in the exam room was fascinating to me ~ how she aced the eye test with her right eye but bombed it when only using her left eye. She was such a trooper during the exam. She'd cheer herself on when she got a letter or picture right with a "woot!" and when she wasn't sure of a letter she say, "I'm gonna have to go with a 'c'" for example.  She was too cute and chatted up the optometrist. 

Saturday we went to Disney on Ice. We all had a great time. The girls were on their best behavior and enjoyed every second of the show! Of course, we came home with Flounder and Pascal. We are getting tons of wear out of their aqua chevron pants from last spring…it was fun to whip up the  coordinating Minnie Mouse t-shirts for them to wear. This appliqué is cute and fast ~ love that!

Pumpkin time! 

Last weekend I made chocolate chip pumpkin mini~muffins. Yum! These are addictive, and I think part of that's because they are bite~sized. 

The girls have been fighting a cold, so after making a quick trip to the doctor Sunday, we popped into Dunkin Donuts. The pumpkin donuts were amazing; the pumpkin pie cream filled variety were a disappointment, in my opinion. 

Anna Claire's glasses finally came in.  She could not have been more excited!! I already did a little post on that earlier this week, and I am pleased to say she is still doing a great job, though her eyes are pretty tired by the end of the day which we were told to expect. 

Tuesday before dance class we walked around and enjoyed the Scarecrows on the Square. Since the scarecrows are on town square just across from dance class, we've made it a tradition to visit on dance class nights!

Yesterday we popped by the pumpkin patch to pick the perfect pumpkin. Honestly, Anna Claire was tired and the pumpkins were pretty picked over, so we didn't have as much fun as I had hoped. I only managed to get one quick pic. 

Ocerall, I'd say we had a great week. Hope you all have a great weekend, everyone!

Linking up…

Pumpkin Carving

We carved our pumpkin today and I was sure I could convince Anna Claire and Mallory to help us clean out the inside {yuck!}. Walter ended up scraping out the pulp, then I did the carving. Anna Claire was pretty disinterested from the get~go, but Mallory hung around and helped her Daddy sort out the seeds...

 Our jack o'lantern...

 Spoooooky...

 Doesn't it seem like the jack o'lantern and Anna Claire are looking at each other?

I always like to roast the seeds. Well, I found a recipe that said to avoid having to wait for the seeds to dry you could use a hair dryer. I am thinking this idea is genius! It's going to save me so much time.

Allow me to warn you that if you try this method, be sure to start out with your blow dryer on low at a fair distance away from the seeds. I didn't do this and let me just tell you there were pumpkin seeds flying everywhere.

It's okay. You can laugh at me. My family did. Like I said, genius!

Picking Our Pumpkin

Saturday we hit the pumpkin patch around the corner to pick the perfect pumpkin from the patch for our porch {try saying that five times fast}. And, it gave the girls a chance to look super cute showing off my latest creation. While I am most pleased with the pumpkin applique {my machine is amazing!}, I really impressed myself by making my first~ever button holes {I am a button hole wimp; I've always passed off the unfinished garment to my mom}.

But what am I most proud of? These beautiful girls!...

Could they get any cuter?!

Pumpkin Carving

Picking the Perfect Pumpkin from the Patch

10.10.10

I sure wish I could say yesterday, October 10, was a "perfect 10," but in fact, the girls and I were a little out of sync with each other {I guess that happens between mothers and daughters sometimes}. So, we sent Daddy off to a friend's wedding and tried to salvage the rest of the day playing outside in the {too} warm October sunshine.

...and these .99 pumpkins helped. a lot.