Hallows Eve

This year Halloween was a little bit different from last year, we went a bit more traditional. I think Brody had a lot of fun, and he really liked going as Iron man. The kids were exhausted after about 30 minutes, they were ready to head back because they were getting tired, we managed to keep them out about an hour. When I was growing up we went from one street to the next and one neighborhood to the next. I remember that my mom and us kids would stay out for about 2 or 3 hours getting candy and we only came home once our bags were full. We used to get fruit from some of the neighbors, we also ended up with about 4 or 5 popcorn balls, and at least 2 candy apples which were my favorite.

 

 

A few days before Halloween we went to my friend Leaj's house to paint and carve pumpkins. Our family chose to paint instead of carve and Brody did a good a job on his football pumpkin.

Sydney painted Edward Cullen vampire pumpkin with glitter. She should have done a tutorial on this, hmmm.

My friend Carly's daughter went as Princess Peach and her little brother was Luigi.

Sydney kept all the kids in line for us and we didn't have to do much except count them to make sure they were all there.

 

 

 I'm really going to miss her next year, when she won't be around for the holidays as much.

Feeling Crafty and Thrifty

I really hate cold weather. It's nice for about a month but after that, I'm fed up. I was feeling a little crafty today so I went down to my local Good Will Store for some thrifting. I was a little disappointed, all the good stuff was gone by the time I went. I find NC has a lot more crafters than in other places I've lived. During the warmer months there are at least 20 to 30 yards sales each Saturday in our town. I usually wake up early with my yard sale buddy, Brody and we walk around my neighborhood looking for stuff. Unfortunately, if they don't have toys my son is ready to leave he says, "come on mama, they don't have anything good at this one." I can't wait for this year, I always try to look for inexpensive things to decorate my house with.

Here are some of the things I've found in the past

I found this picture frame for 50 cents, it has nice lines but I don't care for the color. And I'm sure I can find something to do with that little tray and cover.

My cheap frame looks pretty good after I spray painted it black. The black is more my taste.

I found this little pitcher years ago at a yard sale with my mom. I've always tried to keep it on display.

The last few months I've been growing this plant, my neighbor gave me.