candy apples and gum

trick and treats was especially lovely and spooky last night!

matt and i power-walked around town trying to keep up with our ninja and his candy-filled pillowcase. he was a man on a mission! 

we were going to bring mimi along...but i think i depressed her by putting her in a banana costume. she stayed home to sulk.

anyways, it was the perfect night to be out and about. 

chilly air and leaves crunching under foot...hot apple cider and frequent stops to sneak into the candy bag.

we're left this morning with bits of costume strewn all around the house and a huge bowl full of candy hidden on top of the refrigerator. i may or may not have already sneaked a few pieces for breakfast.

here's hoping all of you had a wonderful halloween!

happy happy halloweeeeen!

our halloween party saturday night was a real hoot!
matt and i went as a creepy ventriloquist and his dapper doll!
needless to say, we both looked pretty disgusting. haha.
i'm usually not the kind of gal to wear overtly sexy costumes ( i learned my lesson when i was 18...i wore a school girl uniform to a party and hit a deer with my car on the way home. i had to wait for my dad on the side of the road in the middle of the night dressed like a tart. never again, halloween!)...but this year, this year...i was oozing with sensuality. haha. i think it was the plaid boy pants.

we karaoked and danced and jigged the night away. amy and nate made the finest cleopatra and mark antony!
i have more incriminating photos on my facebook...they truly are terrible. and i think it's safe to say matt has never looked better.

i hope all of you had a wonderful hallows eve weekend!
and happy happy halloween!

 

 halloween spooks- lambert, hendricks & ross

my favorite halloween haunt in town is in downtown fairborn. the whole street is lined with costume stores and halloween goodies. it's open year round, which is a treat, but it really comes alive around this time of year...spooky scary music playing over loud speakers...ghosts and goblins flying on the rooftops. 

oh, it's the best!

 tonight is tricks and treats!

and i have a little ninja to get ready. 

happy halloween, loves!

5 favorites of fall: small gatherings

hosting small parties, purposeful ones and for no good reason parties, is something i cherish. 

and it's definitely something i look forward to this time of year as the holidays roll around.

tonight matt and max and i are having a small gathering of friends and family over for soup and pumpkin carving...caramel apples and kettle corn and bluegrass records.

there is nothing better than making a fuss over the people you love the most!

happy happy weekend, friends!

tomorrow, matt and i are heading over to my sister amy's house for her and nate's annual halloween party. our costumes are pretty ridiculous this year! 

i'll have lots to share come sunday.

5 favorites of fall: tricks and treats

 dressing my buddy up in funny costumes and toting him around town for candy on halloween night is definitely something i look forward to this time of year! he's been some doosy of some characters...a bumble bee (ssqqquueee! baby max!), a jester, a knight, batman, a skele, a cowboy, and this year....a ninja? boys! i try to make his costumes for tricks and treats but he's bucking the system this year. he found a ninja costume at the store that made his heart skip a beat...dragons and ying yangs and all...and mama couldn't refuse. 

(but between you and me...i'm making him a back up homemade costume anyways..haha)

 

growing up, we didn't celebrate halloween. and i never particularity felt deprived...my mom would usually take us out for a movie or have a "harvest party" on trick or treat night. but it's always been something i've been fascinated by, always seeming just a little bit forbidden. and something i knew for sure i would want to experience through my little ones when i was an adult!

although a harvest party sounds pretty good too!

so let me live vicariously through all of your childhoods! what was your favorite halloween costume when you were little?

awake my soul

good morning! happy monday!

we made it back from chicago and had a real fine time. max is always a funny guy to go on a road trip with...so much singing and dancing to bad music and odd conversation. i've always been fond of spending time adventuring with him...even if he does turn into a backseat driver or spells and reads signs aloud like a little old man the entire 5 hour trip. 

today we're back into the swing of things. our family is all home and accounted for!

i've been sketching out and planning halloween costumes all morning instead of working and don't feel a bit bad about it! ...maybe a little.

regardless, the sun is out and leaves are falling and life is good. oh so good.