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Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bubble!

Halloween 2015 was a success! It started out with some snags, though! For weeks we have been talking about what the kids wanted to dress up as. Their minds changed often! Finally, the kids decided on a kitty ballerina and a vampire. I get the bad mom award for shopping too late for these costumes. Yesterday, I went out and got Lucas his vampire costume (the only one in the store in his size). He was so excited. I searched high and low in Crestview with absolutley no luck for Autumn's accessories; kitty ears, tail, and bow tie. At 930 pm Friday night, since the kids were with my mom, I drove down to Niceville Walmart and picked up the rest of her costume. We were finally ready.

Or not.

It is a darn good thing we decided to try Lucas' costume on yesterday morning. It was an ADULT size costume that had been stuffed in a child's costume bag. What were we going to do now?!? I took his costume back to the store. I knew Walgreens had a Darth Vader costume a couple weeks ago, so we crossed our fingers. We got the last one. My gosh, this was too close to disaster for this mama.

The final looks of the evening:


Autumn the Kitty Cat Ballerina
10/31/2015, 6 years old (almost 7) 




Lucas - Darth Vader
10/31/2015 - 5 years old (almost 6) 
 

We were also able to trick or treat with some friends, Kayden & Bradley, the Dinosaurs! 


It really was a great evening. The kids buckets were filled in less than an hour. After getting sugared up, I dropped the kids off with their Dad (You're welcome Chris & Jolene). One last picture I want to share is our dinner before going out knocking on strangers' doors for candy. I love pinterest - probably TOO much. I have almost 2k pins. I do try to try new things whenever I can, just to make life a little more fun and interesting for the kids and I. So, for Halloween dinner, we had none other than... MUMMY DOGS! This is a very simple dinner that is sure to please. It's basically pigs-in-a-blanket mummy style. I will post a couple links at the end of the blog sharing the recipe, along with a couple other things I did for the kids' lunches leading up to Halloween. 

MUMMY DOGS




I hope you enjoyed your Halloween just as much as we did. I cannot wait for the upcoming Holidays. Just so you know, I am one of those people. For me, November 1st means I can now start playing Christmas music (Selena, you are so excited, right?). 

HAPPY NOVEMBER!
Love, Nikki <3


 Links, as promised: 
Mummy Dogs
Jack-O-Dillas
String Cheese Ghosts

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