The girls had a blast trick or treating! Brinn only tried to take her costume off twice, and Maeve had a great night once she was allowed to ditch ME.
Tricks or Treats!
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Tricks or Treats!
The girls had a blast trick or treating! Brinn only tried to take her costume off twice, and Maeve had a great night once she was allowed to ditch ME.
HaPpY HaLL0WeeN 2008!
Last night we carved our pumpkins and gathered the seeds for toasting.
And today, Shaye was my helper getting our grody meal prepared for the Halloween feast. Every year I make chili. It’s a cold weather meal, it’s easy, and it’s ugly.
Seriously, chili looks like guts. I decided to make Emeril Legassi’s recipe.
My kids aren’t huge bean fans, but really this recipe is the best chili I have ever made.
That is seriously tasty, and extremely hideous looking.
We’ll have it on baked potatoes with shredded cheese and sour cream. MMM skinny.
We also made diner style chocolate pie. I am cool with buying pre-made crusts because I am lazy like that. But it’s not a REAL pie without REAL whipped cream. Cool whip and canned crap is fake and tastes like chemicals.
Shaye tried it, got confused, and spit it out on herself.
2 c heavy cream
2 tbsp confectioners sugar
2 tsp vanilla
the only problem with those cheapo pre-made crusts is that they fall apart.
How insanely attractive is this-
We ran out to get necessities like 6 more bags of candy (we’ve been eating the stockpile all month, no wonder I’ve gained 5lbs) and booze. Brinn wanted to wear this little doggy vest out today, and while in the yard she decided to moon the neighbors.
The girls are so excited they can barely stand it. Now I’m off to try and shove fat ass Circe in her hot dog costume. That should go over well.
Our Halloween boozefest includes:
7 Deadly Zins
Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter
Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter
and hobgoblin
The girls are so excited they can barely stand it. Now I’m off to try and shove fat ass Circe in her hot dog costume. That should go over well.
Happy Halloween!
Spooktacular Cut Outs and Yummy Mummies!
Every parent at Brinn’s preschool must sign up to host 2 holiday parties. Well, I am no DUMMY and I chose Halloween and Christmas!
I didn’t want to drug the kids up strictly on sugar.
I thought it would be a good idea to bake some Boo banana bread muffins.
and THEN I read the note sent home that said, “NO NUTS ALLOWED”.
Stupid allergies! ARG!
Now Bob is thrilled the muffins stayed at home…
Screw it. I sent in a giant tub of bit size pretzels for the “healthy” snack, Motts for Tots apple juice, and these cute bite size cut outs I made from scratch. Maeve helped me decorate them all. And YES it did take about 2 hours. Now I know why Martha Stewart seems so annoyed and angry all of the time…
but hey, they are pretty cute.
Not to be outshone, here are the ever famous Wilton Yummy Mummies!!! I decided that instead of doing a goody bag filled with random cavity creators, I would make cupcakes for the children to take home (and I also snuck a pair of Vampire teeth in the takeout boxes too)
Pee A Boo!
Tonight Bob and I are going to a Halloween party. He is going as Fat Elvis, and I will be Amy Winehouse pre-meth face/crack addict skinny. 2 drunks. What did you expect us to go as? Ward and June Cleaver? OH PLEASE! hahaha!
2 more days until HaLL0WeeN!
