Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN...

From a pirate and her parrot!

Molly picked a pirate to dress as this year... Arg, Mateys!

So we made little Miss Nora, the pirates parrot. :)

We headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's neighborhood to Trick or Treat with our cousins. In our area, since Halloween is on a Sunday this year, everyone passes out candy on Saturday night instead.

And we carved pumpkins with our cousins, Dominic (the cow), and Maisy (Sleeping Beauty). We had such a fun Halloween party! Seriously, the kids were amazing and had SUCH a great night!

Halloween Printable Bags

Molly has to bring in a treat for the Fall Festival at preschool tomorrow, but since we got a big bag of candy on sale with a coupon, she didn't need to bring the whole bag into school.

So, I saw this great Halloween bag printable over at it is what it is, and just printed it out on a brown lunch bag. Seriously, SO EASY, and SO CUTE! I think it looks awesome, and is filled with little bags of skittles for Molly to pass out to her class tomorrow. Then I just hole punched two holes in the top and put a ribbon on to hold it closed.

Sign Post Project

I made this post to hang signs on months ago, but finally got a change to paint it this weekend. It was such a fun project, and I could use scrap wood I had in the shed. I used the great tutorial over at 9 o'clock Dance of Joy to put this together, she is super crafty!

I also made this fun Trick or Treat sign to hang up for Halloween. I am thinking I need a Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas sign, and a Welcome sign for it too. There are so many possibilities for this fun wood post.

Rocking Chair!

My Grandma Timmer gets these adorable rocking chairs for all of her Great Grandchildren, with there name and birthday on a plaque on the back. We love these chairs, they are such a special thing to have.

Here is Nora sitting in her new chair!

And here is Molly in hers when she first got it. She was so young. :)

Does your family have any traditions like this? What do you do when someone has a baby or gets baptized?

Candy Corn Mittens!

I love how these Candy Corn Mittens turned out. I think they are so adorable for this time of year, and am already thinking I need some red and white candy cane ones for winter. :)

The idea for these mittens came from T. Matthews Fine Art, they also have a great free printable pattern on how to make these. My mother-in-law made ours from her favorite mitten pattern (yup... my knitting talents end with a straight scarf, lol).

So, I had to have a pair for the baby!

And another pair for Mollycakes!

Oh, what the hey... a pair for myself too. :)

Spider Headband!

OK, are you ready for some serious cuteness...

I made this fun spider headband for Molly to wear to her Fall Festival at school next week. But, since Molly was in no mood to be nice today... or smile in a picture for that matter, Nora got to be the model. :) She loves the camera, and is just to stinkin' cute in that headband, I am thinking I may need to make another one for her!

The idea and tutorial on how to make these awesome headbands is from the blog My Modish Mood. Head over there and see how easy it is to make your own. The only things I changed were that I made my spider smaller, and I folded over the bottoms of the pipe cleaners so the ends weren't sharp, since it was going on a baby head. :)

Linking this to:
ABC and 123 Show and Tell #30
Crafty Tuesday at My Mad World

Menu Monday!

I am loving the fall weather we are having in Michigan, and looking forward to fall food and fun this week! Here is our menu for this week. For more great menu planning ideas, visit orgjunkie.com.

Monday- Enchilada Casserole
Tuesday- BOGO Wendy's Chili
Wednesday- Crisp and Creamy Baked Chicken
Thursday- Taco Soup
Friday- Pulled Chicken Sandwiches
Saturday- Fiesta Chicken Pasta