Want to guess what my 3 year old chose to be for Halloween this year? I'll give you a hint... ...she isn't a KISS groupie. (Don't be ridiculous. She doesn't even know who Gene Simmons is. MC Hammer, maybe but Gene Simmons...like I said, don't be ridiculous.) No idea? You give up? That's what I thought. That's why I made the sign. And the sign doesn't lie. That's right my beautiful little girl chose to be a shrieking eel for Halloween. (You know, "Those are the shrieking eels your ... View the Post

As usual I procrastinated part of our family's costumes this year. So, late last night I finally made our little bubba's costume.....but totally different than what I was planning. Our family is being Harry Potter characters this year with big brother as Harry, little sister as Hermione and our new baby as Hedwig the owl. We bought the other costumes but I couldn't find a baby owl costume that was small enough. So, I set out to make one. I originally bought a white Carter's snowsuit that I ... View the Post

Every year at Halloween we make these ghost brownies. Here are ours from last year. Very much kid done. And this year I found this picture, which I am going to add to our repetoire. I love the Frankenstein head with fruit roll ups and mini M&Ms......he's my new favorite.  I think the original idea came from a Betty Crocker website and cookbook (that's where I got the idea from) but this picture came from here. Here's how we make them. 1.  Make up your favorite brownie recipe.  Mine is my ... View the Post