HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO ALL!!!

Halloween is by far one of the favorite holidays at our house, at least for me & Maddy, the Men folk don't much care about ANY holiday!! As a little child Maddy was NOT a fan of Halloween, at all!!! 

My moms birthday was on Halloween, and she took the whole holiday pretty serious. She would decorate her whole house. And she would comb the Halloween aisles, in every store, looking at the costumes and decorations, and candy!!! Her & Tallon would put on every scary mask and make monster sounds, sometimes chasing each other around the store. They both took great joy in scaring the crap out of Maddy this way. Maybe that's why she hated Halloween for several years!!!!! But that was the joy of my mother. And now every year since my mom died, Maddy has put on my moms old, ugly, homemade Halloween sweatshirt {you remember the puffy paint ones from the early 90's} and celebrates the holiday, like it's her job!!!  I do not decorate like my mother did, although Maddy would like it, if I did. But I've saved most of my moms decorations, in the attic, for when Maddy has her own house. Maybe we aren't completely celebrating just the holiday, but also my moms life and her birthday. {I'm not one to be mournful or sad over a life lost, or give cancer any power, but I will celebrate the life that once was. And the good memories left behind}

Tonight Maddy will venture to her boyfriends house, wearing the ugly shirt, and hand out candy to the little kids!!! We NEVER EVER get Trick-or-Treaters out in our neck of the woods, so she goes looking for them!!

The house is clean, a few decorations are out, candles are burning, if smells like fall and pumpkins.

This week we have carved the pumpkins, and baked pumpkin goodies!!!

Stella was very interested in the whole pumpkin carving

Stella ate her fair share of pumpkin guts
NO Surprise there...

Ali likes to be a part of what's going on too

Maddy's pumpkin
It's Dave the Minion
from the movie Despicable Me.
She's not real happy with how he turned out
But I say, he's cute!

I do stars almost every year.
The one next to it was going to have a moon
But he was soft and his stalk fell in. 

THIS was her idea!!!
We baked Gluten Free Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
I am a terrible cook/baker
But they turned out pretty good.
The fudge was a runny, so we've been using it as frosting on the cookies!

I hope you all enjoy the holiday, Happy Halloween!!!!!