It was a great Halloween

On Saturday we hosted a pumpkin carving party at our house.  It was such a fun party to plan for and I think everyone had a great time, especially the kids. 

We had some good food and lots of treats.  My home-made chocolate cupcakes topped with a tombstone and “bone” (pretzel and marshmallow dipped in chocolate) were a big hit. 

The chocolate pretzel witch fingers were a favorite with the kids…

I cut out some sparkly felt bats and strung them up over the kitchen island…

and we had LOTS of tools for carving pumpkins thanks to my friend, Jennifer, who used to host an annual party…

The weather was perfect, so we had the backyard set up for the pumpkin carving…

I had a candy bar set up so guests could fill their own favor bags on the way out…

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last night we had a couple of friends over.  We had pizza (thanks Heather & Damon) and then got the girls dressed in their costumes.  I love this picture of Lauren with her BFF, Lily.  They are SO cute together.  My friend Nancy, Lily’s mom, made that beautiful princess and the frog costume (notice the froggy backpack?). 

 

 

It took the girls a few houses to get the hang of the trick or treating gig, but after they felt comfortable with it they were off and running from house to house.  We could barely keep up with them! 

Once we got home, the buckets were dumped and faces were stuffed with candy.  It reminded me of Halloween as kids when my brother and I would sort out our candy and make trades…those were the days!