Spooooooky Season!

As we wrapped up G's birthday night, we also threw in some pumpkin carving (there's only so much time in the weekends to get stuff done!) Honestly, we went fast and easy this year. We had one good pumpkin left from the garden, and we gave G free reign to draw a design. He went with a goofy face, and I had it scooped out and carved within 20 minutes. It was the fastest pumpkin carving we have ever done. And I'm going to give a lot of the credit to Scott's super sharp little saw knife thingy that I used. Cut through the pumpkin like buttah!

The next day I puttered around the house while everyone was off elsewhere, and I ended up attempting to make one of G's birthday presents...chocolate mousse witches cauldrons. Aaaand, it was harder than I expected. I burned the chocolate on the first one, completely did the mold wrong on the second one, and finally got a decent one to turn out. I presented that to G, and he said it looked and tasted pretty good. Yay. Whew.

There's an eyeball in my mousse!

Not sure what's up with this expression!

The next day was Halloween, so we got Ava ready first and then I dropped her off at the high school; she was going out with some of her older friends. They ended up collecting cans for NHS, and hit up a few different neighborhoods. It was amazing when she was dropped off at our house and I didn't have to pick up my pink dino at another location! She collected a lot of candy. A LOT.

I stayed with G Banana Man for the night, and we went canvasing through our neighborhood with a bunch of other families. We went out when it was still light, and over the next two hours, did a pretty good job of hitting up most of the houses in the single family home portion of our neighborhood, as well as some of the townhouses that were handing out the loot! G also collected a lot of candy. MORE THAN AVA. It's ridiculous how much he has!

Scott and Rainbow Unicorn Pria held down the fort and passed out candy to the kiddos who came begging at our door. Apparently after I left with G, Pria was very sad and just kept waiting for me to come home. I'm glad to see that she and Scott are bonding more, and she loves the belly rubs he gives her each morning before he leaves for work. I'm sure she was a big help in keeping the kids in line on Halloween night!

We were busy with so much other stuff during the week...both kids broke boards in Taekwondo and earned their red stripe for their orange belt. This means that they will be moving up to the green belt. Hooray!

Ava also had several different marching band commitments so I've been running her all over. As a bonus, I went in to work to celebrate a coworker's 10th anniversary, so it was really great to chat with people over lunch.

On Saturday morning, I finally took a few hours to myself and went to the big craft fair at RHS. I didn't end up getting anything for myself, but managed to check off a few smaller items for the fam. I saw a few different family members there, as well as some marching band parents. Plus, it gave me a chance to catch up with a friend while we perused the local goods. I even saw Ava entering the building as I was leaving. She was there to practice for MB, so we had 15 seconds to chat. (And I grilled her on where her black marching band gloves were...??? Missing item alert!)

She has informed me that when I pick her up from practice on Saturday afternoon, that we need to go through the craft fair (again!) so she can see if there's anything she would like. Hm. I might use that as a time to get something for ME.

Scott is deer hunting, so I hope he has a great weekend, and enjoys some solitude while enjoying nature! We'll be happy to have him back home on Sunday.