Spooky Dinner

Every year we have a "spooky" dinner.  We have always held it the night of Halloween, but this year we decided to try having it on a different night.  The kids have always loved this tradition.  I love how my husband really gets into it, too.  In past years he has been the genius behind the food, except for the homemade root beer (made with dry ice in our plastic cauldron), which is my job (recipe here).  This year I prepared it with the kiddos before he got home from work.  Mostly, we rename normal foods with gross names.  But we also have a few just-for-Halloween treats.  This year we debuted our new brain jell-o mold with mixed results.  We usually have spaghetti (calling it brains) but this year we had cheese fondue, (yuuuumm) one of my favorites.  My kids helped a lot and my son made this cute menu all on his own. 

We told them to act crazy for the following photos, but they didn't really need any encouragement-- they were so excited.

MENU

1…..Coffin Carrots

2…..Witch’s Eyeballs

3…..Zombie Fingers

4…..Pus Stew

5…..Fresh Monster Brain

6…..Witch’s Fingers

7…..Toad Warts

8…..Bunnicula Veggies

9…..Bat Wings

10…..Severed Giants Toes

If you don’t like our menu, you’re always welcome to become part of it!

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What are your Halloween traditions?

Table Topics and Pink

This is a little random for today.

One of my loyal readers (ha,ha, my cute NY sister) sent me a gift that she thought would help my project.  It has been awesome!  I can't believe what stimulating and enlightening conversations we are now having at dinner.  Each card has a question-- they are called "Table Topics."  The questions are simple, but somebody did their homework because they work!  One night I was really laughing about how heated (in a good way) the conversation was about what they like to do at recess.  And practical for eating because the cards are protected from spaghetti fingers by a pretty clear box.

Speaking of acts of service, I've done my school shopping the last two years about a month after school and gotten some killer deals.  Like some cute cotton shirts at GAP for $3 and $5.  I always struggle finding P.E. shoes for my girls that are still feminine and cute, until I found these at a discount retailer for a great price.

My one well filler for last month, a splurge tube of NARS lipstick I read about on this cute girl's blog.  I haven't bought lipstick for 3 years.  So it's been fun and I even got a compliment today!  This tube was MIA for a few days, until I found what looked like some shady marks on the walls and carpet in a few places.  Luckily the lipstick did eventually turn up and wasn't as much worse for the wear as I thought it would be.  :)  And it came out of everything but the carpet.

The lipstick color is Roman Holiday.  I love it!  Just a touch of pink that feels updated without being crazy.

Happy weekend!  Have any fall weekend plans? For us:  soccer, a wedding, and some religion.