Halloween 2013 + A Recipe + A Winner!

I love, love, love Halloween.

We kicked off our Halloween on the 29th when we carved pumpkins, watched Charlie Brown & The Great Pumpkin and then toasted Pumpkin Seeds.

 

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Need a pumpkin seed recipe? Check mine out {here}

Kate's sketch & pumpkin:

Claire's sketch & pumpkin:

All 3 pumpkins lit up (Kevin free-handed the one on the right. He has pumpkin carving skills)

I am all about doing "themes" for the costumes. I have pretty much done a theme for the kids every year. Earlier this year, our neighbor gave us her daughter's Dorothy costume for dress up & I knew we had to use it for Halloween. It fit Claire perfectly. And, she looks like Dorothy...brown hair, brown eyes. I found a $20 pink princess-y dress for Kate so she could be Glinda the Good witch & then I bought an adorable lion costume for Luke.

This is the best we got for a group shot. Reality.

My attempt to get a group photo......

Luke WAS NOT willing to sit for a photo. We have a lion on the go!

Seriously...how cute is Luke the Lion?

This is the best we got for a group shot. Reality.

  For the past 3 years, we have had some of our friends over for appetizers, dinner & drinks and then we all head out to our neighborhood to Trick or Treat.

Appetizers:

If you haven't made my Bacon Blue Cheese Dip, you need to. It is AMAZING.
Recipe {here}

 My friend Kelly made  delicous cucumber bites:

My friend Kristen brought a delicious Kale Salad:

 Taco Soup. I have made this EVERY Halloween for the past 10 years.

My Taco Soup recipe is {here}

 You know me.... I gotta have a dessert/treat table :)

 

Kate drew all the faces on the peaches :)

Zombie Eyeballs Recipe {here}

I made pumpkin dip for the first time ever. Oh my word. SO good.

So easy....All you do is mix together 1 block of cream cheese (at room temp),  2 cups of powdered sugar, 1 (15oz) can of pumpkin, 1 T cinammon, 1 T pumpkin pie spice. Blend together. Keep chilled until you serve it. Serve with gingersnaps.

I could have eaten the whole batch.

I always have glow sticks for the kiddos to use when we Trick or Treat. Thank you Target Dollar Spot!

All the kiddos burning off their energy from all the Halloween excitement:

Our friends who came over:

Our Wizard of Oz Family.
I wore a plaid shirt so that I was the "Scarecrow" We put a heart on Kevin's shirt as the "Tin Man"

 The kids had a blast trick or treating.

When we got back to our court, all our neighbors were hanging out. So fun.

It was one of the best Halloween's yet!
Hope you had a fun & safe Halloween!

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And, the winner of the Crockpot Giveaway is:

#362 Julie

Leave me a comment with your email address!
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Get Pin-Spired #10

Here we go, our 10th Pin-spired link up!

It's November 1st....that means Fall is in full force!

If you know me, you know I LOVE FALL.
And, Fall has finally hit Nor Cal. Most of October was really warm, in the 80's, but the last week the temperatures have dropped and I have finally been able to bust out the jeans, boots & scarves.

Boots! Jeans! Sweaters! Scarves!
 Love, love, love, love!

I have 4 Pin-Spired Outfits for you this month.

Outfit #1

Green pants, Stripe shirt, Denim jacket & Pink Statement Necklace
Original Pin:
 
 My outfit:

 Green Jeans * Tank * Denim Jacket * Shoes * Necklace

 Birds Eye View:

I LOVED this outfit! It was fun & bright. Would have never put it together if it weren't for Pinterest.

And, I had everything in my closet! Yay!

 

Outfit #2

Black Shirt,  Pants & Heels with a Statement Necklace

Original Pin:

 My Outfit:

Shirt * Pants * Heels * Necklace * Bracelet

Close up of Necklace:

 This was another outfit that I had in my closet & was able to pull together. 

I wore this a few weekends ago when I went to San Francisco for the night with some of the girls on my street. It was the perfect outfit for going to dinner & a show in the city!

Outfit #3

Black Pants, Denim Shirt, Brown Boots & Mustard Scarf

Original Pin:

I was immeditately drawn to this outfit. Probably because I recognized the mountains in the background... Boulder, Colorado. My college stomping grounds. I was also drawn to the mustard scarf. LOVE my mustard scarf. I knew that I could easily re-create this outfit. I had everything in my closet with this outfit also! 

 My outfit:

Black Pants * Denim Shirt * Brown Boots * Scarf

Close up:

Loved this outfit. So comfy & cute.

Outfit #4

Plaid Shirt & Scarf

Original Pins:

 I got a plaid shirt last Fall, but had only worn it once. I felt to much like a lumberjack when I wore it. I loved the shirt, but couldn't figure out how I wanted to style it. I knew it had potential to be a super cute outfit. I searched Pinterest to see how people wore their plaid shirts & I knew I needed to wear it with a scarf, skinny jeans & boots. 

My outfit:

 Shirt * Jeans * Boots * Earrings * Scarf (years ago in the juniors BP section!)
This is a perfect Saturday outfit for running errands or going to Kate's soccer game. I love how adding the scarf & some dangling earrings makes the outfit more feminine. I have a feeling I will be wearing this shirt  A LOT more than just once a year! This is a better weekend look than my hoodie & UGGS that I normally wear! :)

So, there you have it! Thank you Pinterest for helping me use clothes I already have to mix & match new outfits!

If you are new to my blog, thanks for stopping by! 

Feel free to follow along! 

You can find me on Bloglovin or Facebook.
Also, check out my $100 Visa Gift Card giveaway going on here.

If you have outfits to link up, feel free to grab a button to add to your post.

Can't see what you link up!

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The linky will be open until November 6th.

Your link will show up on my blog, Sheaffer's blog & Shay's blog.

My favorite part about linky parties is checking out other people who have linked up! 

Go find some new blogs & leave them a comment letting them know you stopped by...and get Pin-Spired by the outfits other people linked up!