three halloweens

ohioans (is that what they're called?) don't go trick-or-treating on halloween. no one has been able to tell me why, but out here, all the towns decide the day and times for trick-or-treating. so, we did that on thursday, a ward trunk-or-treat on friday, and then a little party at our place on halloween. at least we got some good use out of the costumes. we had a great time making some fun treats too. here's the pics from our spooky week:

on monday, the boys and i made a jack-o-lantern cake and took it to share w/ russell and his fellow students and professors...

yes, it took a long time to make and no, i probably won't ever make one again, but it was yummy. (recipe was in family circle, but we used reese's pieces instead of m&m's and just did chocolate cake)

our cowboy and his horse rusty (named after aunt kim and uncle mike's huge dog) before trick-or-treating:

little monkey mason:

posing w/ sarah the bumblebee:

my friend sharon and her daughters trick-or-treated w/ us in our neighborhood

we made witch's hat cookies for our trunk-or-treat:

russell and mason (dressed as manu ginobili) at the trunk-or-treat

calvin and i made a spooky graveyard dessert for our party. he was such a good helper so i took a picture of every layer. here he is crushing the oreos for the dirt:

spreading the "dirt":

putting the worms, snails, and slugs in the dirt:

spreading the muddy mud:

dyeing the grass:

spreading the grass:

showing off the gravestones:

the graveyard:

more dirt to cover the graves

more creepy crawlies on top:

and, right before we ate it, we added some whipped cream ghosts:

BOO!

happy halloween!