Monster Mashin'

With only a few days left until Halloween, we've really been getting into the spooky spirit over here. Can you ever have too many black cat accessories? (the answer is no).

The Halloween jammies have been in a heavy rotation, wax lips were a HUGE hit, and we've been going through our collection of Halloween books. We have quite a few, but Vivi's favorite book hands-down is "Room on the Broom." Do y'all have that one? If not, run out to Target or Walmart and scoop it up now before it's too late. It's the cutest little book about an unfortunately clumsy witch and her menagerie, and it's not the least bit scary. Plus the rhyming and the meter of the verses have a cadence similar to "The Night Before Christmas," so it's really easy and fun to read aloud. Viv specifically reaches for it every night and tries to say some of the words along with me. They made a little movie version of the book that's in the Kid's Section of Netflix, and both of the beasties love to watch it. It's a good one. 

We went to the pumpkin patch again this weekend. How many trips to the pumpkin patch are too many trips? There are NEVER too many trips! :) This time we were there picking out a pumpkin for us to carve on Halloween, and once again, they had the best time running through all the pumpkins. Or, in Viv's case, eating dirt. 

My kids' most favorite Halloween activity of them all? Undecorating the front porch. I can't tell you how many times Vivi has tossed all the pumpkins off the front porch or how many black crow feathers I keep finding in every nook and cranny of our yard. They think it is just the best thing in the world to run through the spider webs and play with the fake snakes. Which scares me a little to think that they might become fearless when it comes to real snakes. But ugh, I can't go there in my mind. 

This is going to be a busy week preparing for a Halloween party that I'm hosting. I am balls-deep in homemade caramel right now, and it is the biggest temptation/diet ruiner that there is! 
Have a great week, friends!