Category: Halloween

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That One Spooky Bash

Every year my sister has the best Halloween party on the planet.

It’s a big deal–I tell you.

Even Ariel was there…

along with a bunch of rough looking dudes…

Hippie Jesse–the tree hugger and his wife, Amy…the tree, and a couple of Wiimotes…

Baby Mario and Princess Peach…

Jane and Jimmy Durante...

and a wandering Jack o’ lantern.

The mummy and joker came…

and a Chinese Fortune cookie…passing out fortunes….

pretty little Kate, who won the big prize…

a glowing spider…

and Robin Hood.

The Rock Star girls…

and a bridge over troubled water.

Yesiree–everyone was there…

even spooky Mr. Potatohead. Now there’s a shady looking character.

Wonder if he knows anything about the body under the table.

Yikes.

Mighty spooky bunch!

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Sweet Pumpkin Babies

To look at these–you might be fooled as to what they used to be in their former life–you know, before they became the cutest little pumpkins on earth. Brace yourself…

Take a handful of Circus Peanuts–can you believe it?—and a couple of small green gumdrops….

then, cut the peanuts in half with a pair of scissors. Trim the sugar coating off the gumdrops–and keep all the pieces, just set them aside.

Slice a piece of the sticky gumdrop and “glue” two peanuts, bottoms sides together with it in the middle. Then, roll the little blobs in the palms of your hands until they are more rounded. Shape them into pumpkins–it’s easy because they are soft and pliable.

Fold a tiny slice of the sugary part of the gumdrop in half to make a stem. Stick it on the top in one of the creases. I actually scored these dudes by pressing a tooth pick down the sides for that real “pumpkin-type” look.

And there you have it–

the sweetest little Pumpkin Babies you’ve ever seen!

In case you need a synopsis of the process–here you go. Happy pumpkin-ing my friends.

So glad you’re here!

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The Chef and the Surgeon

Back when we were pups–my dear friend Mary Jo and I decided to go Trick or Treating…you know, take the little kids out so they’d be sure to have some mature, adult supervision.

Ah, yes. What humanitarians we were. ALWAYS thinking of the welfare of others…small children…old people…woodland creatures…pet rocks.

{sigh}

Ok…ok.

So, there were a couple of guys up the street and we figured why waste a good excuse to drop by and say a nice, casual, breathy, impromptu, “HIiiiii.”

The kids did make a pretty great smoke screen though.

heh, heh.

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Great Pumpkin Ready…

so to speak.

Look at this photo very carefully. What’s wrong with this picture? Well, other than the fact that it’s a bit blurry–what else is really, REally wrong here? Hmmmm?

Ha! There now. That’s much better.

Daney-boy has told me many times that his favorite memory in the world was when he was little and and came home from school to find the house all decorated for Halloween…just like magic! He missed it even when he was far, far away in Lithuania.

Oh, but now look this direction. Tsk…tsk. Positively dreadful.

Just a few subtle changes…here and there. Would you like to see them up close? Okkkk…try not to be too frightened. {snicker, snicker}

Oh, yeah…

Halloween, Andersonian style…

…the Next Generation.

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Baby Spooks

I don’t actually remember this particular Halloween, but that’s because I’m the little one in the shot. Laurie was a pink cat or something and Andy was a skeleton. Sweatshirts and masks.

My favorite things are the tiny pumpkins. I always felt sorry for them at the store, because I was afraid they’d be left behind.  To this day, that’s the size I buy.

Don’t you sometimes wish that it could all be this simple again?

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