Halloween Awesomeness

Halloween Awesomeness

Friday Our friends Dan, Tina, Devon and my Brother came up from Jersey and we headed to downtown West Chester to have dinner at Kildare's which was fantastic. Afterwards we all headed over to the Bates Motel Haunted House / Hayride. My children were completely adorable. J who is 6 was loving every minute of it. Putting her hands in the air and rocking out and giving hi-fives to every ghoul, ghost or zombie that attempted to scare her. They would jump out and go RAWR she would smile turn around and say HI FIVE so they did. It was wonderful and way to adorable for words. I thought T might of been a bit scared, even though he is older he gets creeped out much quicker than she, but he wasn't either. He was a very brave boy.  I was proud of both of them for being so fantastic.  

Saturday morning we all had breakfast, afterwards Toniann, Bryan, and Jessica showed up and I drove Toniann and Bryan out to show them around the West Chester Area. They both as well as my brother are thinking of moving out here. OMG that would be so awesome. My bro will forever be one of my best friends ever and I would love to have him live closer.  Came back to the house R took J over to her Halloween Party over at her friends house from school while the rest of us began to assemble costumes and what not. Our halloween event began at 4. Lots of awesome people here at that time all but 4 Mike and his girlfriend which were terrific people and Brian and Kenny whom showed up later but were incredibly nice as well. All of us were outside playing flip cup for awhile kids included but they had propel water in their cups. Just wanted to make sure they were involved and having a good time also.. Dance party going on indoors. Great food. lots of laughing and having a good time. I unfortunately had to remain many sober outside of a few beers, I needed to keep an eye of the kids as well as try to keep everyone reasonably happy. lol There was 30 people here at one point so thing to make sure all was good was not always easy but it was overall a fantastic time. Next time however less people will be invited and it will not be as chaotic and hopefully without any drama.  I just chalk that part up to it is bound to happen when there is that many people involved. OH well such is life. Would do it again in a heart beat without a few invited people lol *hugs* to all that came and had a great time.  Sunday morning it was time to chill relax and clean up any left over messes. Thanks to Dan, Geo, Tina, and Devon that helped me get the place back to perfect order and for Sarah sharing her yummy pumpkin spice.  I adore you guys.

Life Update :o)

The kiddo's are home from school today due to an inservice teacher day. On top of that they are stuck in the house because of the miserable chilly rain that is in a constant stream downward >< I am pretty proud of them for the most part they are trying their best to get along. They love to get on each other's nerves sometimes, typical sibling rivalry at its finest. At the present moment he is in his room playing with legos. While his sister is sitting on my bed (while I write)  playing with her Monster High stylist book as well as  6 of her MH dolls.  She is absolutely obsessed  with those toys. I personally think they are adorable. I have been rather busy getting prepared for the huge events occurring this weekend. Cleaning, craving pumpkins, laundry, and cooking UGH! I have a few adjustments to make to my costume and wig as well. I will get it all done. On the bright side I have gotten a good chunk of my Christmas shopping already completed. I am not a fan of going into the stores during the holiday itself, people for some  strange reason seem to be  rude that time of year. So I attempt to finish it all before Dec. 1st. This way I can just relax and enjoy the holiday with my family.  I am also keeping my fingers crossed that the slight cold I got a few days ago disappears prior to the weekend. *fingers crossed*  Well as long as it does not get worse I am golden. Have a great day everyone. Thanks to all that follow my blog.

West Chester Ghost Tour Fun

My family has been scaring up a good time lately and I am absolutely delighted. Halloween is hands down my be all end all holiday.  I assume that is why I try to keep it around all year. Last year while making holiday (x-mas)  cupcakes for the little monsters school. I was watching a ghost hunters marathon while doing so.  Any who…. This past weekend Mummy's little monsters as well as Mommy and Daddy went to a Ghost Tour. I must say it was rather fantastic.  We went to the Lincoln Room in Downtown West Chester. Before the outing began we ate dinner in the gathering area, Pulled pork sandwich's and OMG! to die for Butternut squash soup which I never had but it is YUMMY! At 8 the ghost tour began; Our tour guide was Malcolm Johnstone dressed as a gentleman from 1850's  guided us and approximately 45 other people on a 90 min. walking tour of the historic ghostly events of the West Chester area.  The tour began at the Lincoln room one of West Chester's most historic buildings dating back to 1833. It is a federal style structure built by William Everhart, a former congressman. The rooms retain its original molding and tin ceiling. Abraham Lincoln had his first biography written here. It is also said to be haunted by the ghost of John Tully a horse thief that died there after being whipped and having his ears cut off. We also learned about the Everhart Parks mysterious Shadow People, as well as the persecution of the accused Westtown Witch Moll Otley. If ever in the West Chester Area and are looking for something fun to do for this time of year. I would definitely recommend giving this a try. It is a lot of fun and the people that run it could not get any nicer. Wonderful experience all the way around. This week I am getting ready for the weekends big events.  Friday Night is Bates Motel followed by hanging in the house with  friends, watching so horror films. The following day is the big halloween Night of the Living Fed Party. Can't Wait!!!! 

Batty Cupcakes

With Halloween just around the corner this is a pretty simple cupcake idea for your kids or for them to bring to school. I made them Last year for my daughters class.

Ingredients:

Cupcakes (Baked from your favorite recipe)

Chocolate icing

White Frosting

2 M&M Mini's per cupcake

Jujube Candy 

Thin Mints Haviland Brand (if avaiable)

Andes Creme de Menthe Candies

Instructions

1. Frost a cupcake (baked from your favorite recipe) with chocolate icing.
2. For the bat's face, set two M&M's Minis in place for eyes and add a jujube candy nose.
3. For the wings, cut a Thin Mint (we used Haviland brand) in two and set the halves in place as shown. Then cut an Andes Crème de Menthe candy in half diagonally and set the pieces in place for the bat's ears.
4. Finally, add a white frosting mouth, fangs, and pupils.

To much to do so little time

This week is a whirl wind of things I need to get completed.

First off it is the matter of the kids school I was there for 2 hours this morning doing laminating for the teachers which I so lovingly volunteered to accomplish. Right before I was about to leave however two of the 5th grade teachers came in wanting me to laminate front and back covers for books, they are going to do with their class. UGH! So..... I have a huge pile awaiting my return on Thursday. Of course that will be after I get the Thursday Packets organized and sent to every class in the school. I am also Helping the Art teacher both on Thursday from 1-2 (might as well live at the school that day) and also on Friday from 9-11. UGH! What do I get myself into?

Well outside of all that the Halloween event is quickly creeping up on me. (No Pun intended) I still have a lot of decorating to accomplish. More webs, lighting, fog machine, etc. I am cooking  2 trays of Baked Ziti, Mummy Dogs and 2 pumpkin pies for that day at least everyone is bringing food which helps out a lot feeding 30 confirmed people is quite a lot for one people to handle. 

This is what I got done so far....

With still more to come but the 22nd is almost here and I cant wait I adore Halloween.

The Friday before the Party there is about 12 of us including my kids going over to Bates Motel Haunted House and hayride. My daughter is 6 and can't wait. She is a weird little thing that likes spooky Stuff. The kiddos watched Poltergeist over the the weekend and neither of them though it was scary. WTH! I remembered being frightened of that when I was younger.

Any who where was I..... OH yeah stuff to get done. The party stuff, school things, cleaning, Laundry which has seemed to over stuff the small laundry room I have. Grocery shopping,  Get the rest of my costume and my sons.  As well as a numerous amount of other things like find time to work on my Novel & blog of course.