My dear sweet friend, Paula, came over and taught me a great deal about sewing, and together we made both Frankie and Adam's costumes. Frankie has an amazing witch's costume, and Adam wanted to be a character from one of his favorite computer games - Bookworm Adventures. Here's a look at the original worm:
We modified an animal costume for the body, bought a pair of gold rimmed glasses, and a red bow tie. The resulting costume is fantastic, and would be very easy to convert to a frog next year, but I don't think Adam is having any of that. Thomas will be a monkey, because absolutely nothing fits his personality better. We'll have a motley crew of trick-or-treaters, but that's just one of the things that makes Halloween so fun.For my neighbors, I always have hot apple cider for grown ups because it's usually fairly blustery out. For the kids, we get a great assortment of both candy and Halloween type toys, because not every kid can have candy. We also have Safe-t-pops for the smallest trick-or-treaters.
Oh, the dinner calender? Right - ok, here it is:
So, enjoy -- and feel free to email or ask for recipes. I'm always happy to provide them. That's about it for now. Until next time... (when our newest addition will be - gulp - almost here).
P.S. If anybody wants to come stay with us for a couple of weeks and help out after Max is born, we are totally open and have an enormous guest room! Any takers?
2 comments:
Are those philly cheese steaks you're mentioning? Could I have that recipe?
Philly Cheese Burritos - you caramelize some sliced onion (or any combo of onions, peppers, or mushrooms), brown some sliced thin cut steak, and season with salt and pepper. Load it into a tortilla and top with your favorite mexican style cheese - we like the liquidy queso blanco (white cheese sauce we get at Smith's). Fold and grill on a sprayed grill pan until the outside is brown. Serve with salsa and sour cream.
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