Happy Halloweenie

My favorite crafty contribution to Halloween this year was a spooky spider jack-o-lantern.  Our good friends and neighbors had a carving party and Joseph really wanted a Spider Man jack-o-lantern.  I didn't think that was really gonna happen for this mama, so we settled instead on a spider, man.  (Get it?  Heehee.)

I copied Aunt Tammy's milk jug ghost from their yard last year and boy was that cute!  I'll do more next year for sure.  It was a hoot stuffing it full of lights though --- the idea is that you have several milk jug ghosts in a row and string the lights down the line, but I only did one and had a sting of 350 lights.  I *kinda* thought stuffing the whole strand in there would be a little much but had to try it anyway.  It looked so ridiculously bright that I'm sure a few trick or treaters had to turn back half way up the walk shielding their eyes.  Heh heh.  I did end up pulling a bunch of the strand out but dang it was funny!  

...had a little glow stick fun...

 ...and hit the pavement!  It only took Alaina one house to figure out this was a pretty good gig.  She was right there with Joseph eagerly snatching her share of candy and treats. 

We got back home barely in time for a few treats before bedtime.  Alaina chose something chocolatey (as evidenced by her shirt) and Joseph chose Cheetos.  Eat up my friends.  Halloween only comes once a year!

 And we can't wait for the next one!