Boo...

Halloween was a fun one this year.  With older kids it's so different than the days of purchasing costumes and getting everyone ready.  These days they do it all on their own...

I'm totally loving this stage of raising kids!

Post Halloween Idea...

I found this idea on Pinterest, but was hesitant to try it because quite honestly, most of what I have attempted craft wise that was inspired by Pinterest has ended in tears and hot glue gun burns.

I saw this one well before Halloween and decided to give it a try, because sometimes I am just that delusional...

First you take toilet paper rolls.  We got lucky this past month with five people sharing one bathroom, there was no shortage of toilet paper rolls.

Then you draw some eyes on them...get creative, but remember you have to go back and cut those eyes out with a very sharp exacto knife...

Once you have cut out the eyes you just pop in a glow stick to illuminate it.  I found mine at the Dollar Store...

Then you sit back and see the spookiness...

Halloween night you put these little TP creatures into your bushes so it looks like eyes are staring out of them.

Via Pinterest

So start stocking up now.  Next Halloween is only a year away!

Boo Y'all...

A few cottage Halloween moments from the past few years...

This girl turned 16 yesterday...

Have a very safe & very Happy Halloween!

Spooky signage...

One of my friends sent me this image from Pottery Barn:

I liked the sign, but wanted to personalize it a bit, so I made my own version:

I added dinner, because when The Walking Dead is on we do "Dead & Dinner" here, also we are not an "Inn" we are a cottage.  Est. 2010 is the year we moved in, but also the year that The Walking Dead came out.  I love signs with personal meaning ;)

Night of the Zombies...

Halloween was always one of my favourite holidays.  My mother would go above and beyond on our costumes.  I remember being an Indian princess, baton twirler, cheerleader- all with accessories and shoes.  Because really every girl should own a pair of majorette boots at some point in her life.

When I became a mom I carried on with the  same enthusiasm that my mother had with us.  Sara's first Halloween she had four different costumes.  That night was like a Cher concert.  Once I had four kids I kept it to one costume per kid.  I loved to coordinate the kids.  Raggedy Anne and Andy, 50's boy & girl....then they grew up and got their own ideas about costumes.

This year?  Well, anyone who knows us knows that we are HUGE fans of the show The Walking Dead.  Hence the tab for our Dead & Dinner documentation.  Sundays are all about zombies in our house, so it was no surprise when Anne and her friends decided to zombify themselves.

Peace, love & zombies

I'm pretty sure they learned how to do this on Pinterest...

My two non-zombies.  Officer Hunter and Becky (sara) from Glee

And last but not least, Jack.  The Ghost.  The Halloweiner.....

Jack says, "Boo".  Also, "Give me cookie or I will haunt you."

Happy Halloween Y'all!