Thursday Thoughts

Today I'm thinking about...


...Halloween costumes. And how much different things are now that the my kids are older. Years ago, we started the hunt for the perfect costumes in July. Right around the time each summer when things got old and summer seemed to drag, the Halloween magazines and catalogues appeared in the mail. We would spend hours looking at them, circling ideas and planning costumes for the kids. We changed our minds hundreds of times, but had so much fun dreaming of that chilly October night and what each child would wear.


Now that the kids are older, it is different. But also much easier. Madison no longer dresses up. She prefers to pass out candy at a friend's house. I am alright with that, because that is fun as well, and living where we do, we never get any trick-or-treaters here. : ) Flynn chooses the same costume every year. Any guesses? Yep. Cinderella it is! Luckily, I have the beautiful dress she wore to meet Cinderella at Disneyworld last summer. And that leaves my middle two. I am so thankful they both still want to go with us trick-or-treating. They enjoy it as much for Flynn as they do for themselves. And the candy. : ) They have been talking lately about going through the dress up box and see what they can throw together. The last thing I heard was something about a zombie and a bloody hatchet from Walmart. Stay tuned.


Here are a few pictures of the last week around here. We are still all about autumn!

The last of the leaves are hanging on...

before floating away...

leaving a bare beauty all its own.

We are sporting orange and black...

except for babies who are already dressed for Christmas. Or maybe still?

We are all about autumn food...like these Pumpkin Blossoms...

Pumpkin French toast...

Spider web Munch...(Recipe here. )

and warm bowls of soup. With cornbread.

We're having morning coffee by the fire...

spending chilly afternoons outside collecting fallen leaves...

and then drinking cocoa and watching movies...

before cuddling up on the couch with a Pumpkin Spice Latté...

or simple mug of tea. : )

Have a wonderful autumn weekend, my friends!