Non trick or treating

So, for Halloween this year we didn't go trick or treating. There, I admitted it. I figured that the girls are still pretty young and still don't quite get the whole idea, we had taken them to our wards trunk or treat so Bre had already gotten enough candy in my opinion and on top of that I really didn't want to take them out in our neighborhood. Anyways, I did dress them up. We ended up having mummy dogs and french fries and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. Um, yeah, yummy! While we were eating all that I found some old Casper the friendly ghost cartoons to watch. Breanne really enjoyed those. It was fun and next year lets just hope we live in a more kid friendly neighborhood because I don't think I'm going to get away with not taking them 2 years in a row. I've seen lots of pictures from everyone else and it looks like everyone had a great "holiday". Yay!

Pumpkin Carving

We finally got some pumpkins and carved them last night. Now, for those of you who remember pumpkin carving last year know that Breanne was absolutely terrified of getting her hands gooey. Well, that's the way it started out this year as well. I guess old habits are hard to break. Kaity on the other hand seemed pretty okay with sticking her spoon in there. That is until mean ol' daddy came along and MADE her stick her hand in there and grab all the gooeyness that is pumpkin guts. "uhhh...what am I doing?"

"What is this stuff?"
"I don't want to do that again, dad"

"I said I didn't want to do that again!!"

She doesn't usually cry if she's scared or unsure about something so at first she had a very scared look on her face and after sticking her hand in there a couple of times she had had enough. Breanne finally started doing it herself. Yeah Breanne!

Kaity had more fun sucking on the pieces of pumpkin we were carving out.

Creations

This is a purse I made for Bre yesterday because she liked the one I made for myself so much.

This is a dress that I made TODAY! I found the "idea" from the idea room. They have a link on the right hand side of my page. This dress was made from Cameron's old dress shirt. Yes, a dress shirt. I have to say that I am completely and utterly in love with it! Breanne looks less then thrilled, but trust me she loved it.

I sewed a little bit of lace in the front to bring the neckline up a bit.

This is the back of the dress, but it was the front of Cam's shirt

This dress didn't cost anything to make because everything I used I already had in the house. The lace was part of a pillowcase that we had got for a wedding present that I knew I would never use. So I put all the pieces to good use. The lace here and the actual pillowcase for Bre's Halloween costume.
It was REALLY easy and if I think it was easy then ANYONE can do it. Look up the tutorial at:
www.theidearoom.blogspot.com