The Cookies That Looked Good

"The Best Sugar Cookies Ever!" -- It read on Pinterest. 
All lies. 
These were not good at all, so I am definitely not here to share a recipe, but we did have a lot of fun making them + they made for some cute pictures! Next time I'll just phone a friend though and ask her for her mama's recipe. It's true blue & I'm not sure why I didn't think of that first... Guess there's always Valentines Cookies!

Halloween Recap!

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween! We most certainly did. We went to a number of Trick or Treat events, and have so much candy that I'm truly not sure what to do with now. We let the kids change up their costumes a few times from their costume box + attended the trick or treat in Old Town for the third year in a row, which officially never disappoints. Tomorrow I'll be blasting holiday music, taking down Halloween decor, and trying to restrain myself from decorating for Christmas too early...
Happy Halloween to all + to all a good night :)
^^^my sweet little trick or treater, who kept saying, "i just love trick or treating!"
^^^why is isla the best?! i mean, steals the show, SO CUTE i can't stand it.
^^^she was also a champion trick or treater. all the stranger danger she usually sports was out the window for candy.
^^^my favorites. it's true that it doesn't get better than them for me. 
^^^i won't tell you what i said to get them laughing for these pictures! 
^^^halloween treats... because sugar was exactly what we needed more of... cute though!

Pumpkin Carving!

We officially carved halloween pumpkins for the season last weekend! Abel chose a standard spooky face, with triangle eyes + nose, and a zig zag mouth, despite the many other options we showed him haha, he named it "Scary". Lucy went with hearts for eyes and a big smile. So sweet. Each year they are a little more into it and a little more involved + I'm happy we've included carving into our Halloween traditions. 
All of the kids costumes have officially arrived, and we are gearing up for a few different Trick or Treat events over the next few days. I'm excited! I was REALLY excited for Halloween... and I am, but now that it's almost here, I'm realizing I'm actually moooostly excited because after it's over we can somewhat acceptably dive into Christmas music + the coziest time of the year... 
I mean, who's with me?!
^^^i love lucy's piggies, because she "braided" them herself + had me put in the hair ties.