Let Us Pretend You Still Care About Halloween
The Halloween festivities went on and on. Just the way I like a holiday.
I am completely sold on having children because it means there is dressing up. And it doesn’t have to be me. Win-win. Indulge me while I share ten trillion pictures of my baby as an owl:
We had a big church party on Saturday evening, complete with a chili cookoff, carnival games, and Trunk or Treating. Which, hilariously, I was in charge of. Let me tell you, there were no centerpieces and no decorations. But there was plenty of food and excellent company. So I count it a success.
And I made nearly 200 mini cupcakes for the cake walk. I used it as an excuse to buy myself one of these things, which has improved my quality of life 1000%.
The problem with being in charge, is that people come and ask you questions and you have to make up an answer really fast and pretend you have put great thought into it. I haven’t yet mastered doing that without making a concerned face:
We went to Ralphie’s for Halloween dinner on Sunday, where I ate way too much stew and I made these pumpkin scones. I’d made them before and they were divine. This time, they didn’t cook all the way through, so they were kind of more like pumpkin muffins, rather than scones, which I’m totally over (that is such a ridiculous lie – I am still mega-disappointed. I hate it when things don’t turn out. The banana bread that was a horrendous flop five years ago? I’m still peeved about). Both times I made them without the glaze and without the butterscotch chips.
Also, I wore orange shoes:
I mean, when else can you wear orange shoes?
cutest little owl EVER!
Also: the shoes. Are they comfy? And where did you find them?
Soo adorable, LOVE the costume! Love the shoes too:)
CUTEST baby ever. 🙂
Great job on the costume! Ella is way adorable with her aviator goggles.
See, you totally can make cupcake flights! Especially now with your fancy shmance frosting gun. And any occasion with a chili cookout is JUST FINE with me, centerpieces or no. 🙂
Cute shoes, even cuter baby!
Could not be any cuter! Love the owl costume and the shoes. Sounds like you guys had a pretty terrific holiday weekend.
That costume is hilariously cute.
That is one of the cutest costumes I have ever seen!! Adorable!!
And I covet those shoes!
Love the orange shoes and LOVE the owl costume! She is so cute!!
George was just saying that he had hoped to see Ella in full owl costume and voila! There she is, as adorable as any baby owl could be, with or without the mask.
Love the owl costume! And you are making me feel guilty because we did nothing for Halloween. I do have a picture of Finn dressed up like a chicken though. I guess there is that.
Hahaha ohh my goodness, your darling baby! That is an excellent costume and she is SO cute. Also, I love your shoes.
That third picture makes my ovaries ache. For realz.
My husband wears orange shoes as his every day shoes. He's a college professor, though, so I guess eccentricity goes along with the job descriptions.
She was a darling owl and nobody missed decorations. It was outside! The kids' costumes were decoration enough. It was awesome!!!
ok cutest owl and costume EVER! She is such a doll!!! and kudos on the cupcakes- they look amazing! btw great job on the ward trunk or trea- it looked way fun!!! and your shoes rock!:)
I love the mask. Too cute!
You and your baby are both adorable! Sounds like it was a great celebration.
I must know where the shoes came from, so I can get my own. Also, THE OWL! Killing me.
Aww, what a sweet little owl!
Love love love. All of it.
Are your shoes from Rocket Dog? Because they look a lot like my new gold ones.