Monday, November 30, 2009

Gingerbread House

Our local hospital had a silent auction to raise money for it's foundation. They had numerous different gingerbread houses and Christmas trees to bid on.

We bid on this house and got it.
The detail is amazing!

The roof is layered with chocolate thin crackers and peanut crackers.
The trees are ice cream cones with icing.

I love the little poinsettia plants around the house.


The chimney is made of cubed caramels which are stacked on each other.

TOO COOL!
I CANNOT WAIT TO TASTE IT!


On a side note...

Should I be concerned that my boy lines everything up in a row (cars/trucks/animals)
including his Christmas oranges??


Thursday, November 05, 2009

Halloween 2009

It would not feel like Halloween up north if there was not any snow.
Mother Nature obliged and dumped 1/2 foot of the white fluffy stuff the day before the little goblins came out to play.

oh well...

Emma's Halloween dance at school got cancelled due the the mass out break of H1N1 et/al (flu, cold etc).

Instead of dancing in drag all night long... we carved pumpkins at home.
Dann got creative with a skull and Emma loved her "funny" face.
Ethan and I dug out the slop and then called it a night
(that's really the only fun part isn't it?!).

Here's my charming little boy practicing for the big night.
He had "Trick or Treat" down pat!

Along with snow comes dressing warm. This year was no different. We had to plan our costumes so they were big enough to wear outdoor gear under neath.

Emma decided to go simple but very cute with the traditional
"Black Cat"

Ethan could really care less what he wore, just as long he was going out to get candy.
We chose one of the many dress up animal costumes in the tickle trunk!
(Mr. Dress-Up for those of you old enough to recall).

He was an adorable!


Although there was a shortage of kids out trick or treating, there certainly was not a shortage of treats.
The kids wasted no time digging in once we sorted it at home (Mom & Dad too).

I hope everyone had a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!