Halloween Treats

Look what we made (Frankenstein cupcakes).



Look what Katelyn got into ( a little bit of everything).



Note the special new haircut.

A girls best friend

Most of the time Jake.
Sometimes Bella Dancerella.

I trimmed Katelyn's bangs on Saturday.

Katelyn trimmed Katelyn's bangs on Monday.

Sewing

Kyleigh wanted to sew her own Halloween candy bag. I just happened to have some extra halloween fabric waiting to be made into something fabulous. She pinned the fabric and did all of the sewing by herself. I just stayed close by to help. She isn't tall enough to reach the pedal, so we had to be creative. She stuck herself with pins about 12 times, but didn't sew her fingers up. I would call that a success.

She loves to make things herself. I wish we were close enough to Aunt Karla so she could learn to crochet.

Avacados

Rusty has a friend that grows big avacados. They are hybrid avacados. He says that he sells them to Mexican restaurants, and if you can find them in stores they cost between 5 and 8 dollars apiece. One of these things is too big to make guacamole in a regular cereal bowl. He gave us two huge buckets of them. We have been eating the most delicous guacamole and we have enough of it frozen to last awhile. Another reason to love living in Hawaii.

Tea party

We planned a tea party.
We made a miniature loaf of bread.
We made tiny snickerdoodle cookies.
The girls practiced setting up the dishes.
They made special invitations for mommy and daddy.
Kyleigh taught Katelyn how to hold her tea cup properly (with her pinky finger out).
Daddy came home.
They excitedly gave us the invitations.
They quickly set up the tea set.
They left the food unattended... momentarily.
Jake ate the food.
All of it.

Daddy saved the tea party with a snickers ice cream bar cut into fourths.
We had our tea party.
At the table.

Next time we will practice manners before our tea party.

What the girls learned today...

1. How to make a fluted edge on a pie crust.

2. How to knead bread dough.

3. Don't forget that you have bread cooking in the oven and change the temperature to broil.