October festivities in pictures

The latter part of October I invited my girlfriends over for a couple of crafty afternoons to get into the spirit of the season. Martina, Marla, and I read a horror novel (The September House) and did a craft (pouring candles with beeswax I ordered online). Here is one of the dishes I made for our little party:

Ghostie Hot Dogs!

I love these two women. We have so much fun together!

And here are some of the finished candles.

The weekend before, Marla brought Carsen over and the three of us worked on small canvas paint kits. Carsen did a great job on hers!

And speaking of a great job, check out her Halloween costume! Her daddy made the wings with a 3D printer. She looked fantastic!
 

We had our annual costume parade at school last Friday, and these were my favorite adult costumes. Behold....the Dumpster Fire that was our PTO president!

And here you have our PE teacher and library assistant. I loved these, too!

 

The candy selection I chose to hand out for Halloween:

I had a small cooler of juice boxes for any thirsty trick or treaters, and also a little fun treat for their parents:

I bagged up lots of the candy so I could just hand out a bunch at once. The pink present on the table was a book, The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh, which was a gift for our across-the-street neighbors' brand new baby girl. She was born last week, and her name is Caroline. Her big sister, three-year-old Georgia, got extra candy and juice.

Despite all the dental drama and other nonsense, October was a really fun month.

We have lots coming up in November: Gregg's birthday, a planned visit the week after that from my aunt Linda, and then on the 18th I'm hosting my large book club. We'll be reading My Life in France by Julia Child. I'm going to be busy!

In search of a hat....

A witches hat, that is.

I have been looking all over the internet for either a nice ready-made hat that comes in specific sizes or else a tutorial for making my own. The problem I'm having is that all the hats for sale say "one size fits most" and well....I have a big head! And as far as making my own...I am really more interested in decorating a hat than attempting to make one totally from scratch.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Ideas? Websites or retailers to recommend? I'm running out of time here!