How convenient it was that Halloween was on a Friday night this year. Oh, how I dreaded the day after Halloween each year when I was teaching. Have lessons to teach – fuhgeddaboudit. Sugar highs and tired children do not make for a good day of learning. The Grands came over for trick or treat […]
It is about that time of year. The time when bright orange pumpkins are carved and turned into jack-o-lanterns. A few days ago, I was looking through old photographs, and I found this picture. I am sure many of you have similar pictures. Creating jack-o-lanterns was a yearly tradition. It began with a trip to the […]
Trick or Treat! For the young at heart senior citizens at water aerobics, Halloween was a treat. People are always bringing snacks to share, and on this day before Halloween there were plenty of goodies to eat. There were pumpkin sugar cookies. Mutilated spider cookies were a big hit. Who doesn’t like Oreos, M&M’s, and […]
Fun Halloween Riddles for Kids Q. Why didn’t the skeleton cross the road? A. He didn’t have the guts! Q. What do ghosts serve for dinner? A. Ice Scream! Q. Why don’t skeletons like parties? A. Because they have no body to dance with! Q. Why wasn’t there any food left after the monster party? […]
For three years we have heard about Halloween on the seventh floor of Presbyterian Hospital (Texas Oncology). With this staff Halloween is a big, big deal. This year we were there for the noon parade, and we had so much fun. There were major good costumes, and laughter all around. It is hard to believe […]
Sounds a little creepy doesn’t it – “There are eyes in the bushes.” (Just say it in you best Lon Chaney voice.) Number One Son pointed these out to me on Pinterest (Thrifty Crafty Girl) some time ago, and I have been saving toilet paper rolls ever since. To have eyes hiding in the bushes on […]
I am sure most of you already know – I am not a crafty person. Much as I would like to be crafty – It never seems to work. The Buds (friends) still remind me that I could not even put baby’s breath into arrangements for Number One Son’s rehearsal dinner centerpieces. You just had […]
