Happy Halloween Eve Eve Eve!

We started our festivities yesterday with our momstown weekly playgroup! It was a lot of fun to get together with some other mommies and chat while our little ones painted pumpkins (or was supposed to) and ate all kinds of homemade treats!

Here's my two pumpkins  lounging before heading to the party!
Check out Rossi's legs....obviously underestimated how much he's grown in the past while and bought a costume at least one size too small. It was a little shameful but he made a cute race car driver nonetheless :)
BTW, I picked up their "costumes" on a rush trip to the mall one day at Old Navy. I really have a hard time spending $$ on costumes for this age, hopefully next year I can be a little more creative and make something for them....maybe.

 

Gone are the days of apples and bananas in our treat bags. Unfortunately some crazies have made it very difficult for us to hand out healthy treats. Of course when I was a kid, I really didn't appreciate the fruit and would have opted for the trick if that were the supposed treat. However, it's all in the presentation sometimes for these kids. Weelicious (one of my favourite websites) has a great number of recipes featured this week for Halloween. I am hoping to create a couple of these ghoulish creations myself this weekend to tempt Rossi if I can get around to it. I've already made 3 batches of these cookies. Both kid and adult alike have gobbled them up.

Please share any Halloween treats/recipes that you have had success with, I love new and creative ideas for baking for my family!

 

This year we will likely bring Rossi out to a couple of houses in the neighbourhood. Last year, Daddy took him to about 4 houses and he was done after that. He can be shy at times so he was content with just coming back home and rockin the dragon in his own environment. Gosh, he was really just a baby last year...sigh..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



HALLOWEEN TIPS FROM THIS SAHM



•  Attach some piece of reflective gear to your child's costume (especially for those T & T'ing without an escort.
• Respect allergies by offering peanut free options to your guests. Why not also add a diabetic candy or two? It's a real bummer for kids with diabetes this time of year. Most big box stores sell sugar free wrapped candy, check it out!
• If you don't want your kids to devour all the goodies in one sitting, come up with a candy compromise before the treating begins. But remember compromise works both ways - give in a little :)
• Fill your kids belly with a healthy snack/meal prior to the treating and eating. Get them involved in the cooking/baking. I find they are more likely to eat it if they help make it. This MAY help with the sugar gluttony
• If your kids are small enough and you can get a way with it, ration the goodies. Hide or divvy up into your own little treat bags to control the amounts - out of sight, out of mind right? (This is more what I do more for myself :)
• Host a party. Dress up, have some fun, invite friends!
• Above all,  be safe - if there is ever a question of safety - err on the side of caution.

Here's a great guide to Halloween from SavvyMom.ca. It has some really cool alternatives to the ever classic pumpkin sugar cookie, as well as some other great tips - sign up for their newsletter as well and get daily emails. Some I like, some I delete but see for yourself :)

Have a safe and Happy Halloween everyone!
Talk soon!