Monday, November 18, 2013

More Halloween Happiness

The Princess had tons of fun making Halloween treats for all her classmates. Skyler loves getting crafty with her Mummy, so we put our creative skills in motion and made Dracula & Ghost candy bars.  
I photo copied 12 Dracula templates and 12 Ghost templates on purple and white card stock paper. Then our scissors got busy!


We glued on wiggly eyes and stuck our chocolate bars in the middle, using double sided tape. Hershey milk chocolate for the ghosts and Hershey cookies-n-cream chocolate bars for the Draculas.


 The adorable finished product....
 
 The students got one of each and so did Sky's wonderful teacher, Mrs. Fitzsimmons.
Speaking of Skyler's wonderful teacher, we wanted to make an extra special Halloween gift just for her. 
The Princess and I headed to the store and bought the cutest glass pumpkin candy dish and filled it with Hershey kisses and plastic spiders. We then printed a gift tag that read, "Bugs & Kisses". After tying it around the stem of the glass pumpkin with decorative ribbon, Sky was so anxious to personally deliver it to school that Halloween morning.
 It turned out so darn cute!
The children were asked to dress up as their favorite story book character and also bring the book to class on the morning of Halloween. Skyler chose Pinkalicious! An adorable book about a little girl would loved everything pink, especially cupcakes! Quite fitting, indeed!
Cousin Nikki gifted this sparkling picture book and it has definitely become one of our Princess' favorites! Daddy and I bought her the latest book from the series titled, "Silverlicious". It will be wrapped under the tree very soon! Here's our very own Sweet and Lovable Pinkalicious.....
Halloween at school was such a fun filled day for Skyler. I was fortunate to be apart of their morning and watch Sky stand up in front of her class to talk about her chosen book and why she picked it. Her teacher, Mrs Fitzsimmons, dressed up as a spider from Charlotte's Web. We are truly blessed to have her as Skyler's PreK teacher.   
Another successful school day and the treats were a hit!

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Boo! Butterfly Beauty

Boo! I probably startled you all with this new post!! My apologies for the delay in sharing the latest news regarding the Princess. Life has been crazy busy in the Short household. Let me begin where I last left off....Fall Festivities. And the Fall season would not be complete without Halloween....so here goes! 
Skyler wanted to be a purple butterfly. Although she still stayed with the insect theme, I was all smiles with her choice. Last year a spider...this year a beautiful butterfly! 
Wasn't Sky a lovely butterfly? 
Hard to believe this was the Princesses 5th Halloween. My, oh my, how quickly she has grown!
Of course I had to reminisce and share some adorable Halloween memories with you all!
 Halloween 2009 (above)
 
Halloween 2010
 Halloween 2011
Halloween 2012

Skyler was eager to meet her buddy Reese at the Trunk or Treat Event at the First Methodist Church on Lake Morton. We had such a fabulous time last year, we decided to return to the annual event. Volunteers from the church bring their cars with their trunks all decorated and park in a section along the church. The kids go from trunk to trunk. Definitely a fun tradition to continue! Out the door we went.....
Two pretty girls.....A Butterfly and a Princess!
Let the fun begin.....



Skyler loved all the dogs along the trunk route. In fact, I think she liked visiting the animals more than asking for candy! These two Westies were her favorite....I wonder why? Lol!


We shared a fun hour with the Hawxwells and even ran into some friends.
Bella
and Clayton
The event even supplied free food. The girls enjoyed a slight break before heading home to trick-or-treat in our neighborhood. 
Us parents sported the signature blonde Halloween wigs again.

We shared another fun hour together going from house to house. We only went down two streets, but the decorations and displays were very entertaining.


It was a delight become a kid all over again. Hope you all got more treats than tricks.....We sure did!