Halloween '10

Halloween 2010 was very low key for us. I've got the emergency line cell phone for work this weekend and Mikey is not feeling well. So no costumes, no bar hopping and no local music like last year.
But, we did some baking and pumpkin carving!
We made some pumpkin bread (with molasses):

With Mikey spending the day on the couch, Hannah came over to take his place on pumpkin carving and dressing the animals up:
This costume suits Kramer perfectly:
Annie actually really likes her costume. She happily obliged to being dressed up.
Our Bella Bug:
and the Feisty Cosmo Bat :
We tried a new pumpkin carving technique thanks to a recommendation from my mom. Instead of cutting the top out, we cut the bottom off and then set the pumpkin on top of a candle. It worked perfectly! No more worrying about the top sitting perfectly on top. Plus is was way easier to clean the seeds out.
Hannah and I carved 3 of the pumpkins today. The other 3 were carved last weekend by me, Hannah and Matt when my fam was up visiting.

We also took a different approach with handing out candy this year. Instead of tormenting the dog (she hates the doorbell), we just put the bowl of candy out on the front steps for the kiddos to help themselves. Our front porch storm door is also out of commission due to the recent temperature changes and/or the old house doing some settling. The frame is warped and so now the door will only shut with quite a bit of force. So, self serve candy worked well this year.

We made the most of our quiet Halloween. Hope you had a good one as well!