James cooked the most amazing turkey ever. EVER! Lets see...injected with a combo of butter, honey, merlot, and creole seasoning AND stuffed with apples. Stupid good. We also had super easy crockpot green beans (with brown sugar - yes they are the best ever), garlic cheesy mashed potatoes, fresh bread (breadmaker) , and salad. It. Was. Awesome. Just the four of us. No stress. Awesome.
My crazy husband has gone to Costco this morning with the kids to look at computers. Not to buy one, just to look. I tried to tell him black friday might not be the best day for this. Whatever! I'm not getting out of my pj's today. Which means I'm not shopping. And, I think all you black friday shoppers are crazy! (For the record.) Anyway, as I sat here thinking of you all I realized... holy cow I haven't done a Halloween blog! Sorry. Life happens. BUT, here we are. A little late.
Halloween Weekend Festivities!!!
This was my first year hitting the Manitou Springs Coffin Races. And it was pretty awesome. A little background: I guess back in the 1800's this lady, Emma Crawford, died and was buried on top of a hill. Well, it rained. A lot. And she was washed down the hill. So, they took her back up and buried her again. And it happened again. Seriously. (Supposedly.) So 16 years ago someone stumbled across that information and said "what a great idea!" And the coffin races were born. The basic idea - teams get together and come up with these themes. Then they super dress up. (all themey) Then they build a coffin on wheels and super dress it up to match, hold a massive parade to show everyone off, then have races. They push their team's coffin (with one woman inside it - the Emma Crawford's of course) through the streets of Manitou Springs. It made for a very interesting Saturday! Manitou people, Manitoids as they're called (not kidding), take Halloween VERY seriously.
Here we are waiting for the parade to start. We're getting a little sleepy.
Coffin example.
They also bring out their crazy pimped out hearses. And if your wondering If fire shoots out of this one somewhere...
Why yes, yes it does.
I told you they take this stuff seriously. Bob better watch out next year!
Fisher had the best spot for parade viewing.
A couple of my favorite themes... Smurfs.
And Star Wars. You can never go wrong with Storm Troopers and Princess Leia. Or people painted blue.
The parade was really fun. The kids were pretty tired by that time so we didn't stay for the races. After some lunch and a nap they were ready for... Pumpkin carving with Daddy!
The fruits of their labor. I think he looked fantastic.
Which brings us to trick-or-treating. We've been going to a different neighborhood for the last couple years and it's our new home for Halloween. Flat streets and wonderful people! What a combo. I made the costumes of course. After the success of the bulldozer last year - Fisher never even asked to buy one!
Piper went as Angelina Ballerina. She wasn't too sure about the whole knocking on strange doors and asking for stuff thing.
But she got the hang of it.
And after much discussion... Fisher went as a Robot!
Boxes, inserts that came in boxes, dryer vents (that were already in the garage), beer caps, duct tape, spare wire and tubing bits, and spray paint. If you're wondering.
Waiting...
Just a cute one of Piper and her Dad. A lovely fall shot.
I think this can be the last house.
They got a tremendous haul. This year we tried something new with all that candy. We had talked for several weeks about the "Candy Fairy". (Though some people call her the Spirit Sprite or the Halloween Fairy) She works along the same lines as the Tooth Fairy. And we LOVE her. The kids picked over the candy and got out a few of their favorites, then left the rest for the Candy Fairy. Fisher left her at least 3/4 of the candy this year. She leaves little toys or money for the candy you don't need. So we got down our Halloween tree and left her a basket of goodies.
Fisher (especially) is money motivated so the Candy Fairy left them each $5! They were super happy about it! Not a word was mentioned about missing any of that candy. I think they even have a little left. The Candy Fairy is sooooo sticking around!!
Well, that does it for us on this black friday. I hope you get the deals you want and eat yourself silly with leftovers.
Peace and full bellies,
JKFP
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