Decorating for the holidays has not been much of my thing lately but I have been wanting to incorporate small festive touches. I decided seasonal placemats would fit the bill. Four years ago I completed a pair of Halloween throws. Those ate up a huge amount of my spooky fabric stash but not all of […]
Halloween looked different in these parts this year. I was the only one who wore an official costume. I served lunch with a great crew of folks at St. John’s. We were so busy this month that we didn’t put out our usual Halloween decorations until Halloween day. The forecast was rainy but by midday, […]
It’s Fall, y’all and officially Halloween today! We’ve had a series of activities over the last three nights and ironically tonight feels the least festive of them all. Monday was Trunk or Treat at SJB. Mason volunteered and had a blast. As Trunk or Treat wrapped up, we learned that our county was preemptively shifting […]
The neighborhood trio sent off to trick or treat. That trio would be Cole, Martin and Mason. Halloween was quieter this year. We handed out pretzels and chips and we had loads left over. Frankie and Camille were a unicorn and Winnie the Pooh while this little piggy went to school. If the weather had […]
For the first time, I dropped a child off at trunk or treat and, by his request, I returned when it was over to pick him up. If I hadn’t made him stop for a moment before running off, I would not have even gotten this photo. Boy, are times changing.
Don’t you just love when you ask a friend if you can borrow her wingspan and her feet to take a quilt picture after a run and all she says is, “Sure! Should I bring brown or black boots?” A supersized Halloween jelly roll race quilt became two lap sized ones for my two ghosts, […]
The festivities were in full force. We lined the drive with the jack-o-lanterns as usual. https://youtu.be/TlvxU9tGMZ4 Here is a quick clip of them all lit up. Originally, Mason was going to go as Paul Zerdin from America’s Got Talent. We bought a dummy and everything but then, he heard about the dinosaur and it was […]
Round One :: 10 pumpkins :: 10/25/16 Round Two :: 10 more pumpkins :: 10/27/16 As busy as we have been this month with travel and activities, we considered foregoing our tradition of carving pumpkins for Halloween. However, traditions are important. At least one voice strongly rang out that we should carry on so I […]
Would it be a Selby Halloween without a yard full of carved pumpkins? All those pumpkins yielded close to 14 cups of roasted pumpkin seeds.
Happy Halloween! A little knitted voodoo dropped in to say hello. School was all abuzz with the class parties. Note the very cute layered dip that one mom put together. I’m sure she spent hours making them. It was a nice alternative to the sweet treats although I’m not sure how many kiddos appreciated them. […]