It's party time! Looks easy doesn't it? Trying to take a bite of a dangling apple with your hands behind your back isn't as easy as it looks.

However, practice makes perfect. The girls wanted to keep their apples and try their luck again. Guess what? The one practicing was the only one that was able to get a bite! Perseverance pays off.
They played hot pumpkin - similar to hot potato. No throwing girls.They had fun with a mummy wrapping contest, played who can find the most ghosts (embellished tootsie roll pops), the pinata, decorated "Boo" signs and dined on a ghoulish dinner.

We're getting ready for the party around here. My son was home sick yesterday with a cold and put this shadow on our stair case for me. Thanks Junie-Moon for sharing your Martha downloads.
The kitchen table is set and ready for its monster treats and ghoulish delights.

The village is set up in the butler's pantry. I need to figure out a way to hide my cords. This was the "sweet" collection from Michael's last year. I love the candy corn road. I wish they would come out with more pieces. Michael's do you hear me? I'm a great customer.

We hung this big spider in the dining room. That's about as scary as I get!

The pinata has been hung. Sorry about the blurry photo. It was swinging in the wind.

I'm so lucky. My husband's chef at work prepared the majority of the food for our little goblins. My daughter requested the apple pie purses that Daddy brings home when they are on the menu. They are served drizzled with caramel sauce and vanilla bean ice cream on the side.

We love visiting a pumpkin patch every fall. We squeezed in some time to visit one in Iowa. It was so beautiful there. You can see the corn stalks in the field behind the pumpkin patch.

I caught this one of brother showing her a few of the good ones to pick. Of course they were too big to bring back on the airplane. We left them with my sister.

Anyone for a game of checkers?

Arrrr! Everyone that knows my husband is now laughing hysterically. I still can't believe he dressed up for our neighborhood costume party last night. I have to show you another photo of him to compare this with because he is always dressed professionally. There were some great costumes last night. The redneck couple absolutely took the cake. Let me tell you, they were so out of character. They have a stunningly beautiful home and the husband is a partner in his engineering firm but you would never know it by their apparal last night. We were all laughing hysterically.
Another favorite of mine was the Scooby couple. Michelle and her husband looked fabulous.
Our lovely hostess really outdid herself with her decor and our wonderful food. I think this was the first time I had dressed up for Halloween since college.

Every Cowgirl could only dream of having a room as adorable as this. My talented friend Carolyn redecorated her daughter's bedroom that matches the enthusiasm her daughter has for horses. It's been about a year since I've seen Carolyn's beautiful home and since then she has redecorated three rooms. She totally transforms these rooms. Nothing is left undone, walls, furniture, windows. Her master bedroom makes you feel like you're in Tuscany. While I was enjoying gazing longingly at her beautiful suite, I spotted a beautiful bag on one of her chairs. As I exclaimed how exquisite it was, she laughed and told me that it was a gift for me!I was speechless for the first time in a long time. I adore it! Thank you Carolyn! My daughter and I drove down to join them for the Tucson Miniature's Show. What fun it was. We met the most magical vendor. I call her the "Fairy Lady". She spent so much time with us, educating us on how to create magical fairy gardens of our own. Look at what she created with an unfinished wooden "Michael's" cabinet.

She also makes these darling fairy baskets. We purchased quite a few little items from her and need to get busy.

Pumpkin deliveries were made to a few of Taylor's little girlfriend's yesterday for her upcoming Halloween party. I tried to come up with a clever idea for invitations. Of course I was thinking of a clever "paper" idea, but then this popped into my mind. We have been busy planning the "spooky" menu and activities. I got some great ideas this week at our Halloween bunco. Our hostess found clever downloads from MarthaStewart.com. She rocks Halloween!

Favorz is the name of the delectable cookie boutique that our Girl Scout troop ventured to yesterday. I am the"Outings Coordinator" for our troop. My job is to plan one outing per month. This one was really fun. These are cookies that my daughter and I purchased. You can see their creations here at Favorz. Kelle, the proprietor, generously prepared six cookies for each of our girls to decorate. They turned out really cute. She also made a special Girl Scout cookie for each of the girls. The decor in the boutique was fabulous. Of course we all shopped and it was difficult not to purchase one of everything. If you live in Arizona, I highly recommend Favorz.


Her eye for detail and presentation is amazing. Even her bags are adorable.

I'm off to teach for the afternoon. Sigh - I love half-day assignments!