Trick-Or_Treat!

This post is a little later than I anticipated but that's okay. The Halloween costume reveal is finally here. That is if you don't follow by instagram. If you don't...make sure you do.

This year our youngest was a clown. A good clown of course. It was her daddy's Halloween costume many years ago that my Mother-in-law had sewn. Our oldest daughter was the Wicked Witch of the West. I was pretty apprehensive about the costume being a little evil. Oh well we had fun with it! We borrowed the awesome costume from our neighbor whos friend had also sewn in the past. lastly, Viv was a cowgirl. Our theme this year was your traditional themed Halloween costumes.

We are ready for next year....

Happy Halloween!! Pictures

Happy Halloween from the Hoffman's! Sunday we had our own little pumpkin party. Ev carved her pumpkin with help of course. The two young ones painted their pumpkins. It wasn't a pumpkin party without our Halloween treats. The girls had so much fun.

 The calm before the storm.

 And it begins...

 Busy painting their pumpkins.

 A few breaks for snacks.

 I refused to gut the pumpkin this year since I was stuck doing all three pumpkins last year. Hence the two younger girls painting. 

 Busy!

Helping daddy dry the painted pumpkin in the end. 

Now we wait for the evening to prepare for our costumes! Stay tuned to see what they are!

Halloween Treats

Ever since Halloween has been on our minds, my daughters have been asking when am I going to make the bones and witch hats. I made them last year for the first time and they were a total hit. Since it seems that I have started a tradition I thought I'd share again this year the fun Halloween treats.

They are fun to make and great to get your kids involved. Our oldest likes to bring the bones to school for a snack with her lunch. her classmates think their either so cool or creepy. Ha ha ha. You know how first graders can be!

My favorite is the witch hats. They are simple and quick to prepare. My seven and four year old can even help with these. They go a little with one of our themes this year...hint hint.

Next we have the Bones. They are made of out pretzels, marshmellows and white chocolate chips melted. Oh are these delishious and our oldest daughters favorite. 

You can't go wrong on Halloween with these trick-or-treats! 

Trick-Or-Treat

Halloween was a success. Although the weather was not, we didn't let that stop us from trick-or-treating. Family gathered at our home and we ordered pizza; our tradition the past few years. Our spooky snacks were a big hit, and mighty delicious too. The weather wasn't the greatest; it was chilly and a little sprinkles here and there. Halloween in Michigan you never know what the weather will do. It could be sunny and warm, cold and rainy or snowing. But you learn to tweak the costumes to stay warm, and of course coats.
    This year Evalyn was Dorthy, Vivian was a black kitty cat (just like ours), and Helen was suppose to be a lamb. We kept her inside due to the weather. I got such a kick out of Vivian while trick-or-treating. She ran from house to house like it was a competition. Or she was just smart and keeping herself warm. Either way all the girls received a lot of candy. At the end of the night they were tuckered out. So was I!

All the girls. My niece in the purple princess and Helen being silly in the back!

We have a rule with our Halloween candy; only 2 pieces a day. After lunch and after dinner. Do you have a rule with your child's Halloween candy?

Happy Halloween!!

                Happy Halloween from Three Sassy Sisters!    
                                 

Well, The weather isn't the nicest here today. But that won't stop us from trick-or-treating. The past couple days we have been getting ready for Halloween. We finally were able to carved our pumpkins. Vivian wasn't too sure about the inside. She kept saying, "this is so gross!" Of course my husband and I ended up finishing gutting of the pumpkins. We then gathered the seeds and made pumpkins seeds. It's a tradition I passed on to my own family now. I'm sure a lot of you roast your seeds too? This is how we roasted our this year!

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Every year we make our traditional style. It is more salty. We also tried a sweet version too.
Ingredients (salty)
raw pumpkin seeds, salt, and lawry salt, oil 
Directions 
First you want to wash them of course.
Next in a bowl mix the seeds in some oil. enough so their coated.
Now add your seasoning, and put in the oven at 370 degrees.
I flip our every 15 minutes, and when their starting to turn brown, their done!

Ingredients(sweet)
Raw pumpkins seeds, ground cinnamon, sugar, oil OR melted butter
Directions
You repeat the steps above. You may add more cinnamon and sugar after their finished to taste.

We also made some other spooky treats for tonight

 Hope everyone has a blessed day. Stay tuned to see what the girls are going to be for Halloween.

The Pumpkin Jar Craft

With Halloween around the corner and our love for crafting, we decided to make lighted pumpkin jars this past weekend. The girls had so much fun. Dad was even home to join in on the fun. Here is how we did it!

My girls pumpkin jars.

The girls hard at work painting. 

The Pumpkin Jar

Tools you will need

• Mason jar; any jar would really work.
• Paint brush
• Orange paint
• Glue 
• Black construction paper
• scissors 
• glow sticks, light, or tea candle

Instructions

1. You may need to prime your mason jars before painting them orange. I did not and they started to chip!
2. Paint your jar orange and let it dry! You may paint the top a green or brown to resemble the stem. My girls did not want to. 
3. Once it's dry cut out your face with the black construction paper for your pumpkin jar. 
4. Glue your face onto your orange jar.
5. Let it sit for a couple minutes to make sure the glue is dry.
6. Once it's dark put in the glow stick, light or candle to see it glow! We used glow stick from target's dollar section! They were in a pack of two for 1.00 dollar! The glow stick last for one whole night.

Enjoy!!

The Pumpkin Patch Adventure

We couldn't have picked a better day to venture out to the pumpkin patch. Sunny skies and 60 degree temperatures. It is one of our favorite fall activities as a family. We have been going ever since we had our first daughter. In fact, before then. It was our first official date before we became a family! Therefore it has a lot of meaning to us.

We first enjoyed the petting zoo and visiting the animals. Then we were off to Klackleville. Which is a little mock of an old town they built on the farm for the kids. 

Of course we can't go to a pumpkin patch without a wagon ride. We took the wagon ride out to the pumpkin fields to pick our pumpkins. The girls really enjoyed the ride, especially Helen. It's always an enjoyment watching the girls find that perfect pumpkin. Good thing we have a strong dad because we like big pumpkins. The girls tried to be big helpers, but some were just too heavy.  

Once we chose our perfect pumpkins we jumped back on the wagon and headed over to the corn maze. The girls weren't too thrilled with the corn maze, so we didn't last long in there. it was fun while it lasted. To end the pumpkin patch adventure we stopped by the fire and enjoyed some relaxation time. I definitely needed it and I'm sure they did too.

Whats your favorite thing about the pumpkin patch?

 

Artprize!

Wow, this week is either going by slow or fast! I can't decide! So I decided to write a post about our past weekend! Friday night we got together with my brother and his kids and all went downtown Grand Rapids to ArtPrize! It was the night of part of an artist's art of Chinese paper lanterns being let off. They were handing out free lanterns to the people. First off, getting down there and finding parking was horrid!! Second, these paper lanterns were much bigger than I anticipated them to be! The let off of the lanterns was an amazing site to see! Our oldest said it was a theme from Tangled!

   

After letting off the lanterns, we journeyed off with all 6 kids, 4 adults and 2 sit and stand strollers to view some more art pieces. It was such a fun family filled night!

Sunday we dug out our Halloween decorations!! We threw on some Halloween music to get into the spirit and decorated away.