New Halloween Tradition

On the way home one day in SEPTEMBER, Ian said "Halloween door!" That's when I saw that a house in our neighborhood decked their front door/patio with Halloween decorations. As you know, I'm all about Halloween, but time already flies by so quickly, I was sad to see decorations up so early.

So this year, we added another Halloween tradition..door/lawn decorating. Ian didn't want anything scary so he chose to decorate our door like a pumpkin.  This kit is super easy. I added an orange tablecloth to make it more festive.

Pumpkin Painting

Continuing with our Halloween traditions, here's this year's pumpkin painting. Ian chose Mickey, who he called "Count Mickula."  Since our Chase pumpkin rot well before it could make it to Halloween, this one served as a fitting replacement.

Carving Party

Last year, we realized we were unprepared for our 1st pumpkin carving.  We didn't have the best tools and night hit while we worked. Funny enough, this year, we added more elements aaaaannnddd therefore underestimated everything again..haha! Nonetheless, it was a good time with family/friends and the kids liked their pumpkins.

DIY Halloween Cookies

It's our favorite time of the year again! You know we had to come back to the blog to share this year's Halloween traditions.  We're starting off with some spooky treats.  

Last year we cooked up some dirty worm cupcakes.  This year, we're baking funky cookie monsters! I got this easy to make kit from our beloved Target. It's called the "Jeepers Creepers Premium Cookie Mix" from Duff Goldman at Charm City Cakes. It comes with googly eyes and food coloring.

Dear Future Husband & Stepdad to Ian

Dear Future Husband & Stepdad to Ian,

Thank you for being patient with me and not giving up on me. I've prayed for you EVERY DAY. Every day, that you were ok, that you found faith to get through whatever you were going through, that you were making your way to me, that you were praying for me too.

IAN's Grand Opening

Happy New Year!

To kick off 2016, we'd like to invite you to IAN's. Indulge at IAN's with "Just Like Home food" with his special touch. It's conveniently located in between Cars Land and Mickey's Playhouse in Ian's room.  Ian prides himself in his delivery service within the house, but I highly suggest ordering for pick up if you're located on the 1st floor. (He tends to mess up his presentation as he scoots down the stairs)

As head chef, Ian specializes in pizza, hot dogs, fresh cut bread and chocolate cake.
Sooo IAN case you're hungry, stop by :)

haha ok, Ian would always say he wants to cook and so for a while now I've had him stand on our dining chair and "cook" over our kitchen stove. So for Christmas, I got Ian a Melissa & Doug Cooks Corner with the Cutting Food and Sushi Slicing sets.

I spent my Christmas Eve painting and assembling his kitchen so he'd have it just in time for Christmas.  We had a late night soft opening where Ian served pizza to match his "pizza tree" shirt haha.

Here's how I transformed the Melissa & Doug Cooks Corner to match Ian's room: