halloween

Hal·low·een:  [hal-uh-ween, -oh-een, hol-]

~ NOUN:  THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 31ST; THE EVE OF ALL SAINTS DAY; ALL HALLOWS EVE; OBSERVED ESPECIALLY BY CHILDREN IN COSTUMES WHO SOLICIT TREATS, OFTEN BY THREATENING MINOR PRANKS ~

happy halloween friends!! 

as i sit here with my cup of coffee and pumpkin scone, i simply cannot believe where the time has gone.  i feel like i was just sitting here writing about my word of intention for 2012 and now, the holiday season is upon us.

provided i can successfully make it through the marathon conference calls today, it is going to be a great halloween! 

a few of the things i'm looking forward to today:

*  carving our pumpkins!  this year, we decided to get two pumpkins.  one will be for the furkids and have a big paw print on it.  the second will be our "traditional" pumpkin.  each year, husband and i do the standard two triangles for eyes, one triangle for the nose, but the special part is how many teeth will show up in our pumpkin's smile!  we carve one tooth for each halloween we've spent together as a married couple.  this year, our pumpkin will have three!  i love that special tradition we created and i get a little sentimental every year. 

*  fresh apple cider!  back in late august, we went to my best friend, lise's, family farm for an old fashioned apple picking and cider making.  my friends, this is not the stuff you get in the grocery store.  it is so fresh, so delicious, so pure.  i have had it stashed away in the freezer, just waiting for the perfect debut.  tonight is the night!

*  snuggling my godson, jordan!  i am so excited to give him his halloween surprise, which includes his first crayons and coloring books!  his mama, lise, is a huge unc fan and is dressing him up as their mascot, rameses, the bighorn ram.  now, anyone who knows me, knows that i am a HUGE nc state fan and unc is one of our biggest rivals.  the only person who could get me to snuggle with the unc mascot, is my cutie pie godson.  i will be rocking my nc state cheerleader uniform as my costume, though.  got to represent my team and i think it will make for some cute pictures too!

*  giving out treats to all our trick-or-treaters with my family, friends, and neighbors!  i'm so glad my parents are going to join us this year, as they don't get trick-or-treaters in their neigborhood, and we have tons!  plus, we make it into a really fun event in our neighborhood! our house, as well as our neighbors' houses, sit on pretty steep driveways.  so, we pull our firepits down to the bottom of the driveways and set up shop there so the kiddos (and parents) don't have to make the hike up to our houses.  it is always such a fun night of fellowship and laughter!

i hope each of you has a safe and fun halloween!  what are you looking forward to this evening?

xoxox -