Grace and I have been busy putting together some yummy trick or treat bags full of homemade goodies for her classmates. This weekend, we were able to get a little practice in by making Chocolate Ghost Cakes (Southern Living - Oct, 2008) for our annual neighborhood fall fest. Boy, am I glad we did a trial run! Now I know to wait quite a bit longer for the frosting to harden than what the recipe calls for before piping it on to the chocolate squares. Some of our ghosts turned out a little spookier than others :). Nevertheless, we had so much fun with lots of finger tasting along the way!
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Ooooh, check that one out!
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Mmmm, mmmm, Good!
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Mama, I think I'm ready to do it by myself :)
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So proud of our treats!
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A close up of our little spooky friends! (these are the ones that stayed home with us :)
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Neighborhood Fall Fun Fest ~ we had fun meeting new neighbors and visiting with old friends.
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And later, Grace enjoyed some fun time with Noonie and Papa A.J. who stopped by to say hello
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And finally, getting ready for some pumpkin carving fun...more pictures to come!
4 comments:
This looked so much fun! Emerson would be to busy eating the food to decorate it :) Could Lance's pumpkin be any bigger? Can't wait to see the finished product!
Hugs,
Heather
Hi, Heather! You should try it - Emerson would have a blast! Grace decided some of the ghost cakes should be "swirly watercolor-style" cakes, if you get my drift. Can you tell she likes to finger paint? :)
~Jessica
I love Grace's pants in these pictures! How sweet is she! Such a little lady!
Awww, thanks Amanda!! Funny thing is I bought them as a set last Halloween for her to wear this year and oh, well, she's had a huge growth spurt so now they fit as capris and the cute little top that came with the set...can't even get it past her shoulders! So much for plannning ahead! I learned my lesson and now pretty much only buy for the present :)
~Jessica
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