La Casita: Halloween and UT football

What fun would a holiday weekend be if there wasn't a mile-long post to show for it?? Instead of a lengthy paragraph followed by pics, I'll just post the pics and include all the fun details in the captions. :)

{Dad wraps up the mummy - this project was a lot of fun and a lot of headache, all wrapped into one!}

{how to make: tear strips of muslin fabric, longwise, soak in strong tea for aged effect, throw into dryer to get the scrappy torn edges look, and safety pin to a sweat suit...and voila!}

{Kat and I decided to go as nurses - rather, I think the costume and

the lack of time contributed to it picking us instead. ;)}

{Cynthia and Anthony just before we left for trick-or-treating}

{Erica, who always has the perfect smile and pose for me!}

{the family; the dark fairy, the angel, the kangaroo and the mummy - with Dad, the P90X spokesperson}

{my turn!!}

{gettin' ready to go trick or treatin'}

{Chris as a hippie type dude along with Paige and Sophie}

{Paige, the beautiful angel}

{Kat and her family}

{I didn't say it was a perfect family ;)}

{Me and Mr. Alien aka Jesse givin' props to our alma mater, UT}

{the Doyle clan}

{The college crew minus a few and plus two}

{Ashley and Madeleine}

{the chaos begins!}

{Mr. Alien tries to scare Paige and Jonathan - think he succeeded? Me either. ;)}

{This house was almost Drew's new home - he grabbed some

candy and headed inside the house where he made himself at home!}

{Daddy and our little kanga}

{Miss Ella and Alice}

{You can't even begin to appreciate how many people were on this street! There were seriously like 50-70 people just within a few houses. One house pulled their love seat out and had the UT game on while they gave out candy. My kind of house!!}

{Erica's cupcake}

{Jesse, the AWOL from all our other college get togethers and without the mask! It's like a Big Foot sighting!!}

{the donut eating contest begins. Uncle Chris explains the rules - NO USING YOUR HANDS!}

{the donuts were suspiciously hung too close together which made it fun and messy to eat a donut}

{Jonathan takes to it like an old pro!}

{Erica cheers Paige on - YOU CAN DO IT! she says - or maybe she's saying BRING IT?!}

{I'm still finding donut everywhere, lol}

{the little ones want to participate but following rules is not part of their game. ;)}

{Mia strategizes while Grace just dives for it!}

{she makes her move!}

{still perfecting her strategy...}

{um, yeah...this donut never stood a chance with this one...rules? RULES? we don't need no stinkin' rules!!}

{now for the adults!}

{this is where I broke my neck...it would appear}

{Chris was the winner of the donut eating contest}

{Cynthia goes for second place...I think}

{uh...yeah, still going for second place here...}

{Mia and Paige, lil cousins}

{oh...he *says* he doesn't like his girl cousins...}

{...but I *never* have any problems getting him to pose with Sophie - or be nice to Sophie, or play with Sophie, or hug and kiss Sophie all through Mass...just sayin'...he loves his cousins, especially Sophie, lol.}