Halloween 2011
November 2, 2011 Leave a Comment
Halloween 2011
You didn’t really think we skipped our usual Halloween festivities this year, did you? In fact, we did more activities and had more fun than ever!
The weekend prior to Halloween we attended a mom’s group party where Alex got to paint pumpkins, eat treats, play with other kids and their toys and even get his picture taken as Spiderman.
Alex revealing his secret identify to the paparazzi.
We also drove out to Marble Falls for a spectacular, yet slightly warmer than anticipcated, trip to the pumpkin patch with Aunt Lu. We got a couple of beautiful pumpkins and some decorative gourds. Alex also got his face painted just like Spiderman. He was very cute sitting in the face painting chair trying so hard to hold still and just so excited to look like his favorite super hero.
Alex’s version of the Spiderman song: “Spiderman, Spiderman, doing good, Spiderman friend” 
The Friday before Halloween, Alex’s school put on a Halloween show with all of the kid’s dressing up and singing a song. Alex wasn’t really keen on performing this particular day, but he managed to stay on the stage with his classmates.
The Sunday before Halloween was superb. We decorated construction paper bats, pumpkins and ghosts, carved our pumpkin, watched a family movie and made a spider web apple pizza.
And of course we encountered this year’s cousin of Sandwich Slug – The Stromboli Slug!
These photos prove that this year’s slug was as terrifying as ever.
This year’s slug recipe used Whole Foods fresh pizza dough stuffed with fontina cheese, crimini mushrooms and black olives – served with a side of fresh basil and tomato dipping sauce. Delish! A recipe to re-visit for sure.
And finally, for Halloween night, we invited some friends over to go trick or treating in our neighborhood. This was Alex’s first year trick or treating as he was sick last year and we didn’t really live in a “neighborhood”. Though timid at first, Alex caught on to the idea quickly and loved ringing the door bell and getting candy with his friends. He even managed to mostly remember his “Thank You’s” amongst all of the candy chaos.
Hope y’all had more treats than tricks!
