Our family loves fall anyway and we always get an early start on the festivities… this year it started with a trip to Hobby Lobby for some fall craft projects, the making of a haunted gingerbread house, several trips to the pumpkin patch, dressing up just for guests – see my niece and daughter the cat:

Non-touchy cousins doing their best at hugging.

 - and then during the last week we went to two Halloween carnivals and then finished off the week with a trip to the Haunted Castle of Muskogee.

I live only 30 minutes from “The Castle” and I knew that they had a Halloween thing every year, but I hadn’t ever been and had no idea how big it was! It’s like a little village with Halloween activities for all ages.  So we did all of the kiddie stuff involving crafts and food and cuteness:

Candle-making at The Castle

HalloweenLand

While I had a ton of fun in October, it got a little hectic with all of the guests and events.   As a result I ended up eating out way too often and really need to get back into a healthy regime now (and back into a more productive schedule).

…So now that we’ve settled down, and now that everyone in the house is quietly tucked into bed for the night, I’ll probably spend tonight filling out my planner for November (which I find quite enjoyable, anyway).