my dandy life: October 31st...

i fell in love w/ this day at an early age. i remember coming home from school, getting dropped off from the bus at the end of the street. i'd walk to my house and i could see witch faces, scarecrows, and skulls taped to the front windows...

these are apparently considered "vintage" now, lol

i would get so excited to walk inside the house and see all the halloween decorations my mom put up. the tissue paper accordion pumpkins were one of my favorites! it's been fun to decorate my own house now and share the tradition w/ my own daughters. isabella happens to LOVE it all the same :)

this scarecrow was my favorite growing up and is now part of my collection :)

witch my mom bought me a few years ago...we call her matilda

i've really gotten into the banner thing!

a pumpkin gourd that was also a gift to me from my sister, who also loves halloween!

yup. a "flying" witch that hangs from our living room ceiling fan

a fun house that has rotating bats above it

mummy candles...the one on the right had to be melted down, ha!

pumpkin carving by mr. dandy

at the entrance of our house (this might be my fave)

fun faux candle sticks from target

and now for the costuuuumes....

i don't even like bananas

pocahontas and witchy

sophia was so good about keeping on her costume :) i think she got a kick out of it!

isabella picked pocahontas this year. she has a book of different disney princess stories, and pocahontas is one of her faves. jason was supposed to be john smith, but his dark beard wouldn't match a blonde wig, lol. i was pretty excited about isabella's choice and was looking forward to embellishing a head band and braiding her hair, but she reminded me (more than once) that pocahontas does not wear a headband or braids...