korean home style: halloween

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Papa Is Here

Papa has been here for 3 days and we still have 2 left. Like always, we have been treated to dinner at some awesome restaurants and have had lots of fun playing.

Bishop's Pumpkin Farn is the neatest and prettiest pumpkin patch I have been to.

They make their own cider. They sell cider slushies.

Steve and the kids went through the corn maze.

This was such a neat place, I am already looking for forward to next year.

Steve and I have lived in 10 different homes since we married almost 15 years ago and finally we moved into a house that has a kitchen I love. See that little desk way back there. I can keep my own laptop and other office type supplies I use daily.

Decorating the counter tops.

Some Halloween things in the kitchen. Look at that bowl of candy corn...remember I made that a few years back.

I had a friend who had framed bulletin board and thought it was a great idea. So glad I tried that. And my little, old, white mailbox I use for my bills...like an in/out box.

Jack

My new "Jack".

The pattern was in the fall Create And Decorate. As soon as I saw Jack I new I had to make him.

Madi in her new spooky skirt. I got the fabric for 3,000 won in Korea, so about $2.75 a yard...my local quilt shop is selling this new Micheal Miller line for $10.50 a yard. I love when I score a good deal. I am glad I bought the 3 yards I did while I was in Korea.

Madi and her friends all stitching up some Halloween designs.

This week I have been diligently working on my Christmas cards. My goal is to be done by this weekend.

Family Room

It was 11 days ago our household goods were delivered and I have been unpacking non-stop. I am not done but can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Our new house here in California has a living room and a family room...we have always just had one room not two but I think I like this. I LOVE our family room and the way it's connected to the kitchen.

I really like old wooden pieces and put a few in here...the table and pie-safe. I also love the look of crates so there are some holding magazines under the table.

And then these little French beauties. On one of our trips to France while living in Germany I snatched them up. I also really enjoy displaying all the many crafty things I have made over the years.

Of course Steve likes his big tv. I like looking at my quilts in the piece under the tv. This is the view sitting on the couch...you can see on the left out to the front door. Home sweet home!

The Crow

I had the best time making some cards this weekend. Steve was so nice, he cooked dinner Saturday night for us....fish and chips. And frozen pizza for our late snack. Since I didn't have to cook I made a bunch of cards.

Fall/Autumn is my favorite time of year. I enjoy decorating for fall and Halloween more than any other. When I was in the Air Force and single I would decorate even then...before the hubby and kids came along. Check out my new centerpiece. Kinda spooky...I LOVE it!!!

Ha! Ladies and Gents I have a little crafter living in my house. I am so proud. Madi is a good little stitcher.

Yummy Mummies

Yeah, I have some Halloween treats done before it's even October. Madi actually squealed over how much she loved these wrapped up Hershey Bars with wiggly eyes. It was over at skiptomylou.org that I first saw these cute treats.

Our household goods finally arrived yesterday. I am up to my eyeballs in boxes.

A Clone Trooper and a Purple Crayon

We went trick or treating on base in the US Embassy housing. All the US Embassy families here in Korea live on base...there are hundreds of them. They welcomed all the kids from off-post housing to come trick or treating. It was a nice night with thousands...more kids than I have ever seen roaming the streets on Halloween. It was fun! Dorothy and Indiana Jones are Madi's friends. They are on her soccer team and their dad is the coach and I think it's cool that he works for Nike.

Today Madi is home sick. She woke up with a really stuffy nose. She is so fun and crazy. She read something on the Cheetos bag about how many puffs long is your arm...hers is 8.

Halloween Party at City Park

Today after school we rushed over to City Park(the tall towers we see out our living room windows at the end of the base) for a spooky fun Halloween party. It was hosted by Charlotte's family. Charlotte is the little girl from Madi's class who walks with each day to the nurse's office for her blood sugar checks and insulin shots. I love Charlotte for being such a nice friend to Madi.
Now I really love Halloween but I think I have met my match...Charlotte's mother. She threw a great Halloween bash and their Korean apartment was all decked out. Would you look at this killer kitchen...everytime I go to another Korean home I am amazed at how beautiful they are. I must say I think the apartment Charlotte lives in is the most beautiful home I have ever been in...why would anyone want to live on base in Korea? I think Korea is the best kept secret the military has. You want to know the craziest thing. We only live 45 miles from North Korea....that is so strange to me how wonderful South Korea is but we are less than an hour from such a dreary place.

The kids had fun bobbing for apples.

The food was great. Nathalia is from France and she made the yummiest madelines (french cookies).

These girls were all giggles in the elevator. We headed downstairs to the parking garage for more fun.

A pinata! Look at Madi hit that ghost.

Ben went as himself. A Bulldog football player. As soon as the party was over we raced back on base for Ben's game...Friday night lights at Yongsan.

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Fluff

It is a beautiful fall day here in Korea. All our leaves are changing. This morning started off so good. I went to the gym with my neighbor Liz. I got to talk to my mom for an hour. Tried to call my sister.

We are skipping all activities tonight to stay home and enjoy some family time and we are having Beef Stew for dinner. My kids have sports every night...but not tonight :-) Tonight is Bunco with the Weather Wives!!! Our commissary got canned pumpkin in stock...THANK YOU! So I just finished making pumpkin fluff to take. All it is is canned pumpkin, cool whip and pudding mix....click here to see the exact recipe. I thought it would be fun to serve it out of a white pumpkin along with some ginger snaps. I LOVE Autumn!!!!!!

Caramels 2010

Making caramels every harvest is one of my favorite traditions. click here for my Grandma Kiehl's famous caramel recipe I posted a few years ago.

My printer is still not hooked up since our move so I had to come up with a tag idea without using my printer...it was hard. But then I remembered my friend amber made tags using fabric on them a few year ago...great idea. I handed out these treats to all the Weather Wives in Steve's Squadron the other night. I have more for some of our other favorite people around the base.

2010 Halloween cards. These were very enjoyable to make.

I also just made Ben and Madi new trick or treating bags. I got my ideas from moda bake shop and cluckclucksew. Look at these super cute bags being made.

I know a lot of people are working on their Christmas cards so I am following their lead. I know of a girl out their who once had all hers made by Halloween. I don't know if I will be done by Halloween but if not hopefully soon after...see I have 30 done...stacked on my shelf.

Steve...today for PT early this morning had a really long run with his Squadron...all the way to the Hyatt...see that building way out there on the top of the hill. YIKES!

Yesterday I stopped in the base library. They have tons and tons of DVD's to check out. I brought home season 1 of "CHIPS". My kids love it...I did as a kid and still do. It's so funny hearing the theme song and remembering the episodes.

O Pumpkin Tree

My friend amber sent me the cutest pattern to make this Halloween quilt...I think she knows I {heart} Halloween very much. Since I had just gotten the pattern last month, I didn't know if I would have enough time to make it for this year, but it looked so cute and I had never done a quilt like this before, I made up my mind to do it. Look how beautiful it is. Now I need to figure out how to display it...any ideas?

Yesterday I noticed out the window these men on top of the Mercedes-Benz building across the street. I got weak just watching them.

Halloween candy sticks

Staying ahead of the game like last year. 5 days before flying to Korea I thought of the idea of using candy sticks for our Halloween treats. So the kids and I had fun at Cracker Barrel picking out as many Halloween colored sticks we could. The best thing is they are 10 for a dollarand all I had to do was tie on a ribbon and spooky metal tags. So I got 200 candy sticks for $20...cheaper than buying candy from the store.

Tomorrow night I have Bunko with all the Weather Wives. I wanted to make a new recipe that calls for pumpkin...our commissary has NO pumpkin?!?! Don't they know it's pumpkin time? I also tried to pick up the things I would need to make my caramels...only 1 bottle of Karo left on the shelf?!?! I hope they get a shipment ASAP.

Halloween with a visitor

We just had a really fun weekend. My dad came to spend the spooky weekend with us. My dad flew in from the Washington DC area. We were laughing because the time it took him to try to fly here he could have driven. He woke up at 0330 to catch an early flight to Atlanta, but he went to the wrong airport...there are 3 in DC. So, he didn't get here until 2:30 pm but just in time for some fun. We had a fabulous Fall Festival Friday night. Madi and her bestest friend Haley had their faces painted.

On Saturday afternoon my dad treated us to a very entertaining and delicious lunch. When this thing lite up the kids flew back in their seats...that's some flame! But boy can that guy cook.