Halloween Chills and Thrills LOPEZ Style!

Around my house, Halloween is treated like it is one of the most important days of the year! My husband and youngest daughter LOVE LOVE LOVE scary decorations, out of the ordinary and downright spooky costumes and trinkets. Ever since the kids were little, costumes and trick or treating have been THE most talked about items in our home during this season.  Now with our son away at college, our youngest daughter in Texas for boot camp, and the oldest one planning her January wedding, Halloween is a really sad time of year for Art and I!! We took out all of the boxes of decorations, yes, I did say BOXES!! But only took out a few favorites as the whole process made us sad.  Carly has only been away for Air Force boot camp for a week, so maybe in a few weeks we will feel more like decorating! For now, we have settled ourselves with indulging in good treats this season! For us AND our students!

My favorite costumes were always the ones the kids came up with that meant something to them! My son just had to be a camouflaged soldier. Art spent about an hour drawing on his face. Artie looked at himself for at least half an hour which made the time spent so totally worth it!

 

Missing one of Carly so I have to look again tonight! These are the days that I miss and that went by sooooooooooooooooooooo fast!!! Don't blink all of you mommas out there with little ones.. they will be all grown before you know it! I better get on with my blogging here before I water log my keyboard!!

I am excited to be participating in the The Teaching 2 Step's Halloween Bash 2014! This will definitely get me in the mood for fun and festivities!

 

 

Do you love making treats? When the kids were little there was always some activity, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, School,  where they needed to take something to share. My kids were always so excited about caramel apples!!! Love them, too! And now people are so creative at decorating them with all kinds of sprinkles, chocolate chips, and sugary goodies!

CARAMEL APPLES HOMEMADE RECIPE

• 6 apples
• craft sticks               

1 (14-oz.) package caramels

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon water

 Sprinkles, chocolate chips, crushed vanilla wafers, etc.                                

Preparation

1. Remove the stems from apples after washing and drying them.
2. Stick craft sticks into the middle of the core from one end.
3. Microwave caramels, vanilla extract, and water until melted,
4.  Stirring every 30 seconds or so to keep from burning.
5. Dip apples into the caramel mixture, then roll or sprinkle on the extra goodies.
6.  Place apples on wax paper that has been lightly greased so that they are standing up.  
7. Chill or let set before serving.

Ready for more Halloween fun? Download my QR Code Halloween Haunted Tale Story Starters to have your little ghouls writing with glee! Just print on cardstock, cut out, glue and you have a writing cube with 6 different story starter ideas that your students can make scary or sweet, their treat!

Check out my Batty for Base Ten Exponents Task or Scoot Cards. They are perfect for practicing expanded form multiplication using base ten exponents!

 

 

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