Traditions of Halloween

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Happy Halloween from our little Punkin Princess! 

AKA-Punk Rock Princess. AKA- I really liked this tutu and black studded collar and didn't know what costume that would be, so we're calling her a punk princess. AKA-totally ridiculous, but cute! ;)

Trey and I had a FABULOUS weekend full of all things Halloween!

We went to Midtown (in the freezing cold) to watch the Halloween parade! We got there after it had started, but we did catch a glimpse of several of the floats.

Some of the floats have bands playing on them.

A lot of the people in the crowd were dressed up, too. This guy was right in front us and he scared me just a little! There was a girl with him who was also dressed up. She was a cat-like thing that was blue and white. Her face paint was incredible, though!

It was freezing outside, but we snapped a pic! After the zombies walked in the parade, we headed to Spaghetti Warehouse!

We love this place so much! (I bet you could've guessed that!) 

A lot of the people eating were dressed in costumes. Right after I snapped this pic, a group of zombies sat down at the table next to us!

After we stuffed ourselves with delicious spaghetti and sangria, we continued our tradition of seeing the latest Paranormal Activity. Oh my goodness, this one was terrifying! So, so, so scary! Seriously, we were so scared all night from it!

Of course, I had to include some adorable outtakes from Fiona's Halloween photoshoot (another tradition!).

I started off using the feather trees in the background, but all of a sudden she became terrified of them. Here she is investigating them and becoming scared!

I moved them to the other side, hoping she would look at me. FAIL. 

So, the trees were gone, but I got some goofy faces from Fi!

My sweet, sweet girl!

I love her in the little tutu.

Then the fabric started blowing and that scared her to death. She is a big chicken! :)

She really does love getting dressed up! She goes nuts whenever I show her clothes and starts begging to put them on! She's my baby! :)

Halloween weekend=TREATS!

I decided to make these low fat moist chocolate cupcakes from Skinnytaste. 

Here are the ingredients you'll need for the cupcakes:

18.25 oz Chocolate fudge cake mix

1 cup canned pumpkin

1.4 oz box of instant Chocolate pudding (sugar free, fat free)

1 1/3 cups water

And for the chocolate glaze:

1 tbsp cocoa

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/2-1 tbsp fat free milk

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

pinch of salt

For cupcakes:

Mix water and pumpkin until blended. Add pudding mix. Combine. Add cake mix and blend for 2 minutes. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake at 350 for about 25 minutes.

For glaze:

Combine dry ingredients, then add vanilla and milk. Blend until mixed thoroughly. Place in baggie with corner cut to pipe onto cupcakes. Top with sprinkles, if desired.

(3 WW pts + with glaze, 2 WW pts + without glaze)

You guys, they are absolutely delicious! They taste so chocolately and rich! You'll love them!

I am aware that I have some kind of holiday craziness! I can't help it! I love celebrating holidays and keeping traditions!

I loved Target's Halloween plates and napkins this year! Even the cupcake wrappers match! (Makes my heart SO happy!)

Another tradition we have is making homemade chex mix! It is one of my favorite things and I always look forward to it every fall! Here is the recipe, if you'd like it! :)

And it's a tradition to look at Fiona's past costumes! My sweet little pumpkin! hehe

Happy Halloween!

(I'll be back with more Halloween goodies!)