These days buying candy for trick or treaters is too expensive. Kids are more greedy now so they go to more houses and want more than one piece of candy per house. It cost A LOT of money. Bags of candy are getting pretty high in price too! I work at a group home with people with mental and physical handicaps and we, the staff, have to purchase the candy for the trick or treaters! It cost too much money. Even buying the candy in bulk from places like Sam’s Club is still expensive!

I bought some fall cookie cutters. It came in a pack of 6. There is an owl, a maple leaf, an oak leaf, a rooster, an acorn, and a pumpkin. I just took simple sugar cookie recipe and after making the dough I split the dough into 5 different bowls and then I take different food coloring dyes. I dyed each bowl of cookie dough a different color like yellow, red, orange, brown, and green. Then I used the cookie cutters and cut out all different cookies in different colors then I took a different color of sprinkles for each color of cookie and put it on the cookie cut outs before I baked them. Always take them out before the recommended time and they will be very soft and chewy instead of crunchy!

Oh My GOSH!!!  It is so much fun to decorate for the holidays and my favorite holiday to decorate for is Halloween! There are so many stores that you can go to find cute decorations for Halloween. For those who cannot afford to spend too much, here is a great suggestion: the Dollar Tree! I am a new mother and cannot afford much but I went to the Dollar Tree and I decorated my whole house in under 30 dollars!

There are a lot of holidays coming up. Halloween is right around the corner! If you are planning to have a party Pilsbury.com has so many recipes that you can find just for holiday parties! I looked up a recipes for Halloween and found a jack o’ lantern jello recipe made out of the outside of an orange! There are so many fun ideas for all differnt holidays!

I love Halloween so much! It is such a fun holiday for everyone! I was starting to feel embarrasssed about how much I loved it because everyone said I was too old, but now I have a baby boy and he is just starting to walk and it is going to be so much fun taking him trick or treating! It is so Exciting! I think the most important decision I have to make, that all parents of young children have to make, is what outfit to put your child in! I am thinking that Toad from the Mario nintendo games sounds like a great one! I have no idea where to find a costume of Toad but nothing gets in the way of a determined mother who knows what she wants! So have fun this upcoming holiday! Remember you are never to old or to young to enjoy it! Look up some good holiday recipes and have a dinner party! Let loose!

Today, on St. Patrick’s Day, whether you observe it or not, I think it would be a good idea to raise a glass in toast to your health, your good fortune and life. And remember how lucky you are to have the life you have, since there are so many people hurting for one reason or another right now.

Today is a holiday for many people, namely school teachers, students and a few government employees. What strikes me as odd, though, is the need for people to shop on President’s Day. A lot of stores in my area treat President’s Day as if it were almost Christmas. There are sales and discounts galore. I didn’t realize the chief executives of this country were so intent on savings.

Tomorrow is Christmas, while others have been observing Kwanzaa and Hannukah, so I wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone, regardless of the holiday you observe, a very happy holiday season. The one holiday we all have in common is New Year’s, so I toast to you and your family that 2011 is aa banner year for one and all.

Well, the day after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday. This is the day when the shopping season for Christmas officially begins. So, to anticipate the arrival of Santa Claus, let’s have the man himself usher in the season.