Squished Witches and More

Living close to family is great. Living close to family who like to throw fun holiday parties is even better...

Uncle Ben apparently has connections to a real Count, and every year, the Count secretly arrives and leaves a box of ingredients (things like ghost blood and frog eyes) on the porch, so we can make squished witches.

Here's Uncle Craig adding one of the ingredients to the bowl.

Once all of the ingredients have been added, everyone in the room has to take a turn stirring. As you stir, you must say your name backwards, or the witches will not turn out properly. Here's Uncle Ben helping Courtney take her turn.

Aunt Melanie taking her turn (and then another turn for soon-to-arrive baby Cohen)

Once the ingredients have been stirred, the witches are squished into balls and rolled in powdered ghosts.

The witches are not around very long.

Then it's time to carve pumpkins...

Joanna and Craig's masterpiece

Alyssa with her creation

Courtney and Ben's pumpkin

Jordan is definitely creative

Then we finished things off with Melanie's awesome monster cakes.
Thanks Melanie and Ben!