{"id":1586,"date":"2013-10-11T12:55:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T16:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2017-08-25T09:32:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T13:32:13","slug":"halloween-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/11\/halloween-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fall is in the air.\u00a0 Well, not really.\u00a0 It\u2019s still in the 90s and unbearably humid here, BUT Fall is definitely in the stores and I am getting that Halloween feeling!<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago Sugarplum and I made candy apples (thanks to a care package from my mother in law) and despite me burning my finger on the 300 degree liquid candy, we had so much fun doing it together! \u00a0Sugarplum helped dry the apples after I washed them and she waited so patiently while the candy coat cooked then helped me VERY carefully dip the apples. \u00a0We had enough candy coat leftover I decided to do some dried fruit I had too and it was super delicious (the tooth-picked grapes we tried, however, were too slippery!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00073.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1591\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00073-300x199.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00073-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00073-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00073-376x250.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00073-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00074.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1592\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00074-300x199.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00074-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00074-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00074-376x250.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00074-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had enough candy coat leftover I decided to do some dried fruit I had too and it was super delicious (the tooth-picked grapes we tried, however, were too slippery!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00076.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1593\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00076-300x199.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00076-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00076-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00076-376x250.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00076-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00079.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1594\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00079-300x199.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00079-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00079-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00079-376x250.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00079-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00093.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1596 alignleft\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00093-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00093-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00093-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00093-376x250.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00093-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00093-390x259.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;ve also begun decorating. \u00a0Last year we bought a few Halloween decorations but this year I\u2019m much more interested in getting the house dressed up.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been on the lookout for cute and cheap stuff for weeks.\u00a0 We even put our Halloween lights up in September (yes, we\u2019re THOSE neighbors) though I did make hubby wait until October 1<sup>st<\/sup> to turn them on.<\/p>\n<p>I try to buy everything on sale or clearance so usually buy holiday things after the holidays, but I am finding so many great deals I can\u2019t help myself!\u00a0 Hubby found a bunch of stuff \u00bd off while I was getting Halloween costume supplies at the fabric store but my biggest bargains have been at Wal-Mart.\u00a0 All of this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00089.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1587 aligncenter\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00089-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00089-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00089-300x452.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00089-600x903.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00089-166x250.jpg 166w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00089-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC00089.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Put me back a whopping $8!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m trying not to go too crazy since I know there will be great bargains after Halloween but it\u2019s so hard to wait, especially when there are such good deals to be found!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall is in the air.\u00a0 Well, not really.\u00a0 It\u2019s still in the 90s and unbearably humid here, BUT Fall is definitely in the stores and I am getting that Halloween feeling! A few days ago Sugarplum and I made candy apples (thanks to a care package from my mother in law) and despite me burning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[589,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-fun","category-time-to-celebrate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1586"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13426,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions\/13426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}