Life at the Mueske house!: Halloween 2013

Our Halloween tradition includes eating chili before heading out in the cold to Trick-or-Treat. This year Shea made the chili on the Big Green Egg. For those of you that don't know about the Egg please take a few moments (or a few hours) to discuss this "ultimate cooking experience" with the master chef...Shea:). He has been raving about it for a couple years now and finally got one this summer after completing our deck. We have made many standard grilled items on the Egg (chicken, brats, burgers, etc.) however we have also made some delicious meals or food items that you may never have thought could be made on a grill. Our question now when thinking about our meals for the week is How can we cook it on the Egg? We have made banana bread, chocolate chip cookies, cornbread, meatloaf, chili, pancakes, and more on the Egg. Okay, okay...enough about the Big Green Egg...on to the important stuff...our two girls and their Halloween 2013.

Camdyn gobbled up her chili in no time, but was not very interested in getting on her costume. Larkyn was so excited to put on her costume she had trouble staying interested in her meal!

All ready to meet the neighbors and go trick-or-treating.

The difference from 2009 to 2013...can you believe the amount of growth!?

Belle 1 and Belle 2

The Royal Family

(Yes, of course Shea and I borrowed and threw together outfits to coordinate with our girls!)

It was all worth it too because my favorite part of the evening was when a little girl, about 4 years old (also dressed up as a princess), saw me from a house away. She starred at me in amazement shouting "Snow White! Snow White! Look Snow White is here!"

She was so genuine and truly excited to see "Snow White".

I am pretty sure this was their favorite part of the night...waiting for kids to come to the door. The loved GIVING candy to the kids, and really did a nice job taking turns. They even donated some of their own candy to the bowl to have the opportunity to keep the light on a little longer!