Happy Halloween! just a little late

We had a fantastic Halloween! Every year since I can remember I have eaten chili on Halloween night. It's a great tradition passed down from my mother that I intend to carry on throughout Everleigh's childhood. This year, we took E trick or treating in my mom's neighborhood, so we ended up eating her chili yet again. I, of course, got my recipe from her and have changed it very little. I know that chili is a common Halloween dinner tradition and I have heard a lot of people traditionally eat pizza. What other traditional Halloween dinners do families enjoy?

As an added bonus, I brought pumpkin truffles to dinner. They are all over Pinterest (or they were around Halloween time) and were pretty easy to make and totally delicious. I was not able to take any photos though, sadly. They take two hands to make and are pretty messy, so holding a camera in between mixing, rolling and coating the truffles (not to mention in between feeding and watching out for the one year old) proved a bit tough. However, you can find the recipe I used here, as well as some gorgeous photos. The only change I made was I used only graham cracker crumbs, no gingersnap. And I used orange extract instead of orange zest. I sprinkled various Halloween sprinkles and sugars over the top because I had it on hand.

I was thoroughly impressed with my Fairy Princess at her Trick or Treating Skills. Mostly she would just stand there at the door, staring at the person trying to give her candy. But she really enjoyed walking up to people's doors, looking in their homes, petting dogs, and laughing at fellow reveling passers-by.

For her costume, Everleigh wore her birthday outfit. I added an elastic waistband to the too big tutu I'd made for her and it fit great! In addition she had tights and furry pink boots. Because Fairy Princesses wear furry pink boots. She had wings that I found in the dollar bins at Target. (I LOVE the dollar bins). Her foam and glitter tiara was found as is in the craft section at Walmart. And I made her wand out of a wooden dowel, pipe cleaners, ribbon and a flower decoration I'd had for her birthday party. I spent about $3.75 total and the rest was stuff I had at home. I wasn't trying to save money on the costume, but this ended up being what I found and it totally worked. Every single fairy/princess/fairy princess costume I found in the stores was either extremely cheap looking or was a character princess. I have YEARS ahead of me to have to dress her up in whatever Jasmine/Ariel/Cinderella type lady is popular in the future, so I really wanted to try to avoid it this year. I loved her costume. She seemed warm and comfortable in it. And my mom's neighbors seemed to think she was the cutest fairy princess they ever did see.