Happy Birth Day to Tasha Lee!
Today is Uncle Cody's 25th Birthday so a big Happy Birthday shout out to him for celebrating his first quarter century of life!
Finally Happy Halloween!
I have to admit after spending last fall in the states, it made it really hard this year to not celebrate the autumn season complete with the vibrant color changes of the trees, going to the pumpkin and apple farms, carving a pumpkin, dressing up for Halloween, drinking apple cider and indulging in way too much candy! Feeling a bit nostalgic today I figured I would attempt to make a pumpkin shaped cake. However, I ran in to the issue of not having access to shortening here in Italy and so piping the frosting turned out to be a big flop with the alternative cream cheese frosting I made. I finally succumbed to just putting chocolate sprinkles on top and omitting the extra work of making a pumpkin stem. The kids were thrilled nonetheless to see a frosted cake and can't wait to dig in to it! Next week we WILL hunt down some pumpkins so I can make my pumpkin puree for the holiday season. We know for sure we can find some several cities over from us, so we'll see if they are still selling them next week.
The kids dressed up for a little bit today in their costumes and this is how they celebrated Halloween today. Oh, and next year I won't purchase mums for decor around the house. I found out later after purchasing my pot of beautiful orange mums that they are symbolic of death and used for funerals and cemeteries here in Italy. Traditionally white mums would be for sure tied to the above symbolic meaning, but it seems all colors of mums are intended for the same purpose here. Oops...now I know!
Today also brings back memories of Samuel's first episode of tachycardia that occurred one year ago after trick-or-treating. Has it already been a year? Wow, so much to be thankful for!
2 comments:
We so wished we lived closer so all the kids could go out and trick or treat together! Samuel, Emma, and Luca we love your super hero and dinosaur costumes! The cake looks amazing Noella. We hope you can find some pumpkins next weekend....love you and miss you lots!
I love the mums bright colors...isn't it amazing how you just keep learning new things about the Italian culture? And congrats to the entire Fisher/Morel klan on the birth of beautiful little Tasha! Praying for Nano and strength for the next few weeks!
Love,
Munga and Gramma
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