$2 Tater Thursdays - Pumpkin Surprises!

A few years ago, our doorbell rang and there sitting on our doorstep was a pumpkin filled with candy with a ghost picture and instructions inside. We were to post the ghost in the window so everyone would know we received one and then make two pumpkins and secretly drop them off to a neighbor. It was a lot of fun. We decided to also bring one to Rich's parents and Aunt. (They live by each other.) We haven't done the secret pumpkin exchange since but I wanted to do a different surprise this year!

I really hate just dropping in on people but oh, how I do love surprising them! This morning/afternoon, Tater and I whipped up a batch of crockpot applesauce, cupcakes and brownies! We dyed the frosting for the cupcakes and brownies orange and then added little candy pumpkins and candy corn on top. (Thank you CVS for those freebies!) We put a bag of candy corn in each of our (free) pumpkins and added some M&Ms and Snickers from our upcoming Halloween stash. I put the applesauce in little containers and added a cute little label I printed from here and put them from Tater.

We then waited for Daddy to get home. Since we didn't want to be out late and I had spent all day in the kitchen already, Daddy treated us to Burger King on the way to our destination! Unfortunately, the first surprise was on us! Aunt Jackie wasn't home! How devastating. We rarely get to see her and oh how I know she would have loved to see Tater.

We then drove to Nana/Papa's. Yippee! They were home! I put a little dog costume on Tater and handed him the pumpkin with the applesauce and candy. (Daddy carried the cupcakes/brownie plate!) We rang the doorbell and waited. And there was Papa! SURPRISE! A cute little doggy brought you some TREATS!

Nana and Papa were excited to see him and Papa really liked the cupcakes! We had a nice little visit and then headed home. We didn't want to take away from their prior plans (poor Papa was painting) and we needed to get home so Tater could get to bed!

We didn't spend any extra on the treats today, as everything was here or came free from CVS's great weekend deals. I even had enough cupcake mix and brownies left to send some with Daddy tomorrow to work. Our expense did include a "dinner outing" but we needed to get one in anyway.

Overall, Tater had fun mixing up the goodies (and licking the spoons/beaters!) and he really enjoys spending time with his grandparents. It was a lot of fun for all of us! Plus, we got to see the changes to their house, as they are in the middle of some remodeling. Another great day with Tater!

Hope you had fun with your little ones, too! Wait until you see Tater's "real" costume for Halloween. He makes the cutest little.....you'll have to wait and see!