Halloween Fun!

Lunch Time Fun
The kids and I enjoyed making and eating yummy caramel apples. As you can see Addison's has pink Nerds, Alex's was M&Ms and Adam's had Reese Pieces.

Mummy & Friends Dinner
Tonight we dined on Mummies (Angus dogs & roll dough) with witches, ghosts, pumpkins & bats (potatoes). The kids had a fun time using cookie cutters on potatoes. They really had to use their muscles:) For our last course we enjoyed a worm infested grave yard with ghosts (pudding, crushed Oreos & meringue) .

Halloween Surprises!
We enjoyed a few good surprises today!! Alex has really enjoyed getting into costumes this week! I have been surprised by this because he hates being in clothes :) He doesn't tend to stay in the outfits very long, but he takes advantage of every moment. Yesterday we were watching the Gator play football and he dug out the costume to wear. After church today he wanted to be a gator again and he added his Dad's tie. He had it on backwards, but I switched and tighten it for the photo. Dad surprised the kids tonight and took them Trick or Treating to a few houses. Adam has a friend at Intel that lives close to us and he took the kids to his home as well as a few neighbors. Our finale surprise of the evening came right at bed time. We sent the kids upstairs to get in their pj's and brush their teeth. We heard crying upstairs and realized in was Adam. He came down stairs and his mouth was bleeding! He was loosing a tooth, but he was very adamant that he wanted to wait for it to fall out while eating rather than having Dad help pull it out. After he calmed down a little bit though and let Dad take a look his tooth came out. He was very excited that he lost his tooth on Halloween and has a good photo to commemorate the occasion:)

Our Festive Yard
We always enjoy decorating our yard for the holidays. The kids pumpkins were AWESOME! I love Lil Adam's masterpiece. The disco ball and fog machine are always a big hit. We kept our lights on until 8:30 tonight, I stopped the moment an adult woman with her teens had her own bag for treats!! I always enjoy seeing the neighborhood little ones dressed up though, so much fun for me :)

Bedtime Treats
After the kids came home we enjoyed one piece of candy along with dry ice and root beer (diet of course) ! Each of the kids enjoyed playing with the dry ice, that has become a fun tradition for our little ones. Adam has been learning about liquids, gases & solids in science so Dad explained that the dry ice going from a solid to a gas is called a phase change.
Happy Halloween!!!!

Trunk or Treat

We had a great time at our church's Trunk or Treat. Our family felt the "Force" this evening!! Dad was Han Solo, Mommy was Yoda, Lil Adam was Darth Vader, Addison was Princess Leia, Alex was a young Jedi & Amelia was Princess Padme. Adam made it to every trunk on the lot, Addison drank a gallon of yummy homemade root beer & filled her candy bag! Alex didn't quite make it around to all of the cars, but he had a great time playing & helping Amelia & Mommy pass out candy.
Our family brought our disco ball and fog machine to decorate our trunk. We hung up our black sheets and created a fun atmosphere. After the candy ran out we enjoyed a little dancing :) What a fun activity!!!

Fall Festival at School

Tonight we went to the boy's school Fall Festival. For the record Addison had one as well, but Adam was a lot more excited and I don't think Addison knew the difference! Addison dressed up as Princess Tiana, Alex was a Lion. Adam was testing out Darth Vader (with the mask) because tomorrow at the Trunk or Treat he will be going without it. When Adam was 6 months old I made a honey pot to go along with my Pooh costume that I used to wear for our school festivals when I taught. Since Amelia is my last little one I thought it would be fun to dust off the Pooh Costume and enjoy my honey one last time!!

We enjoyed the Cake Walk, but as much as we played (5 times) none of us ever won...

The boys are next to their pumpkins in the first photo, but these are the pictures of the pumpkin walk all a glow!

Games were enjoyed by all the kids. The kids won vampire teeth fishing & candy at the other games. Ms. B's little girl was excited to meet Winne the Pooh. We took a picture with one another and then Alex & Addison joined in :) Ms. B's little girl wasn't the only one to be excited by my costume. I was really surprised how excited the kids were when the saw me. I had older students giving my high fives and well as hugs, and the little kids would just stare in awe. What a great time it was to be Pooh again :) All in all we had a great time and are now gearing up for the Trunk or Treat tomorrow night. May The Force Be With Us!!!

A Week of Partying!

Addison started our week of parties off on Tuesday! Her class performed wonderful songs (I attached a video), played games & enjoyed yummy snacks. Addison is pictured with her friend Amy. Addison truly enjoys school and was very excited that her Daddy got to play with her at the party!

Thursday was Alex's class party/field trip! Ms. B had all of the students meet at a park so that the kids could dress up! Alex is very into pirates right now so I dug out Captain Hook. He was over the moon excited. When we arrived we were met by Peter Pan aka Ms. B :)

Alex had a great time playing on the playground, decorating his cookie and his pumpkin. When we returned home Alex continued to play pirates off and on all day getting into the outfit over and over again!!

Dad went to Adam's class party today to finish up the week of fun! Adam created a mummy cup to hold his goodies! The class started a conga line and Dad said that by the end the whole class was cracking up and participating in the fun!

What's That Smell....

As the first pumpkin of the year was being cut into tonight Adam remarked..."That smells like poop!" We quickly corrected him so that the other little ones wouldn't go along with the comment and the carving continued!! Addison loved pulling the guts from the pumpkin and playing with the seeds in the bowl. Adam on the other hand wasn't excited about cleaning his pumpkin out at all. We told him that it was a must if his pumpkin was going to be seen at school tomorrow so he toughed it out!

Mommy helped Alex with his pumpkin and Daddy helped Addison with hers. Addison loved getting to design her pumpkins teeth so that it looks like the pumpkin lost teeth too! She also enjoyed getting to be the person to poke the pieces out once they had been carved.
This was a big day for Adam! As his Dad put it "I am a quarter out of a job tonight!" Lil Adam is so excited to have his pumpkin on display tomorrow night at school. He was able to design, paint and carve his pumpkin completely on his own! He was very proud of himself :)

All in all the kids had a great time!! We will be excited to see Adam's glowing in the Pumpkin Parade tomorrow night. Sunday night his pumpkin will return to our front porch to join Addison's and Alex's pumpkins for a very hauntingly lit door way :)

Oh Happy Day!

I woke up to a rowdy crowd yesterday!! The kids were so excited to have balloons and to bring me breakfast in bed! Waffles were on the menu with hear sprinkles :) What a great way to start the day. Between running from appointments with Addison and Alex I enjoyed a fennel and chicken soup for lunch. Adam and the kids surprised me and we went out for dinner at My Big Fat Greek Restaurant. We we arrived back home we enjoyed cake and opened cards.
I had a wonderful day and am still enjoying my flowers sitting above the television :) Thank you for all of the kind wishes and birthday cards :)
P.S. I don't know if you can tell, but Alex got to the cake and did his own decorating!!!

Who is Knocking at My Door!!!!

Might just be the Berniger's!! Tonight for Family Home Evening we Booed a few families in our neighborhood. For those of you that don't know what that is...we make a plate of treats (pumpkin cookies, mini cupcakes & a plastic pumpkin full of Halloween foam stickers) and drop them off at the door, ring the bell and run :) Dad has always been our get away man and tonight Amelia was our siren (not a happy participant)!! Mommy, Adam, Addison & Alex would all hop from the van run to the door and take turns ringing the doorbell.
On one of the home we drove past the front door as the Dad of the family was picking up the treats off the front steps. All at once the kids started screaming in unison "THEY GOT IT!". It was so fun to let them have that experience. We have done this activity for the past few years, but this year they really had a blast. Adam would sneak up to the houses like and mouse and Alex and Addison would run to be first...So much fun to watch them growing up :)