Halloween started out with the school parade. Abbie and Spencer were excited to wear their costumes to the parade. Before we left Spencer told Abbie, "If they say: Is that a chicken? I'll say bock-bock-bock." Then after the parade he was so disappointed that no one asked him if he was a chicken. I did remind him that one of the mom's there pointed him out to her little girl.
When the kids got home from school we woke Spencer up from his very short nap and went over to Grandma's house for the party to begin. Scott and Steph's family also came over and all the kids decorated cookies together.
This is Spencer's cookie. It has three decorations because now he is three. He was very proud of them. Jennie was sitting next to him and he passed her some decorations and then asked how old she was. "Then I should give you 11 for your cookie." She thought that was funny.
Mark used sprinkles for hair and freckles on his pumpkin cookie.
After cookies we did some thumb printing on scratch pads.
Steph showed up about then and started a little chess competition and is the reining champ from the evening. This is a chess board Brian made in woodshop. The kids enjoyed seeing it.
Scott and Steph left for their other family activity and Jessie helped set the table for us. You can see the little candle holders Abbie helped me make a week ago. They looked way cool lit. All the little eyes in them glowed.
Our menu consisted of: old spider webs (lettuce), batwing casserole (tamale pie), roasted bones (homemade baked french fries), ogre nectar (sour cream), and goblin sauce (salsa). We also had apple juice with dry ice to drink and Spencer was quite impressed with the "spicy drink."
Following dinner we had a treasure hunt and at each of the clues we found pieces for our games. The first game was using straws to get papers into a bowl. Ken and Randy's team won.
Our next set of clues led us to mannequin heads and we each got a chance to sing "head, shoulders, knees and toes." This was the funniest thing I had ever done. It was fun for everyone. Ken, Mark and Grandma were the first victims.
Me, Jessie and Steph trying to find our ears!
Spencer and Abbie. Spencer was a little top heavy with the jacket and head on so we had to hold him up to keep from tipping.
You would be surprised how hot it gets with your head stuffed inside a hoodie. Abbie was glad to get a breath of fresh air.
Grandpa and Randy were the last to go until Mark and Abbie wanted to do it again. Grandpa cheated a little and didn't actually try and find his "eyes, ears, mouth and nose."
Spencer loved Grandma and Randy's pumpkin.
Our next clue led us back to our house and we played a little cat and mouse game, only our mice were ghosts. I think the best part of this game was the each person got to draw their own ghost face. Abbie drew a bald ghost to be like Grandpa and got rather attached to it so when I was cleaning up the next day and had to throw it away there were a few tears.
Grandma caught some ghosts.
Poor Spencer was quite exhausted by now (remember short nap). He was bawling every time his ghost got caught and finally decided that if it was behind his back no one could catch it there. And really I wasn't laughing to be mean, tired kid reasoning is just kind of funny.
Our last game was similar to Hi-Ho-Cherry-o. Abbie helped me color all the game boards that morning and boy was I glad to have help. I love coloring with crayons but three hours of coloring sure gets old. So I saved the game boards to laminate for next year -- not making that game again!
After the party Grandpa, Grandma and Steph stayed for scriptures and prayers. See how reverent everyone is.....
Abbie started the leg hugging when Grandpa got up to leave and the other kids followed suit. Isn't it great to be LOVED!
And so goes another Halloween. It was great to be with family and I hope my kids remember all the fun they had. In case you were wondering Spencer was a chicken and Abbie was a butterfly, but I didn't get a good picture in their costumes. Spencer's came off when we decorated cookies and Abbie's didn't last much longer than that.
When the kids got home from school we woke Spencer up from his very short nap and went over to Grandma's house for the party to begin. Scott and Steph's family also came over and all the kids decorated cookies together.
Mark used sprinkles for hair and freckles on his pumpkin cookie.
After cookies we did some thumb printing on scratch pads.
Steph showed up about then and started a little chess competition and is the reining champ from the evening. This is a chess board Brian made in woodshop. The kids enjoyed seeing it.
Scott and Steph left for their other family activity and Jessie helped set the table for us. You can see the little candle holders Abbie helped me make a week ago. They looked way cool lit. All the little eyes in them glowed.
Our menu consisted of: old spider webs (lettuce), batwing casserole (tamale pie), roasted bones (homemade baked french fries), ogre nectar (sour cream), and goblin sauce (salsa). We also had apple juice with dry ice to drink and Spencer was quite impressed with the "spicy drink."
Following dinner we had a treasure hunt and at each of the clues we found pieces for our games. The first game was using straws to get papers into a bowl. Ken and Randy's team won.
Our next set of clues led us to mannequin heads and we each got a chance to sing "head, shoulders, knees and toes." This was the funniest thing I had ever done. It was fun for everyone. Ken, Mark and Grandma were the first victims.
Me, Jessie and Steph trying to find our ears!
Spencer and Abbie. Spencer was a little top heavy with the jacket and head on so we had to hold him up to keep from tipping.
You would be surprised how hot it gets with your head stuffed inside a hoodie. Abbie was glad to get a breath of fresh air.
Grandpa and Randy were the last to go until Mark and Abbie wanted to do it again. Grandpa cheated a little and didn't actually try and find his "eyes, ears, mouth and nose."
Spencer loved Grandma and Randy's pumpkin.
Our next clue led us back to our house and we played a little cat and mouse game, only our mice were ghosts. I think the best part of this game was the each person got to draw their own ghost face. Abbie drew a bald ghost to be like Grandpa and got rather attached to it so when I was cleaning up the next day and had to throw it away there were a few tears.
Grandma caught some ghosts.
Poor Spencer was quite exhausted by now (remember short nap). He was bawling every time his ghost got caught and finally decided that if it was behind his back no one could catch it there. And really I wasn't laughing to be mean, tired kid reasoning is just kind of funny.
Our last game was similar to Hi-Ho-Cherry-o. Abbie helped me color all the game boards that morning and boy was I glad to have help. I love coloring with crayons but three hours of coloring sure gets old. So I saved the game boards to laminate for next year -- not making that game again!
After the party Grandpa, Grandma and Steph stayed for scriptures and prayers. See how reverent everyone is.....
Abbie started the leg hugging when Grandpa got up to leave and the other kids followed suit. Isn't it great to be LOVED!
And so goes another Halloween. It was great to be with family and I hope my kids remember all the fun they had. In case you were wondering Spencer was a chicken and Abbie was a butterfly, but I didn't get a good picture in their costumes. Spencer's came off when we decorated cookies and Abbie's didn't last much longer than that. 
3 comments:
That looks like a great halloween celebration! I may have to "borrow" a few ideas for our party next year! And I would love to see your colored and laminated game boards...maybe if I start now, I can get them finished by next halloween!
Julie you amaze me!!! Looks like you guys had a blast! What great memories your kids are making.
What fun!!!!!!!!! Wish we could have been there.
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