Spooktacular, Spooktacular 2!

I just wanted to post these two pictures from the carving party that we went to on Saturday night. It was very fun and we have to give props to The Stewart Family for hosting such a great party! The food was delicious, there was fun decor, themed music, and great company. Thanks again!

Spooktacular, Spooktacular!

We had an exciting and packed Halloween Weekend! We partied, and partied, and partied some more. There were cookies made, games played, pumpkins carved, meals devoured, costumes finished, worn, and worn some more. We decorated sugar cookies, wrapped Mummies, trick or treated, danced our hearts out, participated in a fire drill :), and loved every minute of it! Our Mummy is going to spend the next few days Resting In Peace. She is exhausted from all of the fun! See the pics below of the kids with all of their spoils! They are happy.

I want my Mummy!

 When we began to play the Mummy game at the party the children were hesitant about being "The Mummy". After they watched Cali and her friend Brie get wrapped up and laid to rest they began jumping up and down for turns as "The Mummy".

 These are our Super Hero Mummies! Batman and Superman are excellent mummies don't you think?

How fast can you eat a donut hanging from a string with your hands tied behind your back? This is a fun game to play and watch! The kids had a blast and left with full tummies.

It's Spooky.......

How many things we have going on this weekend to celebrate Halloween. Last night we attended our Ward Halloween party where there was trick or treating door to door in the building (we decorated a room for the trick or treating and it turned out fabulous!), a dance, a Spook Alley, costume contests, and more! The kids danced, and ate, trick or treated, and ate some more. It was fun but we were missing our Dad. He made it home late last night and attended a Halloween Party with us this morning.

The Hippie-Flower Child, Superman, Cowgirl/Sharp Shooter, and Lil Duckling were excited to get to wear their costumes again! We played a potato gun shooting game, mummy wrapping races, donut eating relays, and had lunch. We are home now for some afternoon R&R before we head out to an evening pumpkin carving party.

Pumpkin picking

Every fall we get excited about picking out our pumpkins. I think it is interesting to watch and see what the kids pick. This year we went to a pumpkin patch on Pecan Street that the Methodist Church runs. One thing I have to say about Texas is they seem to have a very wide selection of pumpkins. We love Fairytale pumpkins, and Cinderella pumpkins. I really like the white pumpkins and there seemed to be quite a few orange pumpkins with wart growths on them perfect for carving a Witch face!

See Captain Pumpkin Searcher Luke in the picture above. He took charge on this excursion. If he had his way we would have come home with 20 + pumpkins. We rented a scary baby for this photo. His eyes even glowed! Doesn't it just look spooky? :-) Poor Kensi has Bronchitis and would have preferred to be home in bed but we were out delivering dinner to a family in our Ward that just had a baby and we decided to stop for pumpkins. I didn't want to miss getting the perfect one for carving. Of course I took home all four of my silly pumpkins and the gourds they picked out!

Crazy Hat Day?

It is Drug Free week at the elementary school. Every day is a different theme. Yesterday was Crazy Hat day. My kids don't really own any crazy hats. I mean, the thing is, at this house we are the crazy that wears the hat right? ;-) We decided to have the girls wear their Peruvian hats that Grammy Su brought them. They look super cute in them. It was 90 degrees outside and they were wearing these hats. Calista decided to put hats on the boys too! Very funny! Don't ask why Luke is wearing a pink robe. Your guess is as good as mine.

I love that Kensi is throwing up the Longhorns fingers and some other message. She has all kinds of attitude that girl!

Cookie Monsters

 We are Cookie Monsters at our house. We love cookies of all kinds. Luke decided he wanted to make Cookie glasses today. I was glad that I did not have to eat them after they had been played with. I have to hide the cookies that we make if I want them to last more than one day. Sometimes, it would be good if I could hide them from myself.

This is a picture of the Kiss Cookies that I made last night to take to church today as the October birthday treats in Young Women. I used the recipe from the Preator Family Cookbook courtesy of Kathy Terry and switched out regular kisses for the pumpkin spice kisses that are in grocery stores for the Fall season. Then, I drizzled milk chocolate over the tops of the cookies. They received rave reviews today at church. You have to be a pumpkin spice fan to really love them though. Delish!