Gigi’s Annual Halloween Party

We all look forward to Gigi’s Annual Halloween Party.  My mom always goes ALL OUT for Halloween.

Funny Story about the skeleton in the above picture.  When we got home last night Adam kept saying he was “soooooo hungry”.  I said “what do you mean you are hungry?  We just left a party full of good food”.  And he said “every time I tried to eat at the party I would look up at that skeleton head and I would get sick and couldn’t eat anything”.  I laughed so hard…but felt kind of bad for him.

Colton REFUSED to wear his adorable Mickey costume.  He screamed and threw a FIT.  My dad and Josh even tried to get him in it.  This is the only picture I have of him with it barely on. 

Colin was a policeman and Levi was the jail bird complete with ball and chain.  It was s cute!

Bentley cracked everyone up by showing up in a KISS costume.

Adam was an Army Man…These two were a funny pair!

Gracie was adorable as a Flapper Girl.

Fun and Yummy food.

Tommy & Carrie brought the FAMOUS German Ham Sandwiches…YUMMO and home made roasted pepper soup…SUPER YUMMO!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Halloween Treats

We are going to Gigi’s Annual Halloween Party today and we are all so excited. I decided at the last minute (as in this morning) that I wanted to take some party treats.  I had pinned THIS idea for Easter, but decided to try a Halloween version.  It was perfect because you can get everything you need at the grocery or drug store.

Peeps, Graham Crackers & Hershey Bars

I wrapped some scrapbook paper around each package of Graham Crackers.  It is really not necessary, but I just didn’t like the look of the plastic bag.

Stack all the pieces in a clear bag with a bow…

Then I made this little tag…Get it… S’mores + Peeps = S’MEEPS.  Feel free to double click on the tag below and print your own.

Attach the tag…

All packed up and ready for the party!

Side note – look how perfectly they fit in this BEAUTIFUL wooden crate my uncle Tommy made for me as a housewarming gift !!!  It is a masterpiece and he is so talented!  I love it.

Check back later for all the spooky party pictures.

My Little Community Helper

It was Community Helper Day at Colton’s pre school.  All the children were asked to dress up for a parade and a little party.  Colton was a fireman thanks to a hand-me-down costume from my sister.

When I fist got there he didn’t see me and it was so fun to just sit back and watch him.  I was shocked that he was actually walking in line with the other kids.  It was so cute.

He loved the party and especially the food!  His teachers told me he had been the only child trying to get into the food that morning before the party.  He had even stuck his finger in one of the cupcakes and so they kept saying that cupcake belonged to Colton.  Oh…that’s my Colton!

This picture makes me laugh…his head was a little too big for the hat, but he insisted on wearing it.  He was so hot and sweaty.

Gigi's Annual Halloween/Birthday Extravaganza

We all look forward to my moms annual party to celebrate Halloween and her own birthday. :) She has been very busy lately and I was kind of worried that she would not have it this year. But OH NO...Gigi did not disappoint!

The boys LOVE the cob webs.

Candy Blood...EWWWWWW.

Cheese Fingers...EWWWWWW.

My cute little robot.

This picture is a CLASSIC and makes me laugh. Colton was not cooperating with all the pictures I wanted to take and I think Mark was starting to feel the same way.

I dont know why this picture is sideways. I cant get it to turn. But, isnt this the cutest costume! My sister Jenny made this for her new little baby (Levi).

Poppy with all his boys.

Crazy Elizabeth always comes ready to party.

Adam (Baseball) & Bentley (Football)

And...The birthday girl! Sorry about the blurry picture.

Oh, wait! I almost forgot our sweet Gracie. What would we do without our only little girl in the family?!

Fun Fall Weekend

We had a fun family weekend. First up was Adam's school carnival on Saturday. There were all kids of games, food and fun things to do. The most popular booth seemed to be the "Emergency Room" where you would see the doctor and get bandaged up with gauze and fake blood. Sounds wonderful right?

Here is Adam at his "doctors appointment"

Getting his bandage and fake blood.
All fixed up. Wow! Looks like a pretty bad break. And the black lines under Adam's eyes are from a previous visit to the face painting booth. Of all the face painting designs he could have chosen, he just told the lady he wanted black under his eyes like a baseball player.

Adam wanted Colton to get a bandage at the "ER" too.

Ahhhh. Every year we are so excited (said sarcastically) to come home from the carnival with a goldfish. Since we didn't have a fish bowl or fish food this sweet little guy did not even make it through the weekend.

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Sunday was my moms birthday and she wanted to celebrate by hosting a Halloween party for all the grand kids and family. My mom LOVES Halloween and LOVES to decorate for it. She will deny it if you were to ask her, but here are the pictures to prove it. She went ALL OUT and the boys loved it.

The spooky table just for the kids

Brains in a jar...eeeeewwww!

Candy Rats on each plate...double eeeeewwww!

Gigi (my mom) putting on the finishing touches.

I brought the party favors. I copied Ingers cookie idea and then did candy cones for the kids.

Check out the adorable pumpkin cake Jenny brought.

Adam dressed up like football player. Ohio State football player to be exact! And what does every football player need...

A FOOTBALL! How nice of Colton to go along with the theme. :) He looked so cute.

Adam wanted a pose where it looked like he was holding the football. this is what he came up with. I was laughing so hard. Poor Colton. Colin was a Michigan football player (Chad & Mark were proud of their boys for playing out the football rivalry) Gracie was beautiful as Cinderella!

Bentley was a baseball player. I think Adam was trying to eat with his helmet on.

Happy Birthday Gigi!

Best Party EVER!