Queen Elsa and a cute bumble bee

We went to Kansas the end of October to see my family and help them build a new deck onto the back of the house.  Maci had always wanted to be Elsa for Halloween (along with every other little girl in the US) and I found these cute pajamas for Aleck that would pass for his costume. (Quite smart of me to have a costume last more than one night ;)) Carly and Steph were black cats. This year was quite chilly for KS Halloween weather but we were used to coats and costumes. So here are the cute kiddos.

As you can see, he didn't like to wear his antennas.  But when he did, it was cute! 

 

 

 Maci's facial expression make me LOL!

If you look close, the bumble bee has a side kick; Winnie the Pooh.

Fall pictures

Here are the fall pictures. Maci had already played in the leaves a few times before we raked the yard.  She loves playing in the leaves.  What kid doesn't?!  Aleck has this tongue to the side thing and you can see in some of his pictures.  They were fun subjects but most of the time my camera and I weren't fast enough to get the great shot.

 

 I couldn't keep these kids away from our raspberry bushes this year.  Good thing they are healthy and organic!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Look at these twinkle toes!

 

 This was as good as I could get.  I wish they were closer and Coco was out of the picture but it is still cute.

 

 

 Maci would let me take one picture and would quickly run away.

 

 

 

 

 

Pumpking carving for FHE

We all were looking forward to our FHE pumpkin carving.  The night came and I showed Maci all the cute patterns we could carve and she chose the Grim Reaper.  Really??!! Yep, she wanted something scary.  As we would carve out a piece and pulled it out, Aleck would try to put it back in.  He didn't like putting his hands into the pumpkin. Too icky for him. Maci was excited and glad she could carve the pumpkin by herself (without our help) this year.

 

 

 

 

 

Harry Potter Party

We are going to need a pause on the kid's blog.  The adults had a Harry Potter Party and this is how it went.

 Each couple received an invitation through owl post.

 

This was the menu for the night.

 

 

 This was a last minute idea and David took off with it.  I am SO glad he did!

 

 Kandace was in charge of the Three Broomsticks and served Pumpkin Juice and Butter Beer.

Krystal was in charge of Honey Dukes and even got real Bertie Botts every flavor jelly bean. 

 I was in charge of Ollivanders and made everyone a wand to take home.

I also put together a potions table.

 And this is how we decorated.  We had real house banners that hung from the lights. 

 

 

The picture is a bit blurry but this is our Whomping Willow with a car and skeletons in it.

 

Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon aka David and Heather

Hermione and Sirius Black aka Ryan and Krystin

Hagrid's wand, lent to him by a disgruntled Maci.

Professor McGonagall and Rubeus Hagrid aka Carrie and Troy

 Fred Weasley aka Dusty

 Dobby and the Sorting Hat aka Ryan and Adrea

 Rita Skeeter and Harry Potter aka Kandace and Matt

 a Hogwarts student and Professor Trelawney aka Eden and Jessica

 Nigel and Nymphadora Tonks aka Luke and Meghann 

 a Dementor and Luna Lovegood aka Eric and Paula

Moaning Myrtle and Mad-Eye Moody aka Krystal and John

Hogwarts students before Harry was there aka Matt and Sara

 

 

This was such a fantastic night.  Good food, great company and the best of memories.  Thanks to all who came!!