Sunday, November 17, 2013

Halloween Parties at School

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Alec was so excited to get to go to his Halloween party even though he didn’t go to school that day. Luckily Daddy was home to take him.

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Alec and his friend Lucy (Caroline’s little sister)

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Claire’s class getting ready to play “Trick or Treat”

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Claire got a trick!

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Claire showing off her cute little brother the owl.

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Claire got Bingo and got to pick out a cool prize – smelly stickers!

They had a lot of fun and got a lot of treats!

Claire’s Halloween Birthday Tea Part 4

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We can’t forget Alec Joseph. He was such a good boy and played in the backyard with his grandparents and uncle. He had a lot of fun too!

Claire’s Halloween Birthday Tea Part 3

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Make a Wish!

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All the Girls with the Witch on the Porch.

We had such a fun party!

Claire’s Halloween Birthday Tea Part 2

We had the piñata in the backyard. the piñata is always so much fun! Everybody got some good hits in.

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And done.

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Claire’s Halloween Birthday Tea Part 1

Claire had her Birthday party in October again this year. We just invited her class and two good friends. Who knew a five year-old birthday party guest list could get so complicated.

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We thought most of the party would be outside but it was gloomy all morning so we put the table inside. But in case they wanted to go out and play, Pa was on Poop Detail. He was assigned this by his loving son who had to work until the party started.  Grandma wanted to get a picture of him out on patrol. Thanks for the good work, Pa!

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Claire’s ghost cake.

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The ghost piñata that Mommy and her friend Faryl made for the party.

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And Spiderman made an appearance. Cousin Blake is full of surprises.

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Party goers

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Finally the Tea Party of the party.

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They all came in sweaty and thirsty from playing outside after doing crafts – ready for a tea party.

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Nicely lined-up the make their ghosts for the haunted house game.

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Trying to drop the ghost

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into the chimney of the tissue box.

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Cute pic of Uncle Keith and Aunt Cindy right before they left. They were a big help!

Early Halloween Spookiness

A sweet friend of Mommy’s that she used to work with back in the day loves Halloween as much as we do. She has a quite elaborate Halloween display that only comes out on Halloween night AND the Saturday before for a dry run. We were lucky enough to be invited for the early showing and it was really great!

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When we called on our way for directions she told us the street name and said “Listen for the banjos.”

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The kids loved the banjo players and watched and watched and watched.

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This guy follows you wherever you go . . .

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It was truly frightful and humorous fun. Thanks again Teresa, the kids are still talking about the banjos.

Happy Halloween!

Tents, Trunks or Treats

We went to TT&Ts the Saturday before Halloween and had some fun. Our sweet neighbor Lisa helped Mommy with the kiddos since Daddy was at work.

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And we got to see Maya too!

It was ALL moved into the school main hallway so it was a little tight and lost some of the atmosphere since we were so squished. But we had fun and got lots of treats and a few tricks. After trick or treating they had a costume contest.

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Claire’s group had some pretty steep competition.

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Alec won Most Creative in his age category.
Mommy was pretty happy.

Birthday Party at Wild Things

Claire was invited to a birthday party at Wild Things Farm for Luke, a classmate, who turned six. It was a lot of fun and her good friend Caroline was there too. The girls had a lot of fun together.

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Claire getting ready to do the big slide for the first time.

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Claire made it to the bottom and Caroline is already on her way back up to go again.

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Here comes Caroline!

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And Claire again . . .

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and again!

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Sweet Girlies.

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About to go into the corn maze!

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Are you coming?

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We went around and around

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Claire started to get bored and wanted some corn.

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Farmer Caroline and Claire the Cow.

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Picking their pumpkins

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Decisions, decisions

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She found her perfect pumpkin!

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Farmers Caroline and Claire.

Happy Birthday Luke! We had a great time!