A Wicked Good time

Well, we made it through Halloween. Just as we thought Lauren had gotten over the stomach bug, it hit her again. We were able to make it to a few houses before finally calling it a night. She was so happy in her Red Queen costume and had a blast this year with trick-or-treating. Our next door neighbors lavished the candy on her, they are really very sweet, and she ended the night with a full pumpkin!

Blake and I decided to put on our costumes from the party we went to the weekend before to help make the night a bit more magical for Lala. She's been trick-or-treating before, but never really understood what was happening until this year. It was so awesome to watch her eyes light up and tell everyone thank you.

I am treasuring every moment of her childhood knowing it's going by so quickly. We had made some fun Halloween cards for friends and family memebers that we mailed. I found some foam peel and stick shapes at the dollar store and then cut some cardstock paper down to a 4 x 6 shape to fit into our envelopes. We already had a witch stamp, so lala stamped everyone's envelopes and then embelished the cards with stickers and a fun note.

Hope you had a Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

(Preschool Halloween Photo)

Lala's party at school went so well. All of the moms really put in a great effort and the kids had so much fun. I was responsible for the craft. The oh so easy peel and stick craft. I love whoever came up with foam that peels and sticks in different shapes. It's great for little ones and so easy to clean up after!

The kids also had a fun snack with ham, cheese and crackers. The cheese and ham were cut out shapes of bats, houses, and pumpkins. They also had apples and grapes too. It was Garrett's birthday, so the kids were also treated to a cookie cake complete with orange and black m&m's! Everyone was happy. They also got to play some fun games with prizes and sing to the birthday boy. Cinderella (Molly's mom) was there with the games.

What a great party! Thank you to all of the mom's who helped make this Halloween party so much fun for all of the kids!

Have a fun and safe time trick-or-treating! Lala is going to be a red queen. I'll post some photos of her all dressed up tomorrow.