Halloween!

This year I decided to throw a Halloween party and let the kids invite a friend. They stayed at their friends' house until everything was ready. When they got home, we had the lights off, candles lit and the fog machine going. For dinner we served Jack O Lantern grilled cheese, Halloween pasta salad, worms, goblin mouths, and of course dead hands floating in the beverage.
After dinner, a showing of the old Legend of Sleepy Hollow cartoon, followed by Halloween bingo and a million light sticks flying around, pretty much pure chaos. It was fun.

Jason and I even dressed up. Me, a witch, which my kids quickly informed me that a witch is the chosen costume for every mother. I guess it just comes natural to most of us. Jason...I'm not really sure there's a name for his costume, but it's what you dress up as when you decide 5 minutes before the party that you want to wear a costume. Crazed, bug-eyed, bloody cowboy guy? Maybe?



Dessert- Oreo bats, Oreo pumpkins, Nutter Butter ghosts and zombie marshmallows.


We always have fun decorating for Halloween, but we especially went all out this year. I didn't take pictures of all the decor, but the kids had the most fun making all these potion bottles. Luckily, several months earlier, Jason had brought home all these cool liquor and wine bottles from the recycling plant just knowing we would someday need them. And to think I ever doubted.





Here's a shot of all the grand kids at my mom's for her annual Halloween party. Yes, the unique...duct tape guy, is Regan. He came up with that one all on his own, all the way down to the duct tape shoes.




This was Halloween evening, on the way to the largest trunk-or-treat we have ever been to. A whole stake center parking lot filled with cars. The kids seriously scored. Which means I seriously scored because the little kids never seem to miss their chocolate.