Our Halloween Part #2 The Party!

First off, I want to show Ayla in her Halloween outfit she wore during the day on Halloween!

Here she is!

Little Miss!

That night I had a little Halloween !

Me and my sister, Marion!

Lane and Marion!

Ayla as Ariel with her cousin Brooke as Perry the Platypus!

We started the night making Mummy Pizzas!
I got the idea from my friend, Althea last year at a party I went to.

Jared and Amanda with their girls, Milee and Ella, making their pizzas!

Here are 2 I made!
All you use is a bagel, pizza sauce, string cheese and olives. You bake them at 350 for 10 to 15 minutes. Ours were good after 10 minutes.

Here is what they look like after they are baked!

We had spider juice to drink!
Coolaid and spiders.

After dinner, the kids played some games that I made.

Here are the kiddos waiting to play the games!

The first game they played was...

Pin the nose on the witch!
I made this game last year, you may remember it.

Ella went first!

Then Ayla!

Then Lane!

Then Brooke!

Ella won the game!
She got a gumball machine with gumballs as her prize!

The next game they played was...

the Fishing game!
I just drew some fish and taped them to a sheet and the sheet hung over our railing.

I thought it would be fun for the kids to bate there hook for the game, so I made worms with their names on them. Then I would know who was fishing at the time and give them the right item.

Brooke went first!

I love how Lane was kickin back as he was fishing!

Ayla's turn!

Ayla and Ella got glow sticks for Trick Or Treating that night!

Ella's turn!

Even Milee got to do this game!

She got a little caterpillar!

A cute picture of Milee with her caterpillar!

The last game they played was...

Ski Balling Ghost!
I drew and colored the picture and cut out the holes in the board. I think it turned out really cute!

Here is Lane playing the game!

Ayla went first but we didn't get a picture!:(

Brookes turn!

Ella's turn!

Brooke won the game and won her own gumball machine! She put the gumballs inside the machine!

My friend, Melissa joined us right before we were done playing games and ready to go Trick Or Treating! She was dressed as, Leela from Futurama!

I had to get a picture of Amanda the Ringmaster with Ella her Tiger before we left for Trick Or Treating!

And Jared got suited up as a Fish Tank with his Fish, Milee before we took off Trick Or Treating!

Next post will be Trick Or Treating!

Our Halloween Post #1 Trunk Or Treat and Carving Pumpkins!

I always love to do a lot for Halloween! I have a total of 3 posts of Halloween, that will post within a week. They are going to be mostly pictures and not much reading because I had too many pictures I wanted to share. I hope you enjoy!

First off on the Friday before Halloween, we thought we were going to a Halloween party at our last ward but it turned out to be a Trunk Or Treat. I was sad because last years ward party was the bomb! Oh well, it was still good to see people and we still had fun.

Lane and Ayla before we left!
Lane as Batman and Ayla as Ariel!

Here I am with the 2 of them!
I called myself, a whatever you wanted me to be, a pregnant witch, Mortisha or anything else anyone could come up with. I did love my long wig!

Then we went to the Trunk Or Treat!

I had to get a picture of my friend's little girl, Madalynn. She is just too cute!

Barny and Betty Rubble were there!

Lane!

One of our friends had a pumpkin on the back of their vehicle! I thought it was very creative!

It was hilarious when Joe acted like he was handing out pumpkin cuts for the treat! Ayla almost put one of her pieces of candy in the bowl! LOL! And of course Ayla and Lane got a real treat from Joe.

Janette and me!
Just dressed up as a couple of witches!

My friend, Christine and her family had this set up in the back of their vehicle! I thought it was awesome!

I had to get a picture of Jared, Amanda and their 2 girls, Ella and Milee! Milee was the fish in the tank. I thought their costumes were so clever! They also thought it was going to be a party not a Trunk Or Treat, so I invited them over to our house on Halloween to join us!

I had to get a picture with my boys! These boys used to be some of my Cub Scouts and I usually take Spencer and Matt to the zoo with me and Ayla a lot during the summer.
Matt is the ninja, Spencer is Harry Potter and Ian was dressed in Star Wars!

On Sunday, my mom, Lane and my sister, Marion came over for dinner and to carve pumpkins!

I made chili and corn bread!

Just barely starting!

Messing around!

Lane was a great help at getting the cuts out!

Marion carving!

Here is how hers turned out!
She had bought and carved this pumpkin for Ayla!

Marion and Lane with the pumpkin!

It took me a while to do mine!

Ayla with her pumpkin Marion gave her!

I tried to do Jack Skeleton!

Here are the pumpkins together!

With the lights off!

The Trunk Or Treat and Carving pumpkins was a lot of fun!

Two more Halloween post to come!

Our Halloween Decor and Things I have made for Halloween!

This is a Now post!

Halloween, oh how I love Halloween!

Every year, I usually dress Ayla in Halloween outfits throughout the month but this year I didn't have very many. I did have a pair of PJ's and about one outfit. I do plan on putting Ayla in the outfit during the day on Halloween.

Here is my cute little girl in her Halloween PJ's!

Now onto the other part of this post, our decor and things I have made this month.

First off, I did these very simple cupcakes for my sister, Marion's and my brother, Robert's birthday party we had this month. I am not doing cakes right now except ones that I have had plans to do for over a year. I have found I don't mind making cupcakes, they are easy!

Usually, I only get one decoration for each holiday a year but I couldn't help it this year with Halloween. My ward was having a Super Thursday and they had 2 Halloween crafts that I couldn't resist. If you are wondering what Super Thursday is, it is usually called Super Saturday and us women of the church get together and make crafts for a few hours. It is a lot of fun and we get to know each other better as sisters. My friend, Ann's ward did a Super Service Saturday, where they did service instead of crafts. I thought that was awesome!

Anyway, the first craft I did was...

This cute witches hat!
I can't really say I made this all by myself. I had my friend, Amber Wade come with me to help me with my 2 crafts. She did most of this hat. I added just a few things to it the next day, I used a sharpie and a paper towel to dab on the black around the edges, to give it the dirty look. I added a ribbon around the brim and a bow right above the spider. I also made the star dirty and added a button. The funny thing is, the button wasn't even black, it was a white button. I just used the sharpie on it too. I love this hat! I think it is so cute!

The second craft I chose to do, that Amber helped me with too are...

These super cute bats!
Oh, how I love these bats!! I did add ribbon to them to help them stand out more.

So this is what my mantle looks like right now!
I also bought a black feather boa and the 4 lanterns that are hanging. I hung the lanterns with matching yarn, that matched my Boo sign, that is hanging from the mirror. My friend, Monica made the Boo sign, with her Stampin' Up skills. She gave it too me last year at our blog retreat.

Here is a some more of our Halloween decor.
This is just on a chair I put in our living room. We need some tables or something in the living room but for right now this chair is doing the job! I also bought the plug in Jack O' Lantern, this year. I think I went over my one decoration a year for Halloween! Oh, well I love my new decorations!

Here is the coffee table in the living room.
It pretty much looks like it does every year.

I hung our witch on the lamp this year!

I added some of the yarn that I hung the lanterns with to our Bat Motel sign! I think it looks much better now!

This is a pot of napkins my uncle, Ernie won at Bingo at the senior citizen center he goes to. He gave it to me! Isn't he sweet?! I then just put one of our TY beanies inside it.

For Family Home Evening this last Monday, Kurt, Ayla and I made...

these Styrofoam ghosts!
I learned about these from my friend's, Moncia and Ann's blogs. You draw on a Styrofoam cup and put it in the oven at 350 for about a minute or two and the melt to look like ghosts. Monica and Ann said that kids loved doing this. I learned for myself when I did this with my Achievement Girls, on the first Tuesday of this month. The girls loved it and so did Ayla!

Also during Family Home Evening that night, Kurt, Ayla and I also made...

these ghost lanterns!
All you do is draw on a milk carton and put Christmas lights inside them. I got the idea from Family Fun. I drew the 2 on the left, Ayla did the one that looks like spiders are on it and Kurt did the one on the right end. These were fun and I plan on putting them out on our porch with our Jack O' Lanterns we carve, on Halloween!

Here is a whole view of what our living room looks like right now!

I also went to my last ward's Super Saturday this month and made...

this advent calender!

I did it all with Stampin' Up stuff. It took forever! I actually ended up joining a few women over at one of their houses to finish this thing. It took me a whole 6 hours to do. I now have a real appreciation for Stampin' Up girls! Monica and DeeDee, I am talking about you!

Last but not least, the last thing I have made this month and the thing I am most proud of is, Ayla's Halloween costume.

Ayla has been into The Little Mirmaid lately. I thought what a perfect idea for a costume for Ayla, Ariel. Ayla already had the red hair for it. I didn't do the mermaid outfit, I did the Kiss the Girl dress.

You know, the one she wears on the Tour of the Kingdom?

Well here it is!

I made the skirt, the corset and the bow in her hair. I just bought a white long sleeve shirt for the top.

The thing I am most proud of is the corset!

Such a cute little Ariel!

I took pictures of Ayla spinning around in it!

So cute!

I took picture along the way, while I made the costume. I plan on posting how I made it. I am so proud of myself because I had to make the patterns myself. I youtube how to make skirts and corsets. I love youtube! This was also my first time making a skirt and corset. It makes you feel so excited when you see what you are capable of making!

We there you have it! I should have one or two more Halloween posts, but until then...

Happy Halloween!