Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! I love Halloween, but I am also glad it is over...we celebrated 3 times this year. A ward party, a party on the Marine Corps Base, and of course trick-or-treating tonight. I think this is the second year that the kids were able to choose what they wanted to be (what mean parents). Their costumes and all the festivities were a success. While trick-or-treating Havyn kept asking, "Mom, is this all?" By the time we were done she couldn't carry her bag it was so full. I'm hoping by next Halloween we have all this candy finished off!

Halloween Christmas tree at ward party

Games at ward partyCommunity helper Halloween parade at preschoolHavyn with her class and teachersCrazy hair day was also this week

Mind Your Mummy!

I saw these cute little Mummy pizzas on a recipe website the other day. We whipped them up for dinner tonight and they were a hit with the little ones! The recipe called for homemade dough and sauce, but I went the easy route and we made them with bottle spaghetti sauce, pita bread and sliced string cheese. We make "pita pizzas" as we call them quite often, but they aren't usually this cute! For those who like meat on their pizza, I added the meat underneath the cheese. Happy Hallow-eating!

What A Party!

We had some friends who's daughter turned 1 yesterday. In Hawaii, the 1 year birthday is a huge deal! I was told that many years ago a lot of the children didn't make it until age 1 - so if they did make it, their 1st birthday was a huge celebration. I was also told that these parties were also held to show who will support the child throughout their life. We had the opportunity to attend her party yesterday and let me tell you, it was the biggest party I had ever seen. The cultural hall at the church was completely filled with people, bouncy houses, and food. They had Luau style food, a chocolate fountain (our kids favorite), shaved ice, and too many cakes (I only had 3 different kinds :)).;

There was also a clown at the party that was awesome! He had a clown show where he would have a couple of children compete, the winner received one of his amazing balloons he had made. Cole won a balloon ball and Madison and Steve (they were a team) won a balloon truck (made with 54 balloons). I wish I would have had my camera so that I could have taken a picture of all of the balloons he made - they were incredible. He made balls, octopus, dragon, truck, motorcycle, etc. - these were not small either, the dragon was 15 feet long and you can see in the picture how big the truck is.

The flower arrangements lined the stage and I wish I could have brought them all home with me they were gorgeous. Anyway, what a great party!

At the party, testing out the new ride.

Taken the next day, a little deflated, but you get the picture

Cole's balloon ball (also taken next day). The winner of the game received a large balloon prize, Cole took 2nd place so his ball was smaller, it was about the size of a kick ball.