Halloween

Halloween was so much fun this year. Alyssa is ALWAYS excited and enthusiastic about things. She is really fun to do things with because of it. Kate loves treats so I thought she would like it but she is also VERY scared of strangers. She usually cries if a stranger looks at her. After the first house when I helped her and she realized she got candy. She was sold. She would say tr, treat and her version of thank you. Alyssa would also tell people Happy Halloween and tell other kids that she liked their costumes. She is very friendly. One of our neighbors had a small haunted house in their garage. My mom went with Alyssa. It was a little scary for her but she got popcorn so she was fine after. Another neighbors get their yard all decorated with a fog machine. I took the girls to a park earlier in the day to get cute pictures while it was still light out. I LOVE how they turned out.

Her cuteness kills me

Merida in the woods by her river =) This was spontaneous and not staged BTW

She is pretty good at shooting her arrow

I was being the fun parent ;)

of course she had to break out a sucker right away

Alyssa teaching Kate the way

Murder Mystery Party

Russ and I hosted a Murder Mystery Party on Saturday night. It was pirate themed. "Murder among the mateeys."  We planned it for about 2 months. We thought about who to invite, only people that we thought would get into it and enjoy it. We purchased a kit that had all the instructions and everything. Russ decorated everything. He is much more creative and visual than I am. He did a great job. It turned out to be something that I would see on pinterest. I was pretty impressed. All our friends dressed up and I was pleasntly surprised with their efforts on their costumes. None of us had played before so we didn't really know what to do. We had a few people that really got into it and were making the rest of us laugh. We served dinner, carribean themed. Jerk chicken, coconut rice, salad and rolls. No one guessed the murderer correctly. Our friends all thought it was really fun and suggested we do it as an annual party. I agree I will need a year to recover =) Next time it will be even better since we know what to do. Overall it was a success and I am glad we did it.

cornbellys

Cornbellys is a Halloween central at Thanksgiving point. It has so many activities it is unbelievable. I bought a seasons pass this year off a groupon deal. We are going to go a lot (as long as the weather is nice!) Today was our second time going. It was great weather today and the girls had fun.

Look at that form =)