Blake turns 7!!!

7!!! Ican't believe he's 7!!! Wow, where does the time go? This is the first year that Blake was very specific about what he want for his party. From the bat pinata to the vampire cake, Blake picked it all. His title for his party was "A Super Halloween Costume Birthday Party"! Here are a few pictures: 

These are chocoaltes I made for the party...

You can't tell in the picture, but it is actually pitch black as you entered, the only lighting being a green strobe light and a small black light that made all the spider webbing glow. It was so cool!

This is the vampire cake. I was super happy that it turned out as awesome in real life as the one I had  pictured in my head! I will add a few more pics of it at the bottom :-)

Yummy spider crackers...

I tried to stick to orange and black foods...

Cantaloupe and grapes...

Super cute halloween plates and cups that I got on clearance. Score!!

This is the bat pinata the I made. I couldn't find one online that I liked, so I took a chance and made it. It turned out better than I thought it would, and held up almost too well.....

Awesome spider, scared a couple kiddos, but they still loved it.

I love these favor boxes I found on Oriental Trading, super cheap and good size.

Our first game we played was the "eat the donut from the string with no hands" game, but I gave it a little twist! I tied a donut to both ends of a long string, then strung it over two more pieces of string tied parallel to the beams overhead. The object was to eat your donut (w/out hands) before the person across you ate theirs, and yours hit the gound. I was hillarious to watch!!

Our second game was the Mummy Wrap....this too was funny to watch the kiddos figure out how Not to rip the toilet paper.

Here are a few more pictures of Blake's vampire cake. I am excited to broaden my exprience making cakes, and this was a great one to add to my list!

Trick or Treat

Halloween came quickly this year, I can't believe its October already! Blake came up with this years costumes, his inspiration being his favorite Wii game: Mario (Kade), Luigi (Blake), & Princess Peach (McKynlee). I ordered the boys costumes, but unfortunately, they don't make an 18mo size Princess Peach costume, so I had to improvise. It looked cute, but wasn't the warmest costume. We had fun with Tyler's family trick or treating, it was a long night and the kids were pooped when we finally got home. Mickey loved it so much and was lil' Miss Independant! However, there were SO many kids, and she almost got trampled twice! So, I carried her most the way, and she did not like that one bit!

She was SO mad because I wouldn't let her walk!

Trains, Rides, and Carmel Apples

Who knew that such a fun time was so close to my Mom’s house!!! I had heard of Remlinger Farms a couple times, and figured it was about time we checked it out. Plus it was only 30 minutes from my Moms, her and I took the Kids for the day. We were joined for the day by our aborable lil' friend Natalie, & we had a blast!!! Seriously, this place is amazing, and very reasonably priced. The kids had so much fun riding on all the rides, going through the petting zoo, riding on ponies, climbing a rock wall, jumping in jump houses, riding on a train, and eating Carmel Apples!  We will absolutely grace this place again, and I can’t wait!

It's a stick, it's a weed, NO!! It's a Praying Mantis!!

Kade found a Praying Mantis at preschool, picked it up, and it jumped up on his shoulder! Usually they are pretty feisty guys, but this one sat on his shoulder for a little bit, then climmed across his back and to his other shoulder. He thought it was so cool! After a little prodding, I finally convinced him to put it down.

Kade's preschool Pumpkin Patch

Kade had his preschool pumpkin patch today, and he had so much fun. His teacher, Mrs. MacRae does such a great job planning everything and making things run smoothly. She has different stations, and divides all her classes into smaller groups. Each group takes turns rotating to all the different stations. Among the stations, there are horse rides, corn maze, a hayride, petting zoo, music/cookie station, face painting and balloon characters. Kade’s favorite by far is the horse rides!