I wrote this the day after Halloween, but didn't post it yet because I was waiting on pictures. It has been long enough so you will have to deal with the few pictures I do have.
Halloween was full of parties and planning this year! Travis and I had a bunch of couples over to celebrate the holiday! We like to find any excuse to have people over! Our back to school party was a little crazy with all the kids so this one was adult only.
We loved decorating for the party. Travis wanted creepy and I wanted cute so we compromised with spooky. Travis had this idea to do a black light room. We made a fake cemetery complete with prosthetic feet sticking out, we put up cobwebs all over and turned the black lights on. Guests went into that room to guess the weight of a pumpkin and number of candy corn in a jar. We planned on voting for costumes in there too, but it didn't happen.
I also put cobwebs around the rest of the downstairs. I had a lot of fun and was happy with how it turned out. I don't think I got any good pictures though. :( We had lots of yummy Halloween themed food! The hit of the party was the chocolate fountain and pumpkin tap filled with rootbeer. I have to admit, when Travis said he wanted to buy a tap I didn't think it would be that cool. I was proven wrong when EVERY SINGLE male made a comment about how awesome it was that we had a pumpkin with a tap.
Putting up the cobwebs.
We hung out, chatted and ate for a while. We had a few games planned. We have never really done organized games at a party so I wasn't sure if they would be a hit or not. I think everyone had fun and I am shocked Adelyn never woke up because we were so loud. I wish I had pictures, but I was too busy having fun! We did a pass the pumpkin game, halloween version of the Newlywed game and lucky 7. Our friends are hilarious and it was a blast!!
We went to
truck or treat at church on Wednesday. We only stayed about half an
hour because Adelyn needs her beauty sleep! It was fun seeing all the
kids in their costumes though!
Here is Adelyn with Clara. They are the best of friends!
On Friday, my friend Kristi went to help out with the Halloween parties at the elementary school. We got to have a playdate with Cora while she was gone! Adelyn has so many girls her age to play with. She loves having other kids around and it makes life easier on me because they entertain each other. She had so much fun playing with Cora, following her around and taking turns pulling each other in the wagon. They were so fun to watch!
I am pretty sure that Halloween was the happiest day of Adelyn's life!! I have never seen her so happy before and that is saying a lot since she is happy 90% of the time! She was the cutest little lady bug that I have ever seen! This is one of my favorite pictures of her! I feel like it captures her personality!
We took her trick-or-treating for the first time! I tried to prep her by practicing saying please. Once we were out, all of that went down the drain. She figured out that all she had to do to get candy was smile at the person and they gave her whatever she wanted! She couldn't have asked for a better deal! She would not put down her bucket the rest of the night once there was candy in it! She would drag it along the sidewalk once it got heavy instead of letting me hold it!
My favorite part of the night was running into Clara! Oh my goodness! They were so funny! When they saw each other, they squealed with joy! It was the cutest thing I have ever seen! They could not contain their excitement! They jumped up and down and laughed for no reason at all! Clara insisted on knocking on her own door. Jake ran inside and handed out candy to Adelyn and Clara. They were so excited about it!
I love how they are just looking at each other with the biggest smiles!!
1 comment:
It's true. Lady bugs do bring good things.
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