Lost Posts of 2016: Halloween

Well...it has been WAY too long since I last blogged!

I would like to blame the holidays, 

a crazy almost 2 year old who keeps me on my toes,

and the fact that we worked right up until Christmas Eve...

which meant I had to squeeze everything 

into every minute of each weekend.

So...why don't I just move on and forget about it?

Because I can't.

Nope.

The "Type A" me has to share what I am calling,

"Lost Posts of 2016."

They are the things we did,

memories with friends or family,

that up until now...

only live in my phone and computer.

So, before I move on to all things

Christmas and New Years related...

here is Halloween. :)

This year our friends Brian and Kelly hosted

our annual Halloween Bash.

Since it was an adults only party

I didn't have to worry about making

all four of us coordinate.

I have always loved the colorful

sugar skulls that are associated with 

Dia de Los Muertos

and felt that this was the perfect blend for Chad and I.

Scary and gothic for him...

fancy, frilly, flowers, and detail oriented for me.

Unfortunately I didn't get pictures of all

of the couples...but here is who I got.

Dorothy and Dave..

who still has their PE clothes...and can still wear them?

Frank and Sheri...

characters from the movie 5th Element

Jake...

in all of his glory

The girls...

notice sweet little, itty-bitty Eloise?

The guys...

I LOVED Jeff and Deborah's costumes.

They were Ice, Ice, Baby. :)

Fast forward to Halloween Night...

Landry had decided back in August that

he wanted to be Peter Pan...

after I refused to make him a giraffe costume. ;)

I've done an elephant and a zebra...

I had to draw the line at giraffe.

The minute he said Peter Pan

I was SOOOOO excited because I knew:

1. He would be the cutest Peter Pan.

2. Lexie would be the CUTEST Tinker Bell

3. These would be super easy costumes to make.

Aren't they the cutest?

Our little trick-or-treaters!

Lexie was ALL about it!

She would have gone to every house

in the neighborhood.

Landry on the other hand...

he was ready to stop after about 6 houses.

I would like to "thank" the lovely person down

the street who likes to scare the kids. :(

All in all...Halloween was a success!

Check back for more "Lost Posts of 2016."

For a look back at our past Halloween costumes,

click HERE!

***Oh...and can I just add that my last post,

about the school board election,

got just under 1700 views!!!! 

That is absolutely

crazy for this little blog of mine! 

As a comparison, my next highest viewed

post only received 260 views. Ha!

So, "thank you" to everyone who shared my post. :)

Halloween Bash 2014

Last night we hosted our annual Halloween Bash!

I forgot to get pictures of the food and decor...but everything was the same as always...skeleton bones (white chocolate covered pretzels), graveyard guacamole, zombie hearts (cream cheese and chili sauce), vampire veggies, Frankenstein fruit, mummy brownie bites, mummy dogs, and goblin eyes (meatballs.)

Even though the food might always be the same...one thing that always changes from year to year is the level of awesomeness that is brought with everyone's costumes!

Here are the Nettos...

Woody, Etch-A-Sketch, and Jessie from Toy Story

**All of their costumes were made by hand!**

Etch-A-Sketch with our very own Batman!

The Klingers...

Lego Woman, bat fairy, construction worker, and Darth Vader

Brian and Kelly...

The Gladiator and his goddess...

Yes, Brian has hair!

Kristen and Drew...

Dorothy and Scarecrow

The Edells...

Paul Bunyon and his Babe...the blue ox

Here he is with both of his babes!

As you can see...one of his babes wasn't feeling the pictures. :)

Finally...here we are...

A  five months pregnant Poison Ivy, The Riddler, and Batman!

All of the lovely ladies!

And of course...the gentlemen!

Last year we added some fun with our "Minute to Win It Tournament." 

Since everyone loved it...the pressure was on to bring it back this year.

 After the teams were randomly selected...it was game time!

First up...

Chocolate Unicorn!

The team that could stack 7 Ding Dongs on their forehead and get it to balance for 3 seconds, won.

Jeff was off to a good start...

Deborah was dynamite...

Drew thought he had won it...

until it was discovered he only had 6 Ding Dongs stacked!

He did go on to win it for his team.

Next up...

Vampires Bite!

Players had to transfer marshmallows from one plate to the other...

only using their vampire teeth!

Kristen was looking good...

Kelly was in it to win it...

Sheri was still in it...

But in the end...Kelly won it and Team One was off to an early lead!

Next up...

Sticky Situation

Players had to bounce a ping pong ball on the table and get it to stick to a piece of bread with peanut butter on it.

Brian took an early lead and dominated with a total 6 balls on his bread!

At this point Team One had three victories under their belt and the rest of us...well...we were having fun! :)

Candy Corn Hose

Each player had to retrieve the candy corn that was in the bottom of each leg of the panty hose...without using their other hand to help!

I won this one...and finally put our team on the board!

With a boost of confidence, Deborah took continued our momentum in...

Candy Corn Stick-Up

Players had to stand candy corn up around the edge of their paper plate. First player to get all the way around the plate...or the farthest in one minute...wins!

With Frank's team mathematically out of the competition...

he decided to take a different approach to the game...

and throw candy corn at Drew's...knocking them over. :)

Deborah stayed focused and...

Winner winner!!!

If you are wondering what happened to Chad...

well...he decided to be the MC/play by play guy! :)

With Team 3 back in the competition...the scoreboard read:

Team 1 - 3 wins

Team 2 - 0 wins

Team 3 - 2 wins

Our final game...

Mummy Wrap

Each team was given one roll of toilet paper, whoever wrapped their mummy first, without breaking their paper, was the winner.

Team Two was off to a good start...

so was Team One...even though I'm not sure that Kelly was feeling the same. :)

Yup...that's me under there...trying not to fall over because I was so dizzy!

Dizzy or not...we WON!!!!

If the judges were looking for the nicest mummy...

Team One would have surely won. :)

With the score tied...we went into a tie-breaker!

Team 1 and Team 3 battled for the win with a candy corn drop.

When it was all finished...here is what the scoreboard said...

Team 3 WON!!!!!!

Last year...you might remember...

our prize was $1 million dollars...in chocolate.

Well, with a baby on the way, I had to explain that our budget had been cut...and Dollar Tree didn't have their million dollar candy bars this year...so each member of the winning team only got $100 grand this year!

Not that I am competitive or anything...but...

my team has won the last two years! :)

As always it was a blast...

and my little Batman lasted until the very end of the party!

He loves his costume so much...that he is wearing it again...right now...while reading with Chad. :)