Happy Halloween 2011

Every year we bring the kids to my grandparents house for pictures with the pumpkins my grandfather carves... a very important Halloween tradition! This morning was no exception...

Ryleigh as a cupcake with Joe Pumpkin and Braeden as a dinosaur with Daisy Pumpkin...

Grandad fixing Braeden's sleeve...

Granny and Braeden...

Ryleigh and Grandad...

I combined Tot School and K4 for our Halloween Party... we played games, did a craft, listened to a story...and did lots of playing...

Braeden listening intently to the Halloween Story...

Miss Lily...aka...Jack Jack Incredible....

We made Ghost Handprints.... A great keepsake...

My little cupcake getting her hand painted...

Braeden did really well making his ghosts...

Cinderella...

In line for Monster Bowling....

We played Pin the Eye on the Pumpkin...
in lieu of blindfolds they were supposed to keep their eyes closed...

Braeden pinning on the eye... I don't think his eyes were closed...

Our finished Ghosts....

Neighbors and Some of our Friends....

After a Brief Costume Change (Ryleigh likes to try and wear a different costume every couple of events!) ... we are ready for Trick or Treating!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

The one in which there is a trip to the Pumpkin Patch and two parties.....

Ryleigh went with Daddy, Granny and Grandad to a pumpkin patch (nursery)...Braeden kind of slept through the entire pumpkin patch experience... Ryleigh by the tractor wheel...Ryleigh as a pumpkin...

Ryleigh driving the tractor...

To Celebrate two of our friends 1st Birthdays....we went to a Halloween Themed Birthday party...Ryleigh and Braeden...super excited for pictures....

Gotta Love the Group Pictures....

Here's a close up of Braeden....I was getting the feeling he was not digging the outfit....

Braeden...much happier...now that he has a phone again...

Ryleigh playing pin the nose on the pumpkin....

For Dance class this week, the girls dressed up in their costumes...
here is Ryleigh with one of her friends Elena...

Ryleigh with her friends Teagan and Elena...

Stay Tuned for More fun Costumed Activity Pictures......

stART - The Great Big Pumpkin

A Story + Art = a great stART!!!

For our story this week, we read Care Bears, The Great Big Pumpkin....I pretty much LOVE all that is Care Bear...so obviously I thought this book was adorable.... The Care Bears get ready for a Halloween party by getting their costumes ready (three of them go as stars) and picking out their pumpkins....For our project this week, we made magically appearing pumpkins... With white crayon I drew a jack-o-lantern on each of the girl's paper. (Without telling them what was on them)... Then they used watercolor to paint the paper and reveal the surprise... I have done this project (well similar- not with pumpkins) a few times and Ryleigh loves finding out what the picture is...

Ryleigh starting to watercolor...it was here that she decided it was a pumpkin....even though you can't actually see it yet...

Midway through the project... with a little brush it takes awhile...

The finished pumpkins... Ryleigh's is on the bottom...

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stART - The Foot Book

A Story + Art = A great stART!!!!



This week we are doing letter Ff...so we read the Foot Book by Dr. Suess...how fun is Dr. Suess? ... Anyway for our project we did Footprint Ghosts... (tying into both letter Ff and Halloween...)... I had previously done this project when Ryleigh was about 1 1/2.... it was a little easier this time around...I had the girls do white footprints and then when they dried we used black marker to make the faces...

Me...painting Ryleigh's foot...

Ryleigh...stepping onto the black paper...to make the foot print....

Ryleigh's finished "Foot Ghost"

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Halloween 2009

This was Braeden's first Halloween and a very busy one!!! We spent the morning at my Grandparents' house taking pictures of the kids in their costumes and playing. This afternoon we went trick or treating...twice- once with playgroup and once around our neighborhood... :) So much candy and yet I cannot eat it....Both Ryleigh and Braeden were completely exhausted by the end of the day...a.k.a....early bedtimes :)

Ryleigh waiting sort of patiently to go to "Nanny's house" We did the tie-dye t-shirt last year at in playgroup.

Ryleigh dressed up as a Kitty with one of the pumpkins Grandad carved

An extreme closeup of Braeden...he is a pea in a peapod

Ryleigh holding her baby brother....she is already tired and the day has just begun :)

So you can get the full costume.....

Braeden, ready for a nap...oh so tired...

Ryleigh and Grandad rubbing noses

Braeden sleeping in Grandad's arms... the nap overtook him

Ryleigh trick or treating with her friends

Braeden has fallen asleep midway through the trick or treating....

The peapod is wilting...

I think he might have been snoring at this point...just kidding...sort of .... but not really....
Ryleigh with her friends at the end ... I think they were all pretty tired

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!