Our Kids: November 2011

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Spooky Lunch...OOOOHHHHHH

We had our 4th Annual Spooky Lunch this year!! It has grown in popularity so much that we decided to move it to the local park in order to guarantee that we would have enough seating and a place for the kiddies to play! Of course, it was cold and windy...prompting many requests to celebrate Halloween in September next year...but, the kids had a great time and only the adults seem to mind the weather!

We were so busy to kick off the event, I forgot to take pictures of the food before we all started digging in! Oh, well...You'll still catch the drift! It was a good time as always...It is was again fun to see all the fun, creative, and 'spooky' ideas all the mommies come up with for the kids to enjoy!

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Witch's Brew Punch
Salty Bones and a Bloody Sauce
Spider Web Taco Dip with Chips
Mummy Dogs
Monster Eyeballs
Apple Wedge Monster Faces
Apple and Banana Slices with a Ghostly Fruit Dip
Graveyard Dip with Crackers
Candied Apples
Pretzel Broomsticks
Rice Krispie Treat Pumpkins
Marshmallow Ghosts
Graveyard Cake
Dirt Pudding
Witch Hat Cookies

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Nothing Like Waiting Until the Last Second...

Daddy forgot to tell Mommy about the Pumpkin Decorating Contest at Cub Scouts...She received the email reminder the night before, so the next day, after school, we got to work! At 4:45 PM, less than two hours from the start of Cub Scouts, we started on Alex's pumpkin. Alex chose a spider design and helped clean out the gunk, as well as carve it. I suggested adding some spiders to the pumpkin (Lucky for Alex, we had a plethora of spider rings laying around!), which he wasn't sure of at first. But when I remembered the extra fake spider webbing we had in the basement, he was all on board!! Alex even added some fake cockroaches for added effect. All in all, he didn't do too bad! He won second prize out of about 50 entries at his school's Pack Meeting! Way to go, Alex!