Most of the Jones family were in Cache Valley this past weekend for the opener of the deer hunt. Saturday we had 14 of the grandkids there. (Plus Wyatt and Shay, our cousins from the other side of the fam.) We really missed the other two cousins--we love you Maddie and Savannah!! Grandma Jones had a Halloween party in mind, and the kids had a blast all day long. Although some of the more organized folks (me included) didn't let the kids get costumes on til later in the day, the festivities were an all day event for these 16 kids!!
We blasted "Phantom of the Opera" music from the car for the Parade of costumes around the lawn. Morgan, the eldest cousin, led the little tykes--some in full costume, and some mad they didn't have full costumes. Some of the party highlights were the apple dunking that aunt Dalynn set up. Pretty funny to watch the kids!! The donut eating was a hit with the kids--who doesn't love a Hostess donut?? They also played Halloween Bingo, and decorated pumpkins that grandma had bought for each of them.
Here's everyone's favorite little gal, Jaida Beth, giving the brew a stir.
Making paper pumpkins and ghosts as a "pre-party, keep-em-occupied" activity.
All the kids sure love to cut and paste and create at grandmas. She has a big tub of markers and stencils and such that she lets the kids have at whenever there creative itch strikes!! Or whenever the chaos of the zillion kids gets to be too much and they need a "sit-down" project.
Grandma Jones had a witches "brew" full of bats and rats and snakes. (All rubber of course.) It was homemade rootbeer, that actually didn't turn out. Probably because I did the mixture ahead of time--never leave a recipe alone with me--distaster is bound to happen!! The kids didn't seem to notice though.
Here's everyone's favorite little gal, Jaida Beth, giving the brew a stir.
Ellie's "real" costume was a black cat. But she wore this hat and cape around half the day. Pretty cutelittle witch if you ask me!!
Cousins, Marc and Ashley cutting and glueing pumpkins and ghosts for the wall.
Great Halloween party guys!!!
2 comments:
Loads of fun! You should use all these great ideas and be a room mother at school! Oh, wait, you are.... how fitting!
Marilyn forwarded me your blog, hope you don't mind . . . I was looking at it when my Ethan came in the room. So I put him on my lap so he could see some kids . . . we were viewing the halloween pictures when his eyes got real wide and he said very loud . . "What's that!" ( I thought he was referring to the witch . . . he continued to get very excited and said "I touch it . . . I SEE it . . ." he got his face two inches away from the computed screne and was just staring in awe . . . I finally realized it was Logan's costume that he was so mezmerized by . . . it was Lightening! WOW! There is no one he loves more . . . !!! We watch Carrs -or segments of it multiple times a day . . . his bedroom is all Carrs and he has a shirt and also many of the cars . . . it was very funny . . . the things kids are drawn to!!! Way to go with Logan's costume! When you get ready to resycle . . . I know a little boy that totally go crazy over it . . . Great bolg Miriam!!! What beautiful fall pictures!!! Minta
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