Days fly by....

I think that is a title of a song I have heard on the radio before....but in any case....that is the title of this entry and the title of my life over the last little while.  Whew!  I can't believe that it is taking me so long to get back in the groove of things and that I have neglected posting for so long.  I know I have been busy...but I guess I just didn't realize how busy life has gotten.  Of course, and I know that you Mama's understand this, when you are a mama of three little ones, and your kids have the crud, and it is the week of a major holiday....you might just feel like you are hanging on by a thread!!! 

Well, I don't know about anyone else...but we celebrated Halloween in more ways than one!  Mallory and Kennedy had a blast and I think will be talking about it for a long time!  They are amazed at how full their treat bags were when we got home from Trick-Or-Treating.  Of course Parker was oblivious to anything going on....he just basically rode around in his carseat and enjoyed the ride. 

We started celebrating Halloween on Saturday evening by attending a great party at the home of some of our friends.  Thank you Kraig and Rita for inviting us and opening your home to everyone!  We all had a great time!  You put a lot of work into that party and it really paid off!  The kids all looked so incredibly cute and for the adults that dressed up....great job!!!!  Here are a few pictures from the festivities that night.  Kraig and Rita had pumpkin painting, storytelling, hayrides, a bonfire and roasted marshmallows (which by the way my girls absolutely loved and are still talking about),  and lots of great food!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The top picture is of my three little characters before we got ready to leave for the party.  Mallory dressed up as a tiger, Parker was a dragon, and Kennedy was a monarch butterfly.  Look at little Minnie Mouse!   Isn't she a total doll???

 

Dorothy, where is your little dog Toto??

Below:  I just love those sparkles on the sunglasses!  What a cute outfit?  And can you believe her daddy did her make-up for her costume?  Great job Dad!

 

 

 

And here is the whole crew...or at least the majority of it!

 

 

 

 

 

On Tuesday, I went to help out for a little while with Mallory's Halloween activities at school.  That was a lot of fun too!  Her teacher does an absolutely amazing job with the activities she plans for those kids!  They worked in stations and made different projects and read different books at each station.  They did really well with their projects and with recalling each story.   The teacher had stations for them to make owls, (Annie and Nile did an excellent job on their owls!!!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to make a special snack mix...(which you can read about on Heather's recipe page), to make pumpkin collages, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and to make 3 dimensional pumpkins out of construction paper...each activity with a coordinating storybook!

One of the groups worked with Mrs. Rikki to make their special Halloween Treat Mix or owl eyes, chicken toenails, colored flies, ants, earthworms, witches fingers, snake eyes, and bat bones...yum yum(...you can find the real recipe for this under the recipe section of the webpage).  Mallory thought it was so cool and talked about all the gross things that were in the mix!!!  Of course, that afternoon they had a special snack of lots of good, sugary, Halloween treats before they came home!  What a fun day!!!

Now, couldn't tell about all our Halloween festivities without mentioning my little Kennedy.  She had dance class this week and got to wear her costume to dance.  However, her wings were getting in her way, so she opted to take them off during class.  All of the little girls looked so cute!!!  Here is a picture of the whole class dressed up in their costumes.  Don't they just look adorable???  

 

 

 

 

 

Well, I think this about sums up all of our Halloween activities....I feel now like I have caught up a little bit from being gone so many days.  Since my little man has been sick and things have been so busy around here...he didn't get into the Trick-0r-Treating much....so let me leave you with a few more pictures including him and then of course a new topic and more later on...Have a great day!!!!