Mia's Halloween Party

Last Friday we had a Halloween party for a few of Mia's friends.  Making the invite list was a bit of a problem because her social circle is so broad now that I knew I didn't want to handle all those kids in one night.  I decided that she could either have only school friends or only non school friends.  She chose school friends, but then I ended up inviting Nicole from Plymouth and Chloe from gymnastics too.  The party was super fun.  The craft that Mia chose out of this fun Halloween book Granmommy got us a few years ago ended up being a little too involved for the kids, so we skipped past it after a while and moved on to other fun.  It was a shame though because Shelby had spent literally hours working on the prep work for it the night before.  I was lazy and just ordered pizza for everyone which was awesome to the kids.  Then we decorated cupcakes, played pin the tail on the cat, charades and bobbing for apples.  The next disappointment was when we went to put the kids temporary pumpkin tattoos on and realized they were just regular body stickers.  Kids like stickers, but they LOVE temporary tattoos.  Then as they girls were jumping around like crazy people dancing with their glow in the dark bracelets, Angelina's busted open and spurted green glowing goo all over her costume and her face.  Some of it got into her eyes and she was pretty upset.  We put her over the sink and flushed her eyes really well with water and Shelby read on the packaging that the stuff would  most likely stain and may cause discomfort, but would not cause damage to the eyes.  After this though, the girls were all a little shaken up and decided to sit down and watch a Barbie movie for the last half hour or so of the party.  I think they all had fun though.  Overall the party was a big success!  

Mia got her apple pretty fast.

Bella going in for a bite.  One of the kids said these apples looked like poisonous apples and Shelby said "They are...Well, one of them is poisonous.  You kids just have to figure out which one."  He is such a goof!  

Mia didn't quite win this game, but she was close and had a lot of fun!

Bella, Mia, Angelina and Lila around the table decorating cupcakes.

Nicole and Mia.  The cupcakes were out of Jessica Seinfeld's book Deceptively Delicious and they were a big hit.  

Shelby working diligently on preparation for the craft.

The Finished Product