Spooky-ooky Dinner and Halloween

We had our traditional spooky-ooky dinner the day before Halloween this year, and Scott and Elise joined us. On the menu--witches brew, of course, and witch finger cookies.

Deviled monster eyes.

Jack-o-lantern quesadillas. This meal was thrown together at the last minute, but I thought it was a fun time.

On Halloween, we quickly carved pumpkins before our neighborhood party. Poor Keeley was not happy to be relegated to the exersaucer, but sometimes you have no choice.

Finley and Lexi worked on one together.

Finley decided she wanted a happy pumpkin, and it turned out super cute.
We cleaned all the pumpkins out while the other kids were still at school so they would be ready as soon as they got home.

I helped Isaac do a scary one and Lexi helped Sareny with a design she came up with on her own. The kids also carved a little pumpkin for Keeley. Below--Isaac's, Keeley's, Sareny's, Finley's.

We had dinner at our neighbor's house, and then Keith and Keeley sat with the neighbors while Lexi and I took the kids around with the group.

Sareny and Isaac with a girl in our group.

Finley wanted to sit in the stroller. The whole time. Even if we were just moving from one garage to another, she would run and jump in.

Me and the kids. I was glad to have the stroller though, because at some point, the kids' buckets got too heavy so they dumped the candy in the basket.

We were joined on this outing by a nerdy PE coach...we pretended we didn't know her when she started olympic-style speed walking around the neighborhood. Actually, it was pretty darn hilarious.

The kids' pumpkins all lit up.

And a parting shot of the kids by their pumpkins. We had such a fun Halloween this year!

Spooky Dinner

We had our annual spooky dinner the week before Halloween while grandma was still here. (I miss when Isaac used to call it "pooky pooky dinner.") On the menu--cobwebs and batwings (pasta), monster toes (wrapped lil smokies), bones and blood (breadsticks and marinara), monster eyes (deviled eggs.)

And of course, we had witches brew.

The kids look forward to our spooky dinner all year long, and lets face it, I do too. It is a lot of fun planning! This year for dessert, we had eyeballs on forks. These were donut holes dipped in white chocolate with red frosting and a chocolate chip.

I love the crazy poses these kids are making!

First date

We had our first date after Finley was born on July 8th, Keith's birthday. We went out to dinner to My Big Fat Greek Restaurant. It was pretty good, and it was one of the few times that we ordered an appetizer, entree, and dessert. Their baklava is pretty good, and big enough to share.

Keith and my dad went golfing both Friday and Saturday morning, plus my dad and brother in law John went to Massage Envy last night, so the girls decided it was our turn to do something fun. We went to the nail salon and got pedicures. My mom got her traditional hot pink and I got my usual reddish, and Holl Jo got something in-between. When we got back, Grammy Jo painted Sare's nails too so she wouldn't feel left out. I've decided right now, the only picture of myself I can post is this one with my toes in it.

And here's a cute picture of baby girl, and one with both of my cute girls.