Halloween party

We had great fun on Saturday night at the party we went to....Abby was fed up that there were no girls there to play with, until she learned that one of the boys wants to be a vet - and that they had dogs to play with - so they all went outside on the trampoline and played with the dogs - she was then in her element!!  

Sam had a bast as it was all boys who love Nerf guns and swords and play fighting!!  They were racing around outside shooting each other so he of course thought it was the BEST!!  Then they did apple bobbing in freezing cold water which he also LOVED and did again and again :)  Crazy boy!!  

Afterwards we had to head into town to meet Susannah and Maddie who had been to see the new Footloose movie.  We met them in Timmys - which was of course funny because we were all in fancy dress costume!  

We finally made it home just before 11 :)  

Pumpkin Carving :)

It's been a fun day...we watched Scream this morning all curled up together on the bed, then had ghost cookies fresh from the oven, then carved pumpkins, and then decorated haunted houses!! 

Now Susannah and Maddie are off to the movies, and I am off to a halloween party with Abby and Sam - it has a King Arthurs court theme/ Medieval theme.....and we are getting all dressed up :)  

Fun fun fun :)  

Haunted Houses!!

Making and decorating rice krispy haunted houses today :)  

Sam and Abby's little pumpkins...

These are cute little pumpkins that we picked up today and painted.  Tomorrow we will carve our big pumpkins, bake our cookies and make our Rice Krispy Haunted house kits :)  

Tomorrow night we are off to a fancy dress Halloween party - all dressed in Medieval theme :) 

A King Arthurs court theme and held by some homeschool friends of ours :)   

Fun fun fun :)

Sunday is the Pumpkin Festival with friends, and Monday is Trick or treating :) 

I love Halloween - I feel soooo lucky to be able to share in these moments with my children and create these memories with them.  I know they will look back on them with joy and will treasure the memories and hopefully recreate them with their children.  

People complain that too much is made of holidays and occasions these days, but I don't care - children are only young for such a short time, and I truly want to make the most of it!!!  

Tonight Susannah went to her school Halloween dance....I drove her and her friend Jacob there, and Jacobs Mom brought her home.  Her friend Maddie is staying over until Sunday :)  

I took Abby and Sam to DQ for pumpkin pie blizzards and then we curled up in bed together and watched Monster House - we wanted to see Ghostbusters but couldn't find it anywhere so will have to try again tomorrow!!

My little pumpkin.....

Up they go!!

My talented little monkeys at their homeschool climbing class :)  

Love them so much :)  

xxx

Planning meeting...

This morning while Sam and Abby were at a class, I had a business meeting...i'll just say that after one and a half hours of planning, things ended on a very bright note.

I returned home to even brighter news.

Life is good :)  

Art Every Day Month....

I'm going to be making art every day in November, along with many others - joining up with 

THIS WEBSITE

Come and join me!!!

I will be posting about my month long journey and daily art here on my blog as well as, at times, on my Lionheart Art Facebook page.  

Give it a try.  Whatever art you like to create - be it crochet, scrapbooking, painting or jewelry - try creating  a little something each and every day of November :)  

xxx

five question Friday

1. Do you prefer cotton, silk, or flannel sheets?

cotton.  High thread count!!

2. What time zone are you in?
Mountain

3. What is your favorite part of the holiday season?
Traditions...crafts....festivals...foods...all of it :)  

4. What is your favorite "wintry" drink? (It doesn't have to be an "alcoholic" drink!)
pumpkin spice latte :)  

5. In your opinion, what is the worst job in the world?

cleaning public bathrooms in not so nice places :(  

so very true....

Today I choose.....

Friday fill ins...

And...here we go! 

1. Beware of being too dependent on anyone but yourself.

2. I am looking forward to curling up by the fire with a cup of tea and watching it snow.

3. And since we bought pumpkins we really SHOULD carve them!!!

4. why do people think there are only evil spirits? 

5. Where shall we go trick or treating this year?

6. potato and bacon soup is one of my favorite meals when it's cold out.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to pumpkin carving, apple bobbing, taking Susannah and her friends to the Halloween dance and taking Abby and Sam to the haunted hike, tomorrow my plans include more fun Halloween activities and going to a Medieval/ King Arthur themed fancy dress Halloween party and Sunday, I want to take the children and their friends and meet my friend and her boys at the Prairie Gardens for the Pumpkin Festival!

Bricks4Kidz.....Session 2

Today Sam and Abby had their Lego class....they really loved todays class.  Sam really enjoyed the first one, but Abigail wasn't so sure - this time though, she was partnering a new friend which helped - and they got on really well - the new friend turned out to be the Daughter of an OLD friend of mine :)  It was  really good to catch up with her :)  

While they were in their class, I took the chance to relax in the coffee shop nearby over a London fog, some of their yummy toast and a piece of their chocolate loaf!  Their food and tea is sooooooo good!  It's Aroma cafe in Bonnie Doon mall - now, the mall itself is horrible, but that cafe is fabulous and worth going to the mall for on it's own!!  YUM!!!  I sat in there and art journaled for an hour :)  

Then on the way back through Sears I found the perfect Halloween costume for the party I'm going to on Saturday night - at HALF PRICE!!!  Yay!!!!  :)  And a costume for Susannah at half price too :)  which turned out to be ideal - she took one look at it and I knew she thought I was crazy as it looked awful and childlike on the hanger - and was covered in lace!  But I knew it was going to look super cute on her!  And I was right as usual lol - she needs to remember her Mom is always right hahaha!!  :)  

Anyway, my two, and Abby's new friend were the last to leave the class and they helped tidy up the Lego for the teachers....the girls didn't want to finish - and the teachers were saying how pleased they were to see girls enjoying it so much because 90% of Lego users are boys and it should be encouraged in girls as much as possible!!!  

It's such a great class :)  

I definitely plan to sign them up for more in the new year :)

Ready for Halloween...

Susannah's pirate costume for the school dance :)  

Yikes!!  

What happened to the days when she went as a Disney Princess?????

A lovely evening :)

A visit to my favourite Christmas store, followed by dinner at Joeys.

Such a lovely evening :)