Church Halloween Party

The kids and I had a blast yesterday at the Windsor Heights Lutheran Church Steak Fry, which is the annual Halloween party.  The costumes were fantastic and the kids had so much fun playing with their friends.  The party was held at Colby Park in their new building, which was gorgeous.

The kids on the pumpkin scavenger hunt!

Show me your pumpkins!

Getting ready to collect prizes!

Serving up some pizza and mac & cheese!

Prayer before eating!

Steaks at the steak fry and yummy breadsticks donated by Olive Garden.  Friends brought food for the potluck also, soooo good!

Faith's friend Bennett!

Decorating pumpkin cookies with frosting, sprinkles and candy!

Handing out prizes in the costume contest.

Friends at the church.  Pastor Chris makes me laugh in this one.  Guess which one he is!

Being silly during the sing along!

With Pastor Chris and his wife, Beth.

Trying to get me to give him my cupcake...yes he got it.

Hard focus on decorating that cookie.

Faith and Bennett all dressed up!  I asked Bennett why he didn't smile.

Showing off those awesome masks!

Faith playing with her glow necklace!  

The boys wand fighting.

   

For more information on Windsor Heights Lutheran Church in Windsor Heights, IA please click here.

Paper Doll Costume

This year I wanted to make my costume and I was looking at princess costumes, sailor costumes and all kinds of cute costumes until I remembered.....I don't know how to sew.  So I decided I would still be something nautical, it just wouldn't be a complex creation.  Thus, the paper doll dress was created!

             

I Used:

• 3 Poster boards
• paint
• Elastic band
• Velcro

I first drew my outfit in pencil onto the poster board.  The tabs that stick out are seperate from the outfit, I taped them on at the end.  After cutting everything out I painted.  Wait to outline everything in black until the end.  The next thing is to wrap the elastic around your waist and your chest, just under your armpits, to measure.  Once you have the length of elastic you can either hot glue the front of the elastic to the back of the skirt and top, or you can staple it.  I think it just depends on the color of your outfit, you don't want the staples showing.  The last thing you need to do is cut the part of the elastic that will be on your backside right in the middle.  Glue or sew the velcro onto the elastic, this will make the costume really easy to put on and take off.  I didn't take it off at the church Halloween party we wore our costumes to, and it was awkward sitting down to dinner.

To make the bow I simple taped the bow to a thin, hard plastic head band.

She wanted to try it on!

Halloween Hand Prints!

We finally made our annual Halloween foot and hand prints!  Look at the difference in Charlie's tiny footprint from last year to this year!  We added more details to the picture this year, note the super scary witch in the moon!  I could barely fit both of their hands and feet on the page!  Anyway, enjoy our creepy cute pictures!  They were a fun and sentimental treat for our family and friends!

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

From the Triana-Moller family!

Keep it Safe!

Day of the Dead Pottery

    I absolutely love Day of the Dead skulls.  They are so colorful and the representation is beautiful.  If you don't know, the skulls are usually depicted with flowers and bright color, because people decorate the graves of loved ones with those things to attract the spirits.  The flowers represent happiness and the skull represents the loved ones who have passed on.
    Since Halloween is upon us, as is the Day of the Dead, I wanted to make something to represent both holidays.  I painted bright colors and flowers on each one and I really love how they turned out.  The only problem?  All the plants I have ever had usually ends up muertes.    Oh well, maybe I will pack them with candy!

Enjoy these pictures:

And a lil Charlie to brighten up this post even more!

Halloween....late!

Although it was a week ago I feel the need to post our Halloween stuff!


    Faith is in Kindergarten this year, and I swear my daughter goes to one of the last few elementary schools in the country that allows food that was baked at home.  Thus, I didn't want to miss the chance to wow the class with my baking skills.  Basically, we baked premade chocolate chip cookies and just made fancy mummies premade icing.  Looks pretty good I would say!  Faith had a blast at her class Halloween party.  All of the parents made the party special, I added a picture of Faith's desk covered in treats!

     I didn't want everyone to miss the cuteness that is my little ones in their costumes!  Faith was Princess Tiana from "Princess and the Frog" and Charlie was a dragon.  My mother made Faith's costume for last years Halloween and it was so beautiful Faith asked to wear it again.  Color me surprised because she never misses the chance to get a new dress up outfit.  The weather was fantastic, but light jackets were needed.  We went with the usual gang of kids and parents, the three cute boys across the street and two little girls we met through the boys.  We walk around our neighborhood and stock up on as much candy as we can.  For most of my childhood, at least the key trick-or-treating years, in Mass. and there are some key differences I've noticed.  For example, when the kids say trick-or-treat in Mass. it's more like a rhetorical comment, the adults should know that the main objective is to get as much candy as you can, and there really is no time for jokes.  I don't remember telling a single joke when I was a kid, but in Iowa every house wants a joke.  This is fun for the first few houses, but we have seven kids to get through here people, we don't have time for this!!!  I understand, you paid for the candy my child is getting for free, but please be happy with one or two kids giving you a laugh.
    Please enjoy these pictures of our Halloween festivities!

Open Up!!!

Our pumpkins!  Can you guess which one is Mommy and
 Faith's and which one is daddy and Charlie's?

Faith at her class Halloween party

The parents and grandparents waiting across the street.

Mama and the Lil Dragon, Charlie

Boys across the street!

At the first house waiting in line to tell jokes

Daddy and Dragon