Our Halloween Decorations

In honor of Tyler's birthday theme, we made our porch into a pirate ship. Tyler helped me paint the front of the ship (his green and white picture is a skull and crossbones). Tyler helped me decorate outside and he had a blast doing it.

Neighborhood Parade and Party Part 2

Rick, Nikki and Ayden joined us for the parade and had a blast. At the pool there were crafts, like making a mask, and games, face painting, etc. The people who organized it did it on a small budget of $250 for approximately 4o0 kids. They did a great job and we are all appreciative. Last year, they had a guessing game where you had to guess how many pieces of candy corn were in a container. Well, Joel won. This year you had to guess how much the pumpkin weighed and guess what - Joel won it! He guessed 38 lbs. and it weighed 39 lbs! He'll go for year 3 next year! Madison shown hanging out with Peyton, one of our neighbors. She's a cutie and we enjoy spending time with her and her parents Jon and Katie. For the parade she was a pumpkin, but for halloween she was a toucan. Wish I had thought to get her picture on Halloween!

Neighborhood Halloween Parade

The kids had a ball at the neighborhood Halloween Parade and Party. They loved getting dressed in their costumes and marching in the Parade from the elementary school to the pool parking lot.

The Bounce House

Tyler and Madison had fun in the bouncer after the party. Here's some video of Maddie after the party.

Opening presents

Here's few pictures of Tyler opening his presents. I was so impressed because the kids were so excited for Tyler to open up their gifts. They crowded him in excitement (as you can see)! Most of the kids drew and wrote their own birthday cards for Tyler. It is fun seeing the kids starting to write their names and other words.

More of Ty's Bday and Cake

No I didn't try making his cake - we ordered it but by the time the party started it started tipping over. Regardless, the cake was a hit and it tasted good too! Here's a picture of the plank outside the pool. There's a picture of Ty, Joel, Brendan and Matthew on the plank, as well as Stefano our neighbor across the street.

Tyler's 5th Birthday Party

We decided to have Tyler's birthday party 2 Saturdays before Halloween. It worked out well because we had beautiful weather! Tyler invited friends from School, Soccer and Ice Hockey. He had a Pirate Birthday Party - of course! We decorated the front of the house like a pirate ship (I'll post a picture later). As the guests entered, they had to go on a treasure hunt to find their pirate costume - a vest, eye patch, sash and bandana. Tyler had a blast welcoming every guest and showing them how to do the treasure hunt. I also had crafts for the kids. They had fun making hooks just like Captain Hook and necklaces. As you can see we also had a jumper which was a hit. Lastly, Joel built a child-safe plank. The plank ended in the kiddie pool filled with balls from our ball pit. The kids had a blast with that too. The group of pirates includes Tyler with his friends from school and soccer - Colin, Joel, Brendan and Will. Our friend Holden, who we met at ice skating, was able to come even though his 2-3 month old sister was sick. Mckinley is helping Madison put her necklace on. The kids are all really good and seemed to have a blast!

Miss Cutie Pa-Tooty!

Maddie Lynn is in love with Dresses. This dress was actually a present from Cindy, my tech at Kmart in Richfield. Maddie loves this dress and was showing off for me!

Melanie and the Kids

Here's a picture of the kids and their babysitter Melanie. She's the daughter of one of the techs I've worked with who's also a good friend. Melanie is great with the kids. Tyler especially likes her because she'll play pirate with them!

Family Fun

It has been awhile since we took this -maybe August or September-but I just realized you could put video on here & I thought it was cute.