Oscar Stew

On the day after Halloween, all those scary decorations are taken down and are immediately replaced by wreaths, candles, Christmas trees, etc. Hello!?! Does anyone remember that Thanksgiving comes first? Drew & Brinley know this, and have made sure that they pay the Great Turkey their respects…Before we devour him.

The kids stuffed the grocery ad newspapers from the junkmail stack into paper bags, twisted them in half, and then stuffed them some more. Then they used some colored feathers from Grandma F along with construction paper & pipe cleaners for the details on these overgrown chickens. 

One of the great trials of childhood is dealing with glue. It builds character, right?

This turkey is looking a little crazy. Especially since the kids decided after they were done that it was missing it’s “hands.”

Happy Thanksgiving!

And you thought the Halloween fest was over. Guess again!

Drew had a party during class, I was ask to be the Room Mom. Oh, the responsibility! After stressing for a few days everything finally came together. I was able to round up some awesome volunteers who helped make the party lots of fun. Drew’s teacher said this was the healthiest party she had ever had! Who says healthy can’t be fun?

Drew wore his costume to school, where the first order of business was a costume parade down the halls. Looking good Scoob!

There were lots of activities to do in the classroom. One involved mummifying classmates. It’s a hard job when you’re 4 feet wide.

The orange peels had Jack-O-Lantern faces carved in them and were filled with fruit. Don’t worry there was plenty of candy. Going sober takes time.

I was in charge of the cookie center. Double Stuf pretzel leg Reeses Pieces spiders. Say that 20 times really fast.

Drew wanted his spider to have six eyes. Yummy!

This has been quite a week in preparation for All Hallows Eve. D&B have been busy at home and with our friends doing all kinds of tasty and crafty things that make the Fall season fun. The weather has even been pretty nice! Somebody knock on wood…Ryan, where are you when I need to knuckle your head? 😉

We made caramel apples a la Annie. They were yummy!

We painted some cute Jack-O-Lanterns from Kari.

The persnickety painting princess. She painted the other side of her pumpkin pink with sparkles.

That Jack-O-Lantern has the same number of teeth that Drew is missing. Big money!

The march of shame. Don’t touch ANYTHING until you get in the shower!

The other night Brinley whipped up this “scary monster.” I was quite proud of her spur of the moment craftiness.

This is the best way to use up extra frosting. That way I’m not tempted to lick it off their faces.

I don’t know what it is about black paint, but the kids were covered in it.

Brinley ended up with black paint on her hiney. She must have had an itch.

Precise placement of the pipe cleaner legs and googly eyes is required.

Our spiders ended up with a major case of conjunctivitis. Next time we’ll splurge for some clear glue.

Our cute little spider spawn. These little guys live on the kids’ bedroom doors. Maybe they are the reason Drew ends up crawling into Brinley’s bed in the middle of the night?

And finally, our collection of constuction paper scaries…

It will be a sad day when these come down.