Baby BOO Bash!

Somehow we are already into 2015 and I have not posted about Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas. It has been such a busy whirlwind of activity and I doubt I'll ever be able to capture it all in my blog, but at the very least I will try to target my creative moments, starting with Halloween...
 
Halloween is such a cool holiday - especially for all us creative, artsy people who need variety and weird events in our lives to keep things interesting. I didn't know how the whole door-to-door candy seeking thing was going to pan out with my one-year-old, so last minute I decided to throw a party. And Lord knows I can't throw a party without going just a little overboard. With over 12 kids between the ages of 10 months and 5 years I tried to target the fun to that age range and think it was pretty successful! Here are the photos of our fun day:

No, I'm not that crazy... these are only Ainsley's hand and footprints, not every kid's who attended the party. Paint, toddlers and costumes? That would just be ridiculous! (Though I wouldn't put it passed me)

The little ones loved this! Seeing my nephew's face light up when he saw this made it all worth the effort. He didn't make it to the party, but I left it up for a week after and it was still there when he came to visit. 
Ghost toilet paper bowling. Amazing they didn't unravel all of them.

Awesome graveyard courtesy of my creative hubby
Momma and baby tigger
Biggest hit for the toddlers: Balloons hanging from trees. Who knew?
Another hit: Tractor rides around the yard

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