YaBaDaBaDo!!!

you should be very, very afraid! there is
an armed ninja ready to attack
at a moments notice!

Has it been a month since i've posted, yikes! is it really 1/2 way thru november, yikes!

well, here are the fun halloween costumes i created.

did i mention that i looooove dressing up for a day!

supplies

8 wood beads $2.99

4 yards animal print fabric $16.63

red hair spray $2.47
(went to 7 stores to find it, dang BSU fans)

being a redhead for a day priceless

here is the family

stephen...fred flintstone

tonya... wilma flintstone

madeline... prof mcgonagall

jacob... ninja dude

we love to host a halloween party and this year
madeline took the reins and made an
amazing harry potter party!

she wrote the script, and directed all
of the professors, witches, and wizards.

here is a fun picture of the group

the witches receiving some instructions to
help combat prof snape. nasty fellow!

wingardium leviosa!!! be gone with you!

a little sugar please!

mummies! a favorite tradition

bobbing for apples is always entertaining! fab party!

can't wait for next year!

Drum roll, please ! And the crown goes to.... Mrs. Idaho Spud!!!

Who is this masked man with the big hair! It's bird, it's a farm, it's SPUDDY BUDDY! You all know the Idaho mascot, right?

I was working at the LDS cannery last week and debating about who to dress up for Halloween. I LOVE HALLOWEEN! Stephen is always a good sport and we find a duo to dress up like! Napolian and Deb, mr and mrs nerd, Luke and Liah Skywalker, so this year I was Mrs. Idaho Spud.

We are a jubbled family with a mouse, robot, spuddy, and a Mrs.

PARTY ON DUDE!!

We had a great weekend visiting both of our families in Utah. Jacob was a transformer, but not just any Transformer, THE transformer! I didn't know there was a big difference between them.

My siblings and I would watch the cartoon with the catchy song "Transformers, more than meets the eye, Transformers, robots in disguise!" Well, sweet Cyn informs me that this is the mother of all transformers! I can't even remember the TRANSFORMERS name, shows you how much I know!




Here is the whole Stoddard group. Fun times!

Madeline as Despereaux ,(trailer for the cutest movie http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1276942080/tt0420238 Landon as a clone dude from Star Wars, and Brendon is a far out hippie!

The Halloween Party

Every year I have a halloween party for Madeline and Jacob. We love to plan the activities, prepare the costumes, and have screepy food. The little boy, David, next to Stephen said "you need to cut your hair it is too big!" We laughed pretty hard!

I love Madeline's creativity! She read a great book this summer called "the tale of Despereaux". It is about a mouse named Desperaux who defies all "norms" set before him and talks to humans, carries a sword, and isn't afraid of cats! Madeline loved the book so much she decided that is what she wanted to be for halloween.

So, how do you make a mouse costume...

1. buy gray velvet material on clearance at Joann's for $7
2. look at pictures of Desperaux for his upcoming movie and see his lovable body and how to duplicate it. The kids watched for movie trailers for over an hour. It is going to be an adorable movie ;)
3. cut out and sew (i learned how to sew from my sweet mother) I was often unpatient, but I learned some sweet skills
4. how to keep big ears from sagging? Use florist wire to line the ears.
5. $7 fabric, 2 hours of cutting, sewing, and fixing ears....see an excited daughter love her outfit, priceless

Here are all the friends enjoying the apples that they bobbed for. Bobbing for apples is hard work but they were each determined to get at least one apple. Many of the kids were under the water for a while! No, problem we know CPR, my hunky husband was a lifeguard!

Don't Eat Pete! We played with fun game with M&M's. There are 9 squares and one person leaves the area while the others decide which square is "it". They person comes back and eats the M&M's until they pick of the one that is "it" and they yell "don't eat pete!"

Jacob loves being action heroes. We go to the wonderful "Ryser store", our neighbors, and borrow costumes each year. This year Jacob is a transformer but in the picture above is only wearing 1/3 of his costume.