Spooky Dinner 2013

Since this is a Halloween post I can share how much I love this tarantula of mine. He is just so much fun. He crawls all around his cage and he is fascinating to watch. I keep him up in "my" room where I work on my things and just enjoy him. He is a gentle thing. Nathan and I cleaned him out the other day and we had to keep corralling him back to his holding cell while I cleaned his cage. He had zero interest in aggression. He was just trying to mind his own business. I like him! I can't help it. Sorry. I know that you non spider people are so grossed out. 

Oh well!

So about Spooky Dinner. 

I have been holding Spooky Dinner for maybe 14 years now. I remember when I only had three little kids telling them that the macaroni and cheese was bird bones. They loved it.

My very favorite thing to do to annoy my kids is...they will want to know what the food they are eating is. And I will tell them the fake name.....Like Ghoul Guts. 

And they will be like, "No, what is it?" 

Me: "I told you! It's Ghoul Guts!"

It drives them crazy. Ha ha. I love it.

I am so GRATEFUL for my mom. 

and my dad helps.

I just have had NO time or energy to have things at my house or to prepare all the cool and creepy food by myself. So my mom lets me hold it at her house. And she often times makes what I want her to make. Lol.

So presenting the AWESOME....

Meat man!!!!! I really wanted him and my mom found a way!!!!! It was great!

Great, right??? So people have asked and here is how she did it. She bought a card board face mold at a craft store and then just laid the meat on it. We didn't eat that meat. His teeth were like fake dollar store teeth and I think his nose was a pepper.

Thanks, Mom!!!!!!

My great neice, Saige. Bat Girl!

Kassidy and Uncle Frank getting silly!

Terri (my mom and dad's buddy) and my mom!

Me! I was an old granny. It busted me up!!!!!!!!!

I borrowed the costume from a girl I saw wearing it to the kid's school carnival. She was so nice to loan it to me.

I love my photo bomber!

Nathan (Steelers fan) and his cousin (my nephew) Justin

Goblin Eyeballs!

Frodo, of course!

I had to make this. The pumpkin threw up. Isn't it great!!!!!!

The second Kate got to the party she took off her costume. It was like, "I came, you saw, it's off.!"

Lol. SO then she put on my mom's spooky paraphernalia.

Justine, Saige, and Nathan

Terri and Bo

Lily my other great neice. Cute girl! Love that she wants to hang with us!

Need a band-aid, anyone?

Or how about a q-tip?

My "Rhettie poo" a Steelers fan also! Rhett drew his black smudges with....Sharpie. Oh, happy day!

Bo made up some crazy costume. I think he was a fighter of some kind. Like a good one he said.

He drew blood all over his face with lip stick.

Justine was Mrs. Payne.

I am so tired! I have to go to bed now. Night!

scoop and a swish!

The season is back. (Basketball, of course!)

And Rhett and I are so happy the tradition continues!!!!! (Baskin Robbins,of course!)

Dollar scoop cones!!!!

 Rhett was so excited that we were going to do this again that I would never dream of missing this chance to be with my boy.

NO MATTER WHAT I always get peanut butter and chocolate. It is THE BEST.

During Halloween they had these super cute bats.

I might cry my head off when I drop this sweet girl off to college.

Like I start to panic over it. She will be going where I go so we will get to have lunch together!!!! That will be so awesome. She is excited about it as well.

She and I held hands and roller skated at the church rollerskating party tonight. She is so funny!

I know what I want to be when I grow up!

I TOTALLY want to be her. 

I went and helped out at Bo's class party and they had a body painting station. This super cool girl had an art degree. Her little boy told me she went to college to be a face painter. lol. She was so adorable and her little spiders were detailed and so awesome. I want to learn!!!!!!!!

So AWESOME, right?

Here were a few others.....and she put GLITTER on them. Swoon.

The teacher decided to get one. I loved the cute girl holding her hair. It would be neat to be a teacher of little children. They all would love you so much.

So the friend in charge of the party asked what station I wanted to be in charge of. Food of course! Because there are way to many cute ideas on Pinterest and not enough reasons to use them.

(I COULD NOT FIND GHOST PEEPS!!! So I had to use 1/2 marshmallow and give them eyes. it worked fine. But ghost peeps are cool! *whine*) 

Pudding cups with Oreo's.

See the cute little Gummy Bear one? One of the children has diabetes so I made a little sugar free one. 

Trick or Treating

A princess

The hulk

Creepy Rhett and his old man mask and his friend.

When we got home from Trick or Treating we have to do our favorite traditional thing which I am sure all kids do..trick or treat at your own house and try to trick dad. lol

And take good and proper inventory of your candy.

My organized soul loved Bo's layout.

I am stealing this from my friend Viki's FB. She cracks me UP because she is very conservative but she makes the kids all pool their candy. Hmmmmm. But here is a great picture of their loot!

If all my home work is done and I can play I will post tomorrow about our spooky dinner.