HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES and Avengers Assemble!

 On Friday night, the 25th, Decker's school celebrated Halloween with the MONSTER MASH!  Cody wanted to wear his DINOSAUR costume and Decker wore his TRANSFORMERS costume.

 We played BINGO...  We won 2 games, so they both got to pick a prize.  Cody picked a Black Dodge ball with Frankenstein on it and Decker picked a ball that lights up when it hits the ground.  We ate lots of buttery popcorn too.

 I love Cody's tail...

 Decker played with this fake fire...

 This is Cameron from Decker's Kindergarten class, and here you can see Decker's ball that he won.

 This is Cameron's dad...Crazy Hair dad, as she puts it.  LOL

 Decker played the cake walk to win some cool Candy!

 

 This is Ryder from Decker's class...he's a Black Widow...just like I will be....

 AVENGERS  ASSEMBLE!! 

On Saturday night, the 26th, we had our Annual Trunk or Treat at the church.  We dressed up as Captain America, Hulk, Ironman and Black Widow.  It was so fun putting my costume together...I got these exercise pants and shirt from Mike last year at Christmas.  Good thing he got me a gym pass that I've been using since January 2 -4 times per week.  I super glued my printed out SHEILD patches on my arms.  Made my Black Widow Hour glass belt out of craft foam, bought some kids guns and bullet bracelets and spray painted them black, borrowed Keppi's black high heeled boots and I ordered the official Black Widow wig off of Ebay.  It all came together very nicely!

 The Grunkermeiers were all Black Ninjas!  They've got the moves to go with the costumes too!

 This is Emma...she's in my primary class.

 This is Sydney, also in my primary class...Abigail was in my sunbeams class last year...

 This is Zack from my class...

 and Trey...also in my class.

 Decker loved the fishing booth.  He kept going back to it.  He got a couple of cool pencils.  

 Flaming RED!

 

 Aunt K. came with us to celebrate..she was a cave woman!

 Cody liked this little bowl with a hand in it that reached out to touch your hand as you reach in for candy.

 Yummy Caramel Apples...Very Gooey!

   

We got lots of compliments on our GROUP Costume and a few comments on how great--no, AMAZING-- I looked in my costume.  My work outs at KOKO have paid off!  It was a fun night and we get to dress up again next week.  Yay!!!

Happy Birthday Cody! You're 3!

Cody had 2 a couple of requests for his birthday.  He wanted a rainbow cake.  He wanted a Mickey Mouse cake and donuts for dessert.

Here's our rainbow mix.  It turned out fabulous!

 The boys got into my food coloring too!  BUSTED!

 Cody wished for donuts for breakfast...we ran to Safeway bright and early and picked out some yummy sprinkles.  ;)

 For dinner we made mini pizzas.  They put what they wanted on their pizzas and we used Halloween cookie cutters to cut out sliced mozzerella cheese to put on top...ghosts, bats, black cats, pumpkins.
Cameron, Aili and Aria came over.

 While they cooked, we played an old Gamble favorite...Who can keep the balloon in the air the longest without it falling to the ground...it was a hit!

 Pizzas are ready!

 Grandma and Keppi came over to join the festivities.

 We passed out the balloons so they all had one to play with...

  Cody opened his presents...a color book about signs from Cameron, Work tool bench with tools from Aria and Aili,--Tristan and Chandler thought Cody would love their work bench.  Grandma and Keppi gave LEGOS and green ball pajamas.  Daddy got him some cap guns  and a Disney Pirate ball.  Such a fun night!

 Everyone crowded around Cody as he opened his presents and everyone wanted to help open them up.

 We got them sand for a sandbox.  A little tender mercy...I had wanted to get Decker sand for a sandbox.  In our Big Toy in the backyard, there is a space underneath that you can fill with sand.  I really wanted to get some beach tools, especially a sifter...I went to TOYS R US thinking for sure they would have something, I looked at Value Village...Note to self...October is not the time of year to buy beach tools.  The day before Cody's birthday, on the FREECYCLE group that I belong to, someone posted an offer of a Turtle sandbox with a lid, and they said they had some sand tools they would throw in.  I emailed her back and said we'd like it.  I didn't hear back all day, so I thought someone else had gotten it.  Later that evening, she emailed me back and said we could come pick it up the next afternoon.  We went over there and there was a turtle sandbox with beach tools, including a sifter!  Tender mercies.  We had our sandbox...I had gone to Home Depot and bought  350 pounds of sand that weighed down my trunk for a couple of days.  The sandbox came on the perfect day!

 Then it was time for the Mickey Mouse cake!  I spent a lot of the day working on it!

 Time to light the candles...

 Of course, we had trick candles...

 Aili and Aria loved Decker's Scooby Doo and Red Dog blanket.

 Such a fun party!

Can't believe my baby is 3!