Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Halloween Fun

Marisol was RIDICULOUSLY excited about Halloween. Our good friend and neighbor, Adrienne, LOVES Halloween (it's her favorite holiday) Adrienne told Marisol all her plans for decorating and her party at the BEGINNING of October. So the countdown began - every day, "How many more days till Halloween Mom?"
Luckily we filled the days with planning and decorating and activities. Adrienne even took Marisol shopping for decorations one Sunday afternoon! Marisol also helped her putting the kids' goodie bags together.
Here are some pictures Halloween day of the decorations and us helping Adrienne set up for her party.



Clapping to make the spiders come down out of the tree.


Marisol and her new buddy Noah. Noah and his mom are good friends of Adrienne too, and helped set up.


"Happy Halloween!" :-)

We actually didn't even Trick or Treat because Marisol was too excited about the party (We could barely get her inside to put her Lauren the Puppy Fairy costume on!). We partied hard at Adrienne's and when Marisol said at 9 o'clock - "Ok I want to go Trick or Treating now" Mike and I exchanged worried looks. I told her it was too late and she was upset at first - but some nice neighbors were heading home and we got to go to 3 houses and say, "Trick or Treat!" and she was happy. Made for a very reasonable candy loot too. ;-)
What a fun day.

Zoo-trip highlights


The Orangutan on his high-wire walkway - so cool!

The Cheetahs and the Zebras seem to enjoy teasing each other...



We sat and watched the panda eat for at least 15 minutes! Seems like he could eat all day...

Random Creativity


Marisol posed almost 20 times pretending to sleep...
Here are a few


This was her idea, of course!

Quite the actress!


We made a puppet theater out of a box and several puppets. I love this picture ;-)


A card for Mommy,
She spent quite some time making this for me <3

Fairy Party

Flower decorations and Streamers - Grandma worked hard!

Fairy snacks - many wand shaped :-)


Ready for our guests



List of Fairy party activities:
Favorites included Pin the Star on the Wand and Pass the Package


Christmas lights and decorations helped make it magical


Story time - Tinkerbell


Fairy Portal

An outdoor party

The invitations


Setup


Somersaults!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011