Trick or Treat!!!!

This is the last post of Halloween 2013!!!!! I mentioned before that our town Trick or Treats on the Sunday before Halloween but this year changed it to Oct.31 Halloween Day. We ended up having a Halloween party on Sunday for the kids and it was a fun filed day!!! Well on Thursday the weather was horrible!!!! It poured most of the day and by night time it slow down for the trick or treating but was still very wet.We went any way.The kids are good sports and I even dressed up since I had a costume already!!!!! We trick or treated with Paloma and baby Weston. Hubby was at work so he missed out.We lasted about two hours but then it started pouring on us so we came back home.Here are photos of the kids and Paloma .My favorite part is looking at the gorgeous houses where we trick or treat.

Thriller zombie dance Kenosha 2013 (front view)

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Zumba Fitness Thriller Dance 2013 Kenosha (Side view)

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2013 zombie thriller dance

I participated in the thriller dance zombie event for anytime fitness in Kenosha, Wi.This is the second year that I danced as one of the zombies!!!!! This year I was cat woman zombie.At the last minute I wore my thigh high patent leather boots and was so happy I made it through the dance with out falling,lol!!!!! My family came to watch and recorded it .Everyone did a great job.We danced twice.The first time I was in the back row and the second dance I was in the second row.I will post another link to the front row after we upload the dance on youtube.It ws so much fun and I can't wait to do it again next year!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ugzIfKPqa0&feature=youtu.be

Halloween Party

This Sunday we had a Halloween Party for the kids.Our town usually has trick or treating the Sunday before Halloween but this year they are actually trick or treating on the holiday .We also incorporated a birthday into the mix!!!!! Paloma's fiance celebrated his birthday Sunday so we had a cake for him. The boys had fun making graveyard dirt pudding but I was so busy before the party I didn't take a photo of their creations.We also had alien brain punch which was a huge hit with everyone!!!!!( I did get a photo ).My silver punch bowl has come in handy with all our celebrations!!!! One of my best presents from hubby !!!!!! The kids had fun dressing up in their costumes and of course I dressed up as well!!!! Here are some photos

Halloween projects!!!!

So we have been super busy here..I don't know where all the time goes.Me and the boys started decorating the inside of our home for our favorite holiday Halloween!!!!! Yes,it is one of my favorites.We have a pretty big collection of decorations( I buy stuff at the end of the holiday when it is on sale).We usually incorporate some home made decorations every year.It becomes part of our art class project for our homeschool as well. Today we made victorian apothecary potion bottles .I already had all the bottles and we found labels to print from pinterest.We also had the spray glue so this was a free project!!!!!! It was a simple fast project especially for boys!!!!! We added water and food coloring to one of the larger jars and the boys added plastic eyeballs to have float around. Super scary!!!!! A few nights ago we did another Halloween project that is my hubby's favorite.We made taffy apples.Now this one is super messy.We add alot of crushed up candy and the carmel is super sticky,but the boys have a great time with it.I had fun taking photos while we were creating and making a mess!!!!! Here are the photos.

Quick project

Living in Wisconsin where our winters are brutal one must keep up on

painting the outside of the house.I have to paint the stairs to our front porch almost every summer.This year the summer was so rainy I didn't do it as early as I would have liked and then it became so hot so I put it off more!!!! I couldn't stand looking at our stairs anymore so I finally painted!!! Also I purchased some ornate rubber stair mats that look victorian (that was the real motivator).Once painted I waited for my purchase to arrive.I bought the set of four victorian looking stair protectors from Ballad's catalog.I LOve Ballard's !!!! I just usually dream about buying everything from the catalog so it was exciting to actually be able to buy something affordable!!! The stair mats were about 1/4 inch to big for my steps so I asked hubby to drill some screws into them to attach to the wooden steps and it really made a difference.They feel more secure so there won't be anyone slipping off my stairs. I just have to get some black paint and paint the top of the screws to blend in more with the black color of the mats.Here are before and after photos.