Happy Halloween

We have had a truly fantastic Halloween this year. And hopefully, this will be the shape of things to come for future years. When I was pregnant we had a little Halloween party and invited a few friends and their children. I think Daddy managed to scare a few of them with his garage, so this year we decided to tone it down. We knew that Uncle Dean and Auntie Chrissie with cousin Lucy were definitely coming for the weekend so we invited a few more 'family' along. In the end we had 10 children and 14 adults; which included Nanna and Granddad. We could have actually invited more as we were blessed with a lovely sunny day. A week later and we might not have been so lucky as the clocks went back the day after the party, but for the party we were able to have a few hours outside!! I had stipulated on the invitations: 'Fancy Dress Compulsory' and I have to say that the majority of the attendees dressed up which all added to the excitement!
(See: http://grumpymumtobe.blogspot.com/2008/11/who-ate-all-children.html regarding our first party)

I had planned a number of games, but in the end we just played 'Pass The Parcel'. I had bought a load of toilet rolls to play 'the mummy game' but the children were having such a good time outside we decided to just let them run around. I bought a shed load of sweeties and Kerry (as usual) did us proud with some fantastic Halloween cupcakes.

Daddy decked out the garage once again but this time it was slightly less scary (although Noah and Jamie were not too certain to begin with!). We had cobwebs and masks and balloons and posters and 3 carved pumpkins were brought which also added to the effect!

Jamie loved having a weekend with Lucy and I loved reading them 'Room on a Broom' and 'The Gruffalo' which Lucy had never heard before. We also had a chance to visit Nanna Grace and had a fantastic morning at Hartsholme Park. All in all, a brilliant weekend which will probably take us all November to recover!!