Halloween Birthday Party
October 23, 2011 By
Halloween themed parties are so much fun! Kenzie celebrated her 6th birthday with friends, costumes, pumpkin decorating, face-painting and more.
The kids had a grand time parading in their costumes and dancing to the Halloween tunes we downloaded (ghostbusters, thriller and the monster mash)
Fall Harvest Baking Wilton Style
October 18, 2011 By
From pumpkin muffins to pancakes, we love to add a touch of fancy to our Autumn baking. This is my favorite time of year as we get very excited for all that is autumn – from fall leaves to fresh picked apples, pumpkins, gourds, Halloween and Thanksgiving, our whole family gets into the seasonal spirit with our decor and the foods we eat.
I’m no expert baker so I especially love the convenience of Wilton’s fancy & hip pans that making creating extra special baked goods extra easy. And for my Halloween or Fall Holiday muffins or cupcakes, I always use Wilton’s designer autumn or Halloween themed muffin cups and pair it with either festive sprinkles (think orange & black) or & these super cute flags to decorate my muffin tops. Even better the kids are able to help with process & decorating!
Take a peek at some of our creations from the free products Wilton & Walmart sent us to try out. We went with the autumn theme since we’ll be doing spooky cupcakes for Kenzie’s bday next weekend!
The Wilton cookie cutters are perfect for creating Fall and/or Halloween themed cookies that the kids can have a field day decorating. But our favorite alternative use for these cookie cutters is to shape our pancakes for the season!
Aren’t these so cute? The kids have so fun when we let them eat seasonal pancakes!
We especially love to entertain this time of year for the Halloween holiday as Kenzie’s birthday is October 21st and my birthday is November 1st. With the birthdays come all kinds of opportunities to get fancy with Wilton!
Wilton even sells edible “eyeballs” to decorate cupcakes with! These are a must buy if you want your kids to get decorating with icing and make silly monsters or animals.
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Walmart and I have been compensated for my time along with given a bundle of baking supplies from Wilton. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
Our Jack-o-Lantern Headless Horseman Style
October 31, 2010 By
Here are the labors of our carving. Ichabod Crane from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow would be terrified! The kids were enthralled with the carving and the idea for this pattern vs. our traditional jack-o-lantern came from them.
Halloween Play in our favorite Graveyard
October 28, 2010 By
We’re so lucky to have found such a magical preschool. It really is an extraordinary environment. Playing in this 300 year old graveyard and having a picnic lunch amidst the historic graveyard within this picturesque churchyard is welcomed by all. And a daily occurrence! I highly doubt there is a happier grave yard anywhere.
Today marked the beginning of our Halloween celebrations. Round 1 was an exciting day – a little Halloween parade & party at preschool for the kids. Captain Hook and Peter Pan were thrilled with their costumes this year and beyond excited to do a theme together.
We followed up on the festivities by hanging out in the church yard – otherwise known as the graveyard! The kids love to frolic in the fall leaves and today did not disappoint. The weather was gorgeous!
This graveyard is no stranger to the sounds of children’s laughter or their playful antics. And as expected with preschoolers who love to climb, kids are known to climb on the tombstones if they aren’t already doing a tightrope walk along the stone fence or climbing the Magnolia tree in the church yard.
We all feel especially connected to this hillside church. And have ever since our first visit. I’m not sure if it is the general vibe of this preschool with it’s focus on play, creativity and learning by doing or if it’s our own family history calling out to us.
Here are the kids hanging with their supposed ancestors. Ironically, this summer while filling out my application and final paperwork to join the Daughters of the American Revolution, I stumbled across records of our own relatives being some of the original members of this church back in 1711. Crazy! Especially since the heritage of my patriot was all from New England and Plymouth….but one of his children married someone from Philadelphia who had ancestry dating back to the earliest members of this very hillside church back in the early 1700′s.
Enjoying the party!
