Halloween Bash. .

It's that time of year again. .

When all the spooks congregate at our house. .

With crazy costumes. .

Bringing their spooky foods. .

Ready to play silly. .

And sometimes YUCKY. .

Games!!

We missed the party last year. .

I had a conference in Boston. .

And a kid with a broken leg. .

And too many football games and extracurricular activities.

I missed it a LOT. .

But this little diva turned ruffian. .

missed it too. .

And has been incessantly asking. .

"Can we PLEASE have a Halloween party??"

I simply had to oblige. .

After all. .

Her oldest brothers were the same age that she is now. .

When we had the first party. .

ELEVEN years ago!!

MOST of the spooks. .

and siblings of the pioneer spooks. .

have grown up. .

SO we got to start off with kind of a new crowd!!

About 1/2 of the 70 plus crowd that turned out. .

were first time party goers. .

But you really couldn't tell it!!

They all jumped in with both feet. .

or paws. .

or claws. .

or hooks. .

However you want to look at it!!

And did I mention. .

How awesome the parents looked too??

That is actually a mom in the v-e-r-y back. .

sporting a green ninja suit. .

And I thought my husband looked CREEPY!!

We played a lot of our old favorite games. .

As you noticed from the pictures above. .

We played the balloon popping race. .

Cami and Devin and I stuffed candy in all those balloons and then blew them up and tied 'em off!

It was a fast and wild way to get them all started!

We bobbed for donuts. .

And used our faces (though some really little ones got to use their fingers too). .

to eat worms. .

Fear Factor food. .

is still a favorite. .

Though. .

Next year. .
I think I will go back to not-so-scary foods!

At least for a few years!!

This was after an anchovy!!

And this poor guy. .

Gagged multiple times on his prune. .

Before he spit it out.

He was trying REALLY hard. .

to make that go down!!

So we gotta give him credit for that!!

The funniest thing to me. .

Is the anticipation on the faces of the little onlookers. .

Watching how their buddies are going to handle the foods!!
Peer pressure isn't ALWAYS bad!!

And of course. .

Our party just wouldn't be the same. .

If they weren't allowed to launch something!!

Field gourds were the order of the day here. .

And you can see how many of them wanted a chance to see. .

Just HOW far. .

They could send them!!

And it is always fun. .

To see what their plates look like. .

As they walk by with 4 desserts. .

And a glass (or two) of punch. .

The party was a success. .

And lots of mom's told of their kids still talking about it several days later!!

Just a few more days. .

Until Halloween. .

Get YOUR scary on!!