It’s party time

Last night we hosted our 7th Annual Halloween Party. As always it was fun to get dressed up. You can’t see my makeup very well behind the glasses but it was so heavy and dark I kept scaring myself when I saw my reflection.

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The stars of the show….

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Our guests were down in number this year (and Nan & Pop were away) but it was still a great night and I think everyone enjoyed themselves.

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In addition to good company there was good food, though we had an adventure getting dinner cooked/reheated in a timely fashion.

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Amy made these cute cupcakes (which actually have an orange icing)…

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oreo spiders….

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and Halloween truffles….

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The kids all took off to do their own thing – some played, some (the teens) chatted,  and some swam, which meant us adults were left in relative peace.

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Towards the end of the evening there was apple bobbing for the kids.

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And I have to give a special thanks to Kevin and Leanne who were such a help getting all the food organised. I’m sure I would have had a meltdown without them. Oh, in case you were wondering…. Kevin is getting the very last piece of cheese out of the dish!!!

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So tell me did you host or attend a Halloween Party this year?

The week that was

It was the week we finally had some hot, Summer-like weather. I actually spent time by and in the pool on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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And it was the week we got the veggie garden mulched…

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It was the week of lots of new flowers and leaves on the trees….

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and the week of buying lots of fruit and veggies….

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It was the week Christy came with me to the basketball….and the Hawks won again….

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It was the week of a BBQ lunch outside….

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and the week I spotted these tops that Christy would love…but they only go up to size 7 :-(.

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It was the week where one days walk looked like this…

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and the next days looked like this…

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It was the week this came via ebay….

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and the week Christy has a swimming assessment.. but we couldn’t get a good time for lessons….

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It was the week Christy spent many hours sewing up the dogs destroyed toys….

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and the week we enjoyed Iced Chocolates for morning tea after she got her ear (yes just one) repierced after it closed up…

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And it was the week of dogs sleeping on the bed…..

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and Bailey getting kisses….

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It’s so nice to have had some warm weather (but I type this on Monday it’s gone cold again).

How is the weather is your part of the world?