It's somehow November. We had a good weekend here and Mondays are when we chat about what we did.
Friday night our neighborhood had a costume party and it was a lot fun. Hubs and I had what might be dubbed a 'couples costume' as in we went together. He dressed as a boy scout and I was the campfire. My costume was comfy and fun to wear and hubs was an actual boy scout so used most of his own stuff.
The party was in our neighborhood clubhouse and the food was catered. There were a couple of games which were just right, and then we all voted on best costume. The weather was perfect and I'm going to say we've had an absolutely spectacular fall.
Saturday morning sunrise says I'm right.
Hubs and I took the little brown dog for a nice walk around the neighborhood, then spent the afternoon reading, watching football, and I took a nap because life has caught up with me. Later we met up with daughter1 and her crew for dinner at a local brewery after they finished trick or treating.
They had the best costumes, each one a character from Lord of The Rings. My daughter and son-in-law read the series aloud to the boys so they know who's who. So good! My youngest grandson was under the weather on Halloween so missed some of the fun, but dad took Sugar trick or treating and she shared with her brother. She was dressed as a princess and we think that's perfect for her.
Sunday hubs and I went to church, then after lunch he went to watch football with a neighbor and I worked on my blog. We regrouped late afternoon to go to our middle grandson's birthday party which had a pirate theme.
My daughter has an art background and as a momma to three kids their birthdays give her an outlet for her creative side.
She drew the tablecloths as pirate maps-
Everyone found their pirate name, they mined for treasures...
...ate pizza, roasted marshmallows, and of course celebrated the birthday boy with a fabulous chocolate cake.
It was another fun backyard birthday where the kids ran around, played soccer, climbed on the playset, and had a ball just being kids.
Looking forward to a month where gratitude is the focus and there is so much to be grateful for. Hope your weekend was a good one too.
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It sounds like a great weekend! Your costumes were great! Creative and cute. Speaking of creative and cute, the pirate birthday party looks like a blast with some amazing and creative details. What a weekend for a birthday party- what with Halloween and all. He must feel very special :).
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like such a fun weekend. I like your costume; very creative! I used to go all out with my boys parties too and had so much fun. I remember Ian having a pirate theme and I even (somehow!) managed to make a pirate ship shaped cake. I don't think the kids ever cared but gosh I had so much fun with really doing those themes up big!
ReplyDeleteYour costumes are the cutest! Those pants are fire! I dare you to wear them to the grocery store! Lol!
ReplyDeleteYour daughter is so talented. You can tell she is your daughter. The pirate name chart is so creative.
We had a backyard pirate party once. I was an idiot and sent chocolate pirate coins in the mail in August for a September party. I don't need to tell you what happened to said chocolate coins.
Creative costume!! Love the birthday party stuff too. One of my sons dressed as a pirate for many years. He was the one who really enjoyed imaginative dress-up as a kid and I miss those days; it really hit me when you said how the kids ran around in the yard and just enjoyed being young. So carefree! Looks like a beautiful weekend for you; have a nice week!
ReplyDeleteYour costume is the bomb!! Well done. What a wonderful back yard your Grands have. I like the pirate themed party. LOTR is an awesome theme, too. Whew! So much to celebrate in one weekend. Happy November to you!
ReplyDeleteI love your costumes, what fun and it sounds like a great Halloween! That is so cool your daughters kids dressed as characters from Lord of the Rings!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic party for your grandson!
Oh Joyce! Your costumes are adorable and perfect! Hope you had a blast. Love the theme of your grandson's birthday too- how creative. Wonderful weekend!
ReplyDeleteHi Joyce,
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the costumes. :-) You are so creative!!!
We are big Lord of the Rings fans too. Our boys, back in the day dressed up as characters too.
One year they were Lego's. That was a fun costume to make.
Thank you for sharing it all with us, I enjoyed all the special touches your daughter did for the birthday party.
I will message you a picture of them all dressed up : )
DeleteYour costume is amazing and so creative! You look so cute Joyce! The pirate tablecloth is such a fun touch to the party and very artistic. It seems like it was a full, fun weekend!
ReplyDeleteWhat a PERFECT fall weekend for all of you!! Yes, the weather and colors have been spectacular!! Thanks for sharing your weekend :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute birthday party! I love a good theme. It looks like y'all had a perfect weekend! I love your costumes for the neighborhood party - clever!
ReplyDeleteYour Halloween costumes were so clever! What a fun idea! And, of course, the pirate themed birthday party looked like a big hit! I love home parties and your daughter is so talented with all the special touches she added to make the day even more fun!
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