Boreal Witch

Arthur's little friends got together today for a Halloween Party. I was a little nervous, considering the chaos from his birthday party (it was as rowdy as a frat house), but the party was awesome. All the kids were well-behaved and they played together so well. Their costumes were lots of fun and most of them managed to keep them on for the entire party. I was very impressed with Arthur. He went from hating his Max cap to tolerating it for a few hours this afternoon.

Here are some random pictures of the fun:

Cedar and Jade playing together in the ball pit. Cedar was a bee. Seneca found a great bee costume for $7 at Value Village. She made some wings for it and found some black tights. Cedar made her happy by wearing the hood for most of the party. Jade was a duck. She kept losing her feet and taking her duck hat off her head. I'm not sure where Amanda got Jade's costume, but my guess is she inherited it from somewhere.

Arthur trying to make Kaiya feel better (she was fussing because she wanted her Mommy). She was going to be a mouse, but the costume was a little too big, so she came as a duck instead. Her cousin Chloe got to wear the mouse costume. Her mommy, Amanda E., made the little webbed feet herself. Adorable!

Although she spent time in the playroom coloring with the markers, Chloe discovered that pulling the magnets off the refrigerator was at least five times more fascinating than scribbling. For a while, Arthur helped, but he wouldn't put the markers back when he and Chloe were done with them. Then Cedar came over to help put the magnets back, but quickly left when the others ran off without helping him. Needless to say, there were magnets all over the floor for the rest of the party. I got the awesome job of picking them all up after everyone left for home.

Beauty Queen Hannah reading to her sister Abby and Cedar (both bees!). She just plopped down on the steps with a book in hand and started to read to them. Abby and Cedar both sat there until the end of the story. It was pretty sweet.

Alek came as Charlie Brown. Sarah found a yellow shirt at Value Village and made the black zig-zag on the shirt. She was also going to make Harley, the family dog, some Snoopy-esqe ears, but in the end decided it was too much of a hassle. I can't imagine how she made the little squiggle on Alek's forehead. Arthur would have put up so much of a fuss, I would have had to wipe it off and then redraw it for at least 10 minutes, or until it was sort of distinguishable as the Charlie Brown hair.

I felt like such a successful hostess afterward! It was one of the most amazing parties I've ever thrown - for kids or adults. Maybe it was the Halloween magic in the air...whatever it was, it was great.

Blessed be.