We’re playing Dr. Feel-einstein game.  Kids have to put their hands in each numbered bag and guess which part of body parts they are feeling.

In the bags were:

• Dried Apricots – Tongues
• Cooked, Cold Spaghetti Noodles – Hair
• Peeled Grapes – Eyeballs
• Peeled Tomato – Heart
• Candy Corns – Teeth
• Baby Dill Pickles – Nose
• Cauliflower – Brain
• Slime – Booger (the best one!)

The facial expressions were priceless!

Then, make Mummies : This is about to get really messy…

Kids decorated their own candy apples.

Chloe’s apple

I had so much fun thanks to all the parents who helped me entertain my little sugar filled guests. This was the best way to celebrate Halloween…with sweets and sweet friends. Happy Halloween!

We are hosting kids Halloween party for our friends families today!

Crawling sandwiches – turkey & cream cheese spread on pumpernickel bread 

Mummy dogs – baked hot dogs wrapped in crescent rolls

Candy popcorns on the cob – melted marshmallow with popcorn, chocolate chips & sunflower seeds

Finger cookies –  recipe here  

And cheese broomsticks – string cheese & pretzel sticks

Kids games/table:

Kids will be playing  Dr. Feel-einstein game

Decorate-your-own candy apple station for kids with melted caramel & chocolate with lots of sprinkles and candies.

Chloe and Shane helped me put faces on each cup for the little guests.

Witch table legs from Chasing fireflies.

Adults drink station:

Wine glasses dipped in the cinnamon sugar 

Honeycrisp apple sangria – Chardonnay, Schnapps, pisco & honey with apples, orange, lemon, lime, cinnamon sticks, ginger & cloves.

We are ready for our guests!

Today was the last official soccer game of the season and Chloe broke out of her shell! She was on defense and managed to steal the ball and kick it away. What. 

She’s been so timid about kicking the ball and had kind of a nonchalant attitude towards the games this whole season…which was fine. It’s her first time and I loved seeing her enjoy just being out with her friends on the field and we also loved Saturdays mornings as a family and seeing the kids play. 

This morning it was freezing cold and raining but again the girls played a really good game. And when Chloe kicked that ball, everyone including the players and all the parents shouted her name and cheered for her. It was one of the moments that I will always remember. I was so proud of her and also really appreciated all the encouragements and support. We had great coaches and awesome team members. Go Blue Bombers! You were unbeatable!

Look at her in action!

I made pasta with meatballs for dinner last night and Andrew and kids gobbled up so fast. The next day I packed the leftover for kids lunch and Chloe came home with this note. 

She called herself “pasta girl” and sang a song about the meatballs. How awesome is she! Love you too Pasta girl!!

We visited the Museum of arts and design in Columbus circle.

Chloe went to a Girl Scout sewing and fashion camp this week and today all the girls wore their own designs and walk the “runway”. The teacher introduced Chloe as very creative, very soft spoken at first but who came out of her shell when she began to explain her thought process about her designs. Chloe called her top ice concept matching with her butterfly high and low skirt.

I was blown away. Great job Chloe!

Look who’s hungry.

What a beautiful experience…

We had wonderful experience visiting Grounds for Sculpture this weekend.

As we walked through the many beautiful paths we felt like we were part of the art exhibits…

This one by far was the best experience here. I got goose bumps when I walked in to a little secluded path and saw life size Claude Monet sculpture . I felt as though I became part of the history and sneaked a peek in his time. 

“Also on view during Seward Johnson: The Retrospective are works from his Beyond the Frame series. An homage to the Impressionist painters, Beyond the Frame works transform well-known paintings such as Claude Monet’s Garden at Sainte-Addresse and Edouard Manet’s Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe into life-sized three-dimensional tableaux. ”

We got to be in his painting. How awesome.

Chloe had many up close and personal moments with sculptures.

Oh here we go…her obsession with underpants….

He came home with a huge portfolio folder containing amazing art works he did at school.

Not only he’s a great little artist, he’s doing so well academically. I was really impressed to see his test scores at school and to hear his developments from his teacher! He scored 94 on his state achievement test. He’s been reading so well too. 🙂 So proud of you, my Shane!!