Spooky Sleepover and Boo Breakfast

This was a big day for our 4 grands!  And for Grandma and Grandpa!  

{warning~gazillions of pictures}

We have not had all 4 sleepover before.  But now that Jackson is 2, we really couldn't leave him out anymore.  The kids were intrigued by the invitation and wondered what the spooky would be.  I wondered too, as I don't really do "spooky." 

The big day was jam packed with activity.  We all began the day at Cooper's T Ball game.  

Then the girls and I headed to the store to buy the matching Christmas outfits and pajamas.  I still have to search for a few sizes, but it feels good to have that done.  I always buy jammies to hand out at Thanksgiving, and their matching outfits for Christmas.

Then it was home to get things ready for the evening.  I downloaded a children's halloween cd so I could have some "spooky" sounds.  I liked it because it had all the usual songs, ie Thriller, Monster Mash, and all were sung by kids.

Little treat bags are ready.  I didn't take a pic of the goodies, but they contained 2 books, a little Halloween toy, candy necklace, and our favorite, silly string.

The table.  At the last minute I gathered up some candles for the centerpiece so we could have some atmosphere.  Their favorite part was putting out the candles with the little cat snuffer.  That belonged to Bob's mom, and I think it is pretty old.  I have always loved it.

First we did some spooky cooking.

Can you see the witch hat cookie in their hands?

I think Jackson's is going in his mouth.

Yup, they didn't last long.

Good thing we made extras!

Next up was pumpkin painting.

...and a little baby painting...

After that we did some silly string, and I was heavily involved in the action so no pictures of that fun.  We had pizza for dinner and then settled in to watch the very scary FrankenPooh!!

Bob slept upstairs with Jackson and I had the 3 big kids in our room in sleeping bags on the floor.  They fell asleep fairly quickly and little Ben was talking to me at 4:30am!!  Needless to say we were all up early.

And hungry for our BOO breakfast.

I made scary Boocakes.  I got the pancake molds at Williams Sonoma.  Love them.

A special treat.

And I have to give credit to Bob for our Boo juice.  I had the 3 triangles on for the eyes and nose, and asked him to cut out a few triangles for the mouth ~ well he got very creative.  I didn't know he could do this!  LOL

After the kids were sufficiently sugared up we got them ready for church.  I'm sure their Sunday School teachers loved that.  We had to get a laugh out of the way Laura and Jessica were dressed for church ~ they haven't dressed like this since they were 10.

And final shots of our darlings as they rushed out the door to church posing with their pumpkins.

A good time was had by all, and I'm sure a new tradition was born.