Indian Creek Tree Lighting

Last night we went downtown Caldwell to the Indian Creek Tree Lighting. Ashley and Owen got to see Santa and Mrs. Claus, a reindeer and a camel. We walked around to see all the decorations and enjoyed the Christmas music. Then we counted down to the lighting of the Christmas tree. Was a great way to start off the holidays.

Petting a reindeer.

Enjoying the lights

Petting a camel

Caldwell Christmas Tree

Alysha's 14th Birthday

Today, Alysha turned 14. Where has the time gone.  She decided she wanted a Hello Kitty cake so I spent the day making this one. She got up early and opened her present from her dad and was super excited to find a new laptop. Then I took her cupcakes at school to share with her friends. In the evening we celebrated with my family and she receive lots of Fan Mail as she called it, wonderful cards and birthday wishes. Thank you to everyone for all her great gifts.

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This is HALLOWEEN!

Halloween this year was a busy one but lots of fun. After weeks of painting we set up our Wonderland maze. It took us a day to get the black plastic up and decorations in place. Then the wind kept blowing things down so we had to do a few repairs but over all it turned out great. We had quite a few trick or treaters come through and a few neighbor kids that liked to just go through the maze a few times. It was a late night but tons of fun.

Queen of Hearts

Mike's homemade costume



Wonderland Entrance

Falling down the rabbit hole

Rooms of little doors

Tweetle Dee and Tweetle Dum with the Bread & Butter Flies

Tulgey Woods and the Flower Garden

Mixed up signs

Mad Hatter's Tea Party

Cheshire Cat and Mushrooms

The Caterpiller

Cards painting the roses red

The Red Queen yelling "Off with your head!"

Halloween Weekend

To keep the kids busy while waiting for Halloween to arrive we went to Home Depot's Halloween party. Where the kids got to color pictures for the coloring contest and trick or treat around the store. Then we went to Michael's craft store where they got to decorate buckets with Halloween foam decorations. Once Mike was home we got started on setting up our Halloween Maze for the trick or treaters. Halloween photos to come. :)

Home Depot photos.

Kids at Michael's

 

Garage being turned into our Wonderland maze.

Starting to come together.

Harvest Festival

Tonight was the Harvest Festival at the school so the kids got a dress rehearsal for Halloween. Alysha is the Mad Hatter, Ashley is Alice from Wonderland and Owen is a pirate. We had a lot of fun playing games and eating pizza. It was a fun evening.



Scarecrows for the Harvest Festival at the school

If anyone has wondered where I have been the last few weeks, I've been hanging out in the garage painting these scarecrows for the schools Harvest Festival this Friday evening. They are about 6 feet tall on cardboard I collected from the Caldwell Rostock furniture store. A lot of paint and time later they are finally finished. Mike made stands for them and they are ready to be delivered to the school. Mike would love to have his garage back but I'm working on Alice in Wonderland paintings for our Halloween maze so he'll have to wait another week. :)

Stacy with the scarecrows.

TEAM Delaney at the FAAN Walk

Today was the FAAN Walk in Boise. Team Delaney was 5th in fundraising. A big Thank You to everyone that helped. It was a beautiful morning at the park and greenbelt for our walk. Followed by snacks and playing in the park.

Team Delaney walking on the greenbelt

Kids in their fun hats.

Delaney and Ashley on the walk back to the park.