We had our first annual Halloween party this year. Halloween is my favorite holiday to celebrate with the kids. I rallied the help of friends and family and got to planning! Here's a couple shots from our fun night!
Justin and Dixie drove all the way from Austin to party with us!
It's always fun to see work friends outside of work!
One of the entertainment stops was the Beanboozled jelly beans. Two jelly beans that look the same and until you eat them you don't know if you're eating say, canned dog food or chocolate pudding! Ew!! The bucket in the middle was for the disgusting jelly beans that couldn't be eaten and had to be spit out.
No Bergman party is complete without lots and lots of food!
Thanks to Groupon we even had a lovely bouncy house.
This picture doesn't show our craft room very well. But, we covered the room in plastic--straight Dexter style, for those who watched the show--and had the kids paint pumpkins. It was great because at the end of the night I rolled up all the paint, dirty brushes, and mess and tossed it all away. Easiest clean up ever. Who'da thought you could get party tips from a show about a serial killer??
And, if you've watched Dexter then you should recognize Alex's costume.
I have the happiest memory as a kid of going to a Halloween party where they had a 'feel box.' A covered box you stick your hand into and touch things like intestines (cold spaghetti noodles) or Jello-molded brains, hearts, and ears.
Alex brought over his hungry snakes and the kids got to get up close and personal while they ate rats.
Sometimes the circle of life is quite scary. The kids loved it!
The crowd around the hungry snakes!
A group of little girls took notice of Dixie's craft skills and she immediately found herself with new friends. Who knew all the things you could make from pipe cleaners?!
Another of the game stations was popping candy-filled balloons with darts. These balloons took a long time to stuff and pin and a very short time to pop and enjoy.
With a lot of help we turned the upstairs into a haunted house. There was a wickedly-dressed witch (G-Jo) that led the kids through. The kids were led into a bathroom to find Alex laying lifeless in the bathtub covered in his snakes and then into a bedroom where a very tall Terrance slowly rose up to greet them. They had to bravely walk past a strobe light bloody curtain with scary creatures popping out into a dark room with a glow-stick man walking towards them. I heard a couple of the kids say "lame" but quite a few more went through to be scared over and over.
S-C-A-R-Y!
In between kids coming through our glow man, Cameron, showed us his best Dougie skills.
Harrison went dressed as his favorite video game, Minecraft.
Cannon, very appropriately dressed, as the Hulk.
Gavin as Iron Patriot.
The Halloween party committee (me and mom) have already started our planning for next year!
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