New picture of Ben

I'm not sure what the outfit is all about... but I do think that he has bulked up a little bit!

Are you kidding me????

My sister Liz posted a school picture of her kindergartner yesterday... And can I just say... it was not the best photo that I have seen of her!!! I really do not like school pictures!!! They take normal looking children and....

TURN THEM INTO ZOMBIES!!!

Cant we do something about this injustice!?!

Sweet Sixteen!

Meg had her Sweet Sixteen (you'll have to ask her if she's ever been kissed!) on Sunday. Still haven't decided on a gift yet though! Hopefully by her party this weekend! Any suggestions???

Halloween Party 2010!

The Halloween party ended up being at my house this year ...(It was kinda sad that NONE of my kids were here though!)

Hannah was a spooky bride of Frankenstein!

Jeanette was a Rabbi!

Mag's was a cute little witch!

Sammy was a scary skeleton!

Tay and friend came as the yankees!

Ethan was a nerd!

Kenny was a cute tinkerbell!

Mon was the queen of the Nile!

Travis was a Mad Scientist!

Jess was a Witch... Wow look at those gams! (I guess that's what you call them!)

Seth & Chloe were our favorite Star Wars characters!

Des was the perfect little angel!

We made Mummies out of Mommies!

Played Halloween bingo, and lots of other fun stuff! Thanks Laura for planning it all!

And of course the night wouldn't be a Thomson get together without a little zit picking! The PICKERS will remain anonymous!

Can't wait till next year!

Latest Addition!

I have always wanted a witches broom so Tuesday I just did it! I love how rustic and worn it looks!

This is a shot of most of that corner of the porch.

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Witches Brew!

Halloween is such a fun holiday to decorate for! The weather is still nice, there is so much to choose from, & lots of great ideas out there!

I have had this little fog machine for quite a few years now and it HAS to be my favorite Halloween item! It puts out so much artificial fog and boils like a real witches brew! Plus it only uses water! (pictures don't really do it justice!)

This summer I watched at garage sales for these great bottles to accompany my boiling cauldron. I just added the vinyl labels and twigs for stoppers!

Then I made this Witches Brew Checklist to go with the group! I love the Ladies Fingers!!! (Thanks Jeanette for that one!)

Fun Halloween Topiary

I think I got this idea from a picture in a BHG magazine... I loved the idea and came up with my own version!

First I made 2 topiary forms. The ones at Robert's were $10 each, so I decided to make my own! The 5" styrofoam balls I got at JoAnn's with some 40% off coupons! I cut the 7/8"dowel at 16" each and the 6" x 6" block of wood I cut from a post I already had! Drill holes in the ball and the block and glue in the dowels!

The flowers I got at the Dollar Tree. It took about 5 bunches for EACH topiary! The eyes are bouncy balls that I got last year.... any old eyes will do though! I just started glueing and poking them in!

Next I painted the dowel and block base a dark brown.

Then I wrapped the dowel with some craft wire and some grapevine twigs! I love that you don't notice the eyeballs right away! Then, they kinda jump out at you!

Total cost on this project was under $8 for each topiary! Cost doesn't including the wood blocks, paint & eyeballs! Not too shabby!

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