Hayden wanted to have an Adventure Time theme for his friend party this year. It's a show on cartoon network that Gabe and the kids like to watch. A few months ago I made Finn hats for the boys, he's the character with the white fleece hat with ears. They created an Adventure Time club in our neighborhood and those with Finn hats got to be executive members. Although it was the middle of the summer and blazing hot, that didn't deter them from wearing their fleece hats.
For the party I made a Finn cake, actually Gabe did half of the decorating, so I can't take all the credit. The boys played pin the nose on the Ice King, who is a character on the show, and Balloon Bulls-eye, which was everyone's favorite. This is how you play: give every child a balloon to blow up and tell them to hold the neck shut rather than tie it in a knot. Place a target in the middle of the floor (we used a stuffed Jake, the yellow dog from the show). On the count of three, everyone releases their balloon. Whichever balloon is the closest to the target wins.
Hayden received a football from one of his friends and the boys were getting a bit crazy playing catch in the house. So I had Gabe take them to a nearby park where they could run around and expend a lot more energy. Gabe brought his rocket along and they had a "blast" shooting it off.
Here are the boys all set to go trick or treating. Hayden is on the left dressed as the grim reaper, Mason a cowboy, Tucker a Hill-Billy (he had a mason jar with "moonshine" that he carried with him), Gabe a Zombie Hunter, and Gage was the cutest pirate you ever did see!
We had a warm Halloween, 70 degrees, so the kids lasted a lot longer trick or treating and brought home lots of loot. Which is always good news for mom and dad because we can pick through the candy and snag our favorites without the kids noticing there's anything missing : )
