Halloween and Autumn Home Decor

Every change of season, I decorate our home in the festive season's decor. Here are some of my favorites I have collected over the past year, and I am still accumulating more this year.

The platter and place mats came from Walmart. I absolutely love them, I bought a beautiful tablecloth for Thanksgiving last week that goes perfectly with the place mats and the platter. 

You won't believe where I got the Scarecrow from! Dollar Tree! I love love LOVE shopping Dollar Tree for holiday decor. The sign, the glass ghost globe and the small pumpkin decorations are all from Dollar Tree. 

The Trick or Treat pumpkin was from Walmart last year, and those adorable ghosts are from Savers. :)

I picked up these signs from Dollar Tree last year. I love them! You can really find a lot of amazing stuff at your dollar store, and your thrift stores, too!

The hanging pumpkins are from Goodwill. I love to shop for holiday decor at both Savers and Goodwill when the season rolls around. You can find really great stuff for real cheap!

So I used to have a crashing witch decoration like this one a few yaers back, but it was put outside and we had really rough Fall weather that year, and it bascally just got ruined and I had to throw it away. I was kind of sad :(, and for two years I didn't see another one of these. 

Tim was at Shopko the other day after work and he surprised me with this witch! He knew I really wanted one :). I am so happy, I've finally got a new one! I love these witches, I think they are so comical.

Well, I will definitely add more pictures later in the week! I am hoping to pick up some other things before Halloween rolls around, and Tim and I have to shop for our costumes yet. We got the kids theirs last weekend, and cannot wait to dress them up, they are going to be so adorable! :)

Haylie Grace, 6 months, 2 weeks old

Recap of Summer

Well, now that it's Fall, I thought I would just do a recap on the past summer, because I have not had any time to get on my blog to write anything as of late.

Lukas is pretty happy with Haylie being mobile and more able to play with him. He has his moments, of course, where he would prefer she not touch all of his stuff, but that's normal!

They play together a lot now and it is so cute! :)

The kids really loved visiting the park all year! They always have a blast :).

My husband worked A LOT of hours following an even crazier schedule, but we got time together in spite of this and have had another amazing year! I can't wait to celebrate the holidays with our family!

I love this man so much! He makes me so happy and I am so lucky to have him! He spoils me rotten, and is always there for me. He has been my rock and my workout buddy, and together we have achieved many goals this year.

Spooky Balloon Ball Game

You will need black balloons and white glow in the dark paint.

Blow up all the balloons, then decorate them with Halloween faces (ghouls, Frankenstein, ghosts, bats, witches etc) of your choice.

Have kids sit in their chairs in a circle and tell them they can't move out of their seat during the entire game, if they do the game is over and has to start all over again.

Hit the balloon around in the air from where you or the kids sit into the circle, and let the kids keep hitting it up until it touches the floor, then begin a new game.

If your kids are older and want more of a challenge, simply line the chairs up like players in a volleyball game, so they are facing each other and hitting the balloon back and fourth. Amp up the spooky atmosphere by turning the lights off and hitting the glow in the dark painted balloon around that way.

Keeping score is best when playing with the older kids. When the first team hits the balloon and it falls to the ground on the other teams' side, then the first team scores a point, and vice versa with the opposite team.You can make up whatever number you want the score to be to end the game, (i.e the first team with 10 points wins the game).

The challenge is the kids, no matter what their age, have to stay in their seats the entire game or it has to start over. :)