Abby's 8th birthday

This year we decided to take advantage of the fact that Abby was born on the eve of Halloween and threw a carnival for her birthday party.  Mom helped out a ton and made sure we had lots of decorations and fun games for the kids.  Cystal and Dad also came over to the house early to help set everything up.  Mom decorated the haunted house, made the pin-the-mouth-on-the-jack-o-lantern board, and painted a huge box with a black cat for a bean-bag toss.  She also had a throw-the-eyes into the bottle game and we had bobbing for apples as well.  Each station had prizes and candy and the kids could do the games as many times as they wanted (I'm surprised they didn't get bored after awhile).  After the games we sang happy birthday and had cupcakes and ghost meringues and then it was present time.  She got a lot of DS games and art supplies this year, which is great because she's gonna need something to do on that flight to Japan (maybe I'll even be able to sleep this time)!

Bobbing for apples station

Abby asked for sandwiches for her birthday dinner

My ghost meringues

Cupcakes!

Jamie's costume for the night

Did I mention that mom made popcorn balls too?  I think she's the one that threw this party!

The jack-0-lantern board

The black cat beanbag toss

The haunted house

More haunted house - we had spooky music too!

Our little monster (literally!)

party guests Lulu and Carmia

8 candles - wow!

present time

Goldilocks and her bear