Trick or Treat!!

Halloween pasta dinner!! Yum!!!

Always fun to get World Market goodies!!

Man. These kiddos. ARE THE BEST!!!

N: 3 hole punch (The Office)

M: Hogwarts Student

EC: Ironman

EC2: Anna

Most important, everyone had coats!! It was chilly!!

The rainbow wig was such a blast!! I asked Ryan how I could take better care of it and he said, easy... just burn it.

Debbie had BIG candy bars!! So fun!!

Does Ella love Rami Mommy more than me?

Yes. Yes she does.

And I'm completely OK with that because Ramya truly is the best person in the entire world.

She is my Rami Mommy too.

At our very first house the cranky white lady opened the door and said, "MY light is OFF!! DO you know what that means??? YOU SHOULDN'T TRICK OR TREAT HERE."

Wow. Maybe...

And I'm just saying.

But maaaaaaaaybe you just shouldn't open your door.

Grump.

We headed over for a festive party that our beloved threw. Ramya and I burned our hands on popcorn balls and our children dripped wax on counters that we had to clean up. Also Ella spilled soda all over.

Will we be invited again?

..........

It was a wonderful time together with friends.

Best School Halloween Party EVER

No costumes were allowed at school... but wigs aren't costumes!!! 

Mrs. Clark is by far one of the greatest teachers I've ever met in my life. She is exceptional in every single way.

This party was A PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!

We ran into a little hiccup with the pool having a small leak. The kids had to bob for apples in another container. It worked!

She is just calm and happy and a joy. She truly is a one of a kind teacher and when I'm around her I feel like I'm in the presence of a master teacher.

She was enjoying the children and having so much fun. She played with them, laughed with them.... and when it was time to clean up. Boy, did those kids listen!!! She truly emulates the theory preventative over discipline after. The more you do to love and facilitate quality learning, the less problems you have. Her relationships with each child is nothing short of a genuine friendship. Yet the children know who is in charge.

They get the why!!! The why is because we all need to be kind to one another.

Truly, I can't rave about her enough.

Eli's Indian best friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The food though. Seriously.

SHE KNOWS HOW TO PARTY!!!!!!!

Halloween Breakfast

I believe it's the simple things in life that give us the most joy. I was absolutely thrilled to see Lily enjoy her first Halloween breakfast. Her eyes were lit up and her smile reached her whole face.

My older girls were so very helpful. They made the orange bagels and doughnut spiders. I love cooking with them in the kitchen!!! Christina also made the candy corn fruit cups, except everyone got to spray their own whip cream!!! Yum!!

The kiddos also played quite a few (as in 1 million) rounds of Halloween Jingo. It got pretty intense at times!!

The One The Only

I was feeling a little under the weather today, however... how can I ever disappoint my Maria?

She loves this one. And truthfully, we all do. It's the most pleasant high school safe trick or treat night.

Plus, everyone won at the cake walk!!! Woo!!

No lines!!!

And buckets full. Yummy hyperactive times.

A Fam Halloween Party

Daddy with his BEAUTIFUL daughters!!! Man, good thing Daddy is tough because he's gonna have to beat off the boys. Jody also lost 20 lbs!! Way to go superstar!!

I love our family. We just have some really cool people to love and be with.

Maria with the Aunts she was named after!! So glad to get a picture like this for her!!

The crew! The fun Greeks are the ones dressed up.

Thea Popi and Me: That look Greek women give. HA! LOVE!

Oh my goodness. Rock climbing without shoes is torture. But still fun!!! Even Jody tried. He was NOT a fan AT ALL. Dad did excellent! And of course the kiddos LOVE it!!!! We're rock climbers!!! WTH!?!?!

If my dad was trying to make a statement tonight....

He made it.

LATIN FLAVA IN THA HOUSE!!!!!!!

You rock that ship Papa. 

*See previous post with Eli

Such a fun evening with great people!!!