THE FAMILY. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ~Erma Bombeck

Friday, October 02, 2009

Countdown to Halloween

The Ultimate Halloween Advent Calendar Yesterday was the best craft day of all. I met up with some of my dear friends and we made this awesome Halloween Advent Calendar out of paper mache boxes and some scrapbook paper. I'm so in love with it. It was just so fun deciding how to decorate each box. Mia helped me glue the magnets to the back, and I filled each box with candy or small toys. I keep them on the metal board in our mud room and the kids are so excited to open each box to see what's inside. It's always nice to hang out with friends and create something that I know will bring my kids so much joy. You can't beat that!

4 comments:

Kimberli said...

Really cute! And I'm way impressed with the new coffee table/couch-jumping-point and the photography at the pumpkin patch. You are a woman of many talents.

Jill said...

So cute! I love all of them but 7, 17, and 31 are my favorites. I especially love all the paper you chose. Very precious!

Kao said...

Melissa, I am always so impressed with all you accomplish! Everything is so darn cute. How do you do it with Drew gone? Superwoman, I guess!

Cailleau Family said...

Those look really nice. It is amazing how much you can do with 3 kids and one on the way. You must be Superwoman.