Author: Elsa

  • Revealing their name

    Revealing their name

    The young witches painted enchanted paper with the sweat from giants to reveal their special name for the evening. Names that appeared on
    the golden paper included Maven, Piper , Willow, Volos and many other equally magical names.

  • Witch training

    Witch training

    Each child received a little booklet to use as a guide for their witch’s training. They did 3 lessons which included; Revealing their witch’s name, making Troll Snot , and making Dragon Bellyworms. The kids were very attentive and everything went off so well.

  • Cupcakes, cupcakes and more cupcakes!

    Cupcakes, cupcakes and more cupcakes!

    I think I could have just made dozens of cupcakes and the kids would have been absolutely satisfied. Of course later in the evening after coming off their sugar highs the kids came crawling back for some cheese, crackers and raw veggies.

  • Items used for magic

    Items used for magic

    I labeled a variety of containers containing different items you might find in a witch’s laboratory. Items like unicorn blood, elven breath, and rat brains could be found scattered all over the basement ledges and shelves.

  • Witch’s lair

    Witch’s lair

    The basement was set up to do our witch lessons. I had the challenge of making the room dark enough at 5pm to be “witchy” while also allowing the kids to see enough to do their experiments. Black poster board in the windows and funky lighting did the trick. I had to pre-measure and label everything so that the 3 experiments we would do at the party would be easy enough for 10-15 kids. We ended up with 11 kids total.

  • Just like her dad

    Just like her dad

    Monti gravitated over to the video games at the movie theater. There is just something about guns and games that the children just love but steering wheels attached to video games are almost as equally tempting.

  • High School Musical 3

    High School Musical 3

    Going to see HSM3. All the girls at the party had matching HSM purple t-shirts.

    Saturday morning before the Halloween party we went to see High School Musical 3 with Knicole’s friends. She wanted to see the movie for her birthday. The kids had a fabulous time. The movie was wall-to-wall full of new songs just waiting to get stuck in the minds of adults and children alike. 

  • Out to lunch

    Out to lunch

    I went out to lunch with my friend Sally and my new neighbor Lone. We
    tried a place called Nature’s Pantry in Bellevue which specializes in
    Vegan Raw food. Everything I tried there was great. I loved having a
    chance to get to know my neighbor who recently moved to Seattle from
    Denmark. To prepare for our lunch, I must admit, I read the Wikipedia
    entry on Denmark just so I wouldn’t appear like such a “dumb
    American”. We had a very easy time filling several hours with good
    conversation. I was excited to find out she too is a fellow blogger.

  • Book fair

    Book fair

    It was pajama night at the book fair on Wednesday. We arrived at 5:00
    after dinner. Dahlia was hiding behind my legs for the first half hour
    yet she denied being scared of Clifford the big red dog. She finally
    gained the courage to give Clifford a weak high five but there would
    be no hugs for this dog in her future. We were on our way out of the
    library when they announced Dahlia’s name for the free book giveaway.
    I couldn’t get the girls to leave again after Dahlia received her
    book. Monti wanted to stay until eight to see if she too would get
    called for a free book. I gave up the fight. They read in the library
    while I played games on my iPhone.