Christmas Lists

I had the idea today to have the kids make their Christmas lists for Santa. They proved to be rather interesting so I thought I would share them. Enjoy!

Nathan:

1. Cash Register

2. Phone (iphone 4)

3. Picture Frame (no mention of a photo for the frame)

4. Wallet with money in it

5. Toilet Game (saw it on TV)

6. Airplane with a camera

7. Lightening McQueen with a remote control

8. 3 Chocolate Chip Cookies for Nathan (not for Santa)

9. Helicopter

10. Spaceship that can fly and has a camera on it

11. Alarm Clock

12. Spongebob Robot that is 2 feet tall

Nora:

1. Princess Castle

2. Stuffed Bear

3. A Star that lights up at night

4. 2 no, 4 Fake Cookies

5. Doll House

6. Make Up

8. Pretend Hair Dryer

9. Flowers

10. A Fake Fish Tank - only for kids

11. Christmas Ornament

Nathan will for sure be disappointed this year. He is awfully high tech!!

I also asked them what they would like to give to other in the house. A snowblower came to Nora's mind for Papa, keep in mind he already has two and we have one in storage! Nathan wants to give Mommy and Daddy a big toy gun. He would like to give Mom-Mom a wooden swing and Papa his own stocking.

I love my kids!

Hanselmann Family Photo

Hanselmann Family Photo

The Fun

Doughnut Eating Contest!! Mikayla taking charge!

I had no idea that her tongue was so long!

Nora and Adam are best friends! They were "together" all day.

Bryan doing his best.

Nora is a champ!

Bradyn, the doughnut is winning!

Adam being a pro.

A few weeks ago we raked up all the leaves in the front yard and put them in the good ole' trusty trailer. BIGGEST LEAF PILE EVER!!!!

We also played pin the tail on the camel witch. A little unconventional but it was a good time. This camel was made sometime in the sixties by my Grandma Terry. I made the hat. Mom bravely held the camel while the kids poked where they wanted to put the tail. (No camels were hurt in this activity. No MomMoms were hurt in this activity either.)

We also had a pumpkin race. We are just full of fun!!

Then MomMom told us the story of Mr. Brown. This is just a taste of the story. We filled black "body bags" full of Mr. Brown's remains.

His brain was a boiled head of cauliflower

His intestines were cooked spaghetti

His eyes were peeled globe grapes

His heart was a peeled tomato

His skin was a fruit roll-up

His finger bones were in shell peanuts

His tongue was an oyster

His ear was a dried apricot

His teeth were eclipse gum

His hand was a rubber glove filled with salt

His hair was cotton cobwebs

Most of the kids were brave enough to put their hands in the bags and feel his body parts. It was a lot of fun. All in all we had a great day. We all went trick o' treating together as well. McCausland is one of the best places I have ever gone trick o' treating. Countless amounts of full size candy bars. The only thing that would have made the day perfect is if the Hawkeyes could have pulled out a win.

The Characters

Hagrid and Tonks I love this photo of them.

Christina as Hermione Granger

Mikayla as Mrs. Weasley

Brad as Rubius Hagrid

Lori as Nymphadora/Tonks (Her son was using her pig nose as a teether!)

Brett as Albus Dumbledore

Allison as Ginny Weasley

Stephanie as Luna Lovegood

Brenyn as Tigger in a Tree

Bryan as King Edmund from Narnia

Me

Bradyn as Darth Vadar

John as Scullsor

Mom as Prof. McGonagall and Me as a Witch

Adam the Vampire

My Dragon Nathan

My Cheerleader Nora Anne

We had such fun! I think we had almost all of the Harry Potter cast!

The Food

Homemade Soups: Chili and Wisconsin Cheese

Halloween is great fun at our house! Here is a close up of all of our delicious treats we made.

We had twelve kids and nine adults. We had a blast!

Moldy Bones and Blood Dipping Sauce

Ghostly Taco Dip with Bats

Chocolate Skeleton Cookies

Nutter Butter Ghosts and Vienna Vanilla Wafer Mummies

Rice Krispy Treats

Peanut Butter Eyeballs

Cranberry Orange Punch with Skeletons

Vegetable Pizza Graveyard

Powdered Doughnuts for our Doughnut Eating Contest

Pineapple and Orange Sherbet Punch with Skeletons

Wednesday in the Park.

Let's have some fun.

Did you see that fish?


You're joking..

It's just a rock, but i caught it!


Nora said, "I caught this flower Nathan."

Mini Shoot

While we were setting up for the Caley photo shoot and had a mini session of our own. I love our kids! They are so great.