Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Masquerade Party

Each year the church our family goes to has a masquerade party in May. The families in the church don't dress up for Halloween, so this is a nice alternative at a totally different time of year. The kids just love it and the all the families in the fellowship really get into it. Our girls and their families dress up from things they find at a thrift store or make-it can get expensive if you are buying costumes from a costume store.
Our oldest Carrie and her hubby are dressed in business attire and little Miss A is a monkey, any ideas of what they are?  How about Monkey Business; Miss A even carried a bunch of bananas.  Miss O is a flower girl, Miss F is a cowgirl and the boys are storm troopers.  Seeing the looks of delights on the kids faces bring me a smile-I never cared for dressing up as an adult, maybe because at many of the banks we worked at it was required for Halloween.
Kim and her family thought about being Indiana Jones but decided to be Tomb Raiders/archeologists. They all did such a wonderful job on creating costumes that didn't cost a lot.

On a side note, I can tell the warm weather is here because when I took Hunter out this morning for his morning potty, he came running back with ants on his face-lots; at first I thought they were just pieces of pollen or stickers.  Ugh!!!  This girl will take snakes over ants any day.  I grabbed his grooming brush and ran outside and began brushing them off.  Next I checked his paws and sure enough there were plenty.  I long ago decided that when I get to glory I want to ask the Lord about His little insects-and why they have to invade our homes and yards so much-let them live out in the fields.  I guess they are a bit like the other creatures bothering our area currently-bears coming down into suburbs looking for food and snakes searching out food because of the drought.  We aren't bothered by either of these but seriously friends, I have no tolerance for ants.  I'm the one who used to spray for them and now I'm concerned about our little guy-don't want any toxins on our lawn that could harm him.  Things always happen when my hubby is away; this isn't too bad, just don't know what I'll do today about the problem.  Maybe by later they will have gone underground; hey a girl can wish can't she?!
I hope you are enjoying the weather in your area; today we should hit the low 90's and Carrie and her kiddos plus Lily are coming over, so maybe there will be some water play.  Hope you have a wonderful day, free of any pests.
Blessings, Noreen & Hunter

12 comments:

  1. Cute pictures. Just the mention of the word ants has me itching. I hope you find a solution to that problem.
    Blessings,
    Goose

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  2. So cute Noreen. The kids and their families looked great!
    Poor Hunter! I do not like ants, and we have them everywhere here too!!!! Enjoy the nice weather!!!
    XO Kris

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  3. I have to tell you after your coment on my blog: My MOM is the most casual person around. She is basically a t-shirt and jeans or shorts sort of person. Yep even when she preaches she wears jeans or shorts and she wears no shoes. She jut loves to iron. She even irons her t-shirts. Her friends thinks she is nuts. Yea I've got a crazy MOM, but I love her.
    Blessings,
    Goose

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  4. The pics of your girls and their families are darling. What a fun thing to do. I just realized that the daughter who is having the baby had 4 girls already. Right? How excited they must be to get their boy. Don't even get me started on ants...nooooo tolerance for those little pests. Hope you have a good day! You are so blessed to have your girls and all those grand babies so near you. :-)

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  5. The critters and insects are near homes because people have moved into THEIR territory - just part of life. Vinegar may deter them - that's what I use to keep them away from my house.

    What a great idea to have dress up during May! I love the fact that the whole church gets involved and supports the decision to not celebrate the other darker day in October. :)

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  6. You have such a lovely family, great pictures.

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  7. Great photos of you family....I'm going to ask God about the reason for TICKS!!

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  8. Did Hunter get to dress up too? I bet Hunter liked the ants!

    Your friends,

    Murphy & Stanley

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  9. Pooor Hunter. As my granddaughter used to say when she was just a little one- I HATE those stinking ants. That was LONG before Stinking was being used as a verb for everything. lol

    What a beautiful family you have and what a neat thing for the church to do for families. xo Diana

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  10. I love the masquerade idea. How fun.
    And as far as pests, we finally decided to get our house treated professionally. It's the first time we've been able to do it but I was seeing one to many cockroaches (Florida is famous for them) and so drastic measures had to happen. LOL!
    Have a lovely day!!
    Kim

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  11. Your family looked spectacular all dressed up!! I can only imagine what Hunter looked like with ants all over...Yikes!! That's not good at all. Now even I am itching! Wishing you an ant-free week!!
    xo
    Jeanne, Chloe and LadyBug

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  12. Ants - ugh!

    I love the pictures of your girls' families! Adorable!

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