Halloween was a fun one this year!
We went to the kids' school parade, which is always such fun to watch. They have a loooong parade!
Then I got to help out in Daniel's class for the fall party. That was a lot of fun! I did the two games- a spiderweb hop and an eyeball roll & drop game (a la those shoot the moon games). The kids all LOVED the eyeball rolling game- that turned out really cool. I figure I'll save the games and materials for Annabel's fall party someday, too! (I'm doing her winter party this year.)
After school, we took a break for a bit. Then got changed into costumes, did pictures, and then we actually split up this year so the kids could trick-or-treat with their own friends (as opposed to us all tagging along with Daniel and his friends, like we've done the past two years- which was fine then, but this year Annabel really wanted to be with her own friends and I didn't blame her at all). Ben took Daniel to meet up with Manny and a new friend Michael. They all trick-or-treated their way around the neighborhood and even added kids to their group as they went. Daniel had a great time!
Annabel and I drove over to her friend Katelyn's neighborhood to trick-or-treat over there with her family and other friends, too. We had a ball! We trick-or-treated about an hour and then ended up back at Katelyn's house for snacks and dinner (which turned out to be quite the fiasco- let's just say apparently pizza is
very popular on Halloween and the pizza place didn't have their act together one bit! we waited three hours for our pizza!). It worked out just fine- the kids all had a blast playing and the adults had fun chatting up a storm. Also the veggies all got eaten because the kids were so hungry- that's a win!
Such a fun night all around!
Our pumpkins are ready for Halloween on our front porch!
Daniel's appearance in the parade! You can tell he's real thrilled with me taking his picture.
Daniel was Boba Fett this year- continuing his Star Wars costume streak.
Annabel was Stitch this year! Perfect for her! Stitch is her favorite Disney character, in case you didn't know that. She wore her Stitch hoodie (Christmas gift from Grandma Mary Kay last year) and we surprised her with Stitch gloves, too! She LOVED them and had fun waving them during the parade! I also surprised her with a winter gear set of Stitch gloves and a hat, too- she wears those all the time now!! Halloween turned out to be really warm this year- so of course she didn't need the winter gear set that day, but we have them for all our other cold winter days now.
Daniel's class Halloween picture!
Eyeball rolling game!
Spiderweb hopping game!
Annabel's class decorated mini pumpkins during her party!
Ready for trick-or-treating!
Daniel and his friends.
(Left to right- Zach, Manny, Michael and Daniel).
A bigger gang of friends with Daniel! (No idea who they all are!)
Annabel and her best friend Katelyn. (Yes Katelyn is that tall- same age, too!)
Trick-or-treating fun with Katelyn!
Back at Katelyn's house, they all sorted and counted candy.
Back at our house, my kids sorted candy before bedtime and chose their lunch-time treats for the next day!
Whew- long but super fun day!!
