Halloween 2010

Halloween 2009

Halloween Fun

Halloween night was spent with some of our friends in their cul-de-sac. We all brought pots of soup to share (even though it was plenty warm without the soup). Coming prepared this year I even went to the extent of making hot chocolate so that the kids could get warmed up when they got back from their trick-or-treating. The night was gorgeous where we didn't have to even pull out the jackets. The dads took all the kiddos out and the moms stayed behind to pass out goodies to all the other spooks that came by. Jessica was a witch (she wants me to make sure that I mention her purple socks that match her black and purple hat!), Jocelyn was Lucy from The Chronicles of Narnia, Jacob was Thing 1 and Jayden was Thing 2 from The Cat in the Hat. Jared was a mountain man and I was the cat in the hat (sorry everyone this cat was the picture taker that evening!). The boys were all about instant gratification. After the first house they just wanted to sit in the stroller and eat candy ALL NIGHT LONG! The night ended with going home and looking through all the loot. It was a good year for candy, lots of good things in the buckets (it was mostly yummy chocolate). The kids couldn't wait to dive into all the candy. The last picture is of the boys enjoying their loot. After having the candy around for a couple days I think that we are about ready to put the candy up for awhile.

Halloween Parties

Both girls could hardly wait until they got to go to school on Friday, October 31st. They thought that it was going to be the best day EVER! It was a pretty fun day for the both of them. 3rd through 6th grades don't get to dress up at school so Jessica didn't get to wear her costume, but they had a special "BOO"berry Breakfast for the 4th graders and their parents out on the playground when school started. This will be Jocelyn's last year to wear her costume to school and particpate in the parade that they do around the school campus. I took some of the 4th grade girls down to watch the parade. Jocelyn is 5th from the left on the back row, next to Indiana Jones and a sumo wrestler). Jocelyn's class then had a party with fun activities to do in the afternoon and Jessica got to bring in her pillow, blanket and flashlight and read books in the dark.