Halloween 2011

This was the second Halloween at our new home.  There were a few more kids who were trick-or-treating this year at our house.  I think this is due to the new street lights on our street that make it a brighter place to walk as well as a few more houses that have been built closer to our street.  A couple of days before the holiday we went to the kids party at the school.  It was a Harry Potter themed party.  The gym was over crowded with parents and kids changing their money out for whatever currency they use in the book.  The money was then used to buy hot dogs and drinks to help fund raising for the school.  Afterwards there were different activities placed in classrooms in the school.  The one the kids liked was potion making where they got to make slime they could take home and play with.

On the actual holiday the kids started the day with a costume parade at their school.  We got to see everyone and the creative costumes that some people had come up with.  After the parade we picked up the pumpkin, pizza, and root beer for dinner that night.  When everyone got home they were excited and hyper due to treats they had already enjoyed at school parties that day.  It was warm enough this year that we were able to go out on the deck and carve the pumpkin so it would not be as messy inside.  After the pumpkin got put on the front porch and everyone filled up with pizza they got their costumes on.  This year we had two captains, a witch/ballerina/princess, and a princess.  Through the HOA some of the families in the neighborhood did some bigger things than just hand out candy.  Some of them included hot dogs, hot chocolate, popcorn, and a haunted house.  All of them had a great time, picked up a ton of candy, and were monsters the next day when they had to wake up for school.

Slime and Smurfs

Today was a very fall day, sunny but cool.  After picking up a burger for lunch the boys and I dug a hole for the  new apple tree.  While digging the 2 foot deep hole we filled the wheelbarrow twice with rocks.  We finished digging the hole today, but did not have enough time to put the tree in.  The kids had a Halloween party at their school tonight.  It was a Harry Potter themed party and there were a ton of families there.  For one of the activities they got to make their own slime.  They all that it was a pretty cool thing to be able to do.  We then went to catch the Smurf movie.  It is not really a family show, but more just for children.  The best part was watching the kids reactions to the jokes and singing the Smurf song.  After a couple of quick stops we were home and all of the kids were so tired they wandered up the stairs like zombies and fell right to sleep.  Overall it was a pretty busy day.

Halloween 2008

We started the day with a Halloween costume parade at the kids school. Mom and Dad drove down to see them in their costumes. They were very excited to have them visit, and see them dress up. After the boys got out of school we drove to the mall and the kids did some trick-or-treating. When we finished our trek around the mall we drove home and went to the trunk-or-treat at the church. It started to rain just as the kids were finishing. We went home to enjoy pizza while the kids stuffed themselves with candy.