Halloween this year was busy but a lot of fun. Scott was gone the week of Halloween and we really missed him. We went to a church Halloween party that was so much fun. We also carved our pumpkin patch pumpkins. Pretty much I carved them all according to the kid's instructions. The kept telling me my faces weren't scary enough. :) Sorry guys. Not an art major. Matthew compensated by making a scary face while I took the picture.
On Halloween morning we had a lot of activities planned starting with a Halloween party for Anna's little preschool group. We woke up Halloween morning and Anna told me she wanted to be Dorothy. Of course, we don't have a Dorothy costume, so I tried to convince her that she should be Minnie or a mermaid (I thought we had settled this already). She wouldn't hear of it. I decided I wouldn't force her to wear a costume she didn't want (it's supposed to be fun after all) and we threw together the closest thing to Dorothy we could come up with from things we already had.
I was kind of embarrassed about her costume 'cause I did actually have a real costume for her prepared, but it seemed silly to make her wear something just so I wouldn't feel embarrassed. This is an inner conflict I have often regarding Anna.
Impromptu Dorothy with Toto in a basket.
She even let me put her hair in pigtails 'cause I convinced her she would look more like Dorothy that way. :)
We had a lot of fun at her Halloween playgroup party.
They made marshmallow ghosts!
Matthew also had a party at his preschool class. It was an exciting day!
Grant celebrated his first Halloween like a champ!
He went around to all the parties looking cute.
Getting ready to trick-or-treat.
Anna wanted to wear a different blue dress to be Dorothy for trick-or-treating (I gave her a choice of two Dorothy-ish dress options)
She looked cute and people actually guessed that she was Dorothy, even with her red coat on top! And she had a great time. I guess it was not as big a deal as I was making it out to be.
Before trick-or-treating we walked over to a friend's house who lives in the neighborhood. She had made soup, salad and Halloween cookies and invited a bunch of us over for a pre-trick-or-treating meal. It was so fun and then we all went trick-or-treating together. That was nice since Scott was gone. Here's Grant getting ready for our trip through the neighborhood.
The neighborhood was so busy! I love our neighborhood!! Some people were sitting out on the porches giving out candy. Matthew and Anna were so excited to trick-or-treat. This was our first time real trick-or-treating with the kids - house to house in a neighborhood. Hooray for Halloween and friends to share it with.
After a couple blocks we headed home. Anna was getting cold. It was an unseasonably warm day (70s almost 80) but it got a little chilly after the sun went down. That was fine 'cause the kids had plenty of goodies by then!
I let the kids stay up a little late to watch some Halloween movies and hand out candy. We all had a fun day...but I was glad when it was all over. I think I need a week to recover and clean everything up. Happy Halloween
PS: The day after Halloween I found a Dorothy dress in her size (and half off) at Target and bought it. :) Now she can dress up as Dorothy any time.
PS: The day after Halloween I found a Dorothy dress in her size (and half off) at Target and bought it. :) Now she can dress up as Dorothy any time.
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