Halloween

This year, for several reasons, we ended up staying home to trick-or-treat. The kids were a little disappointed but still had a great time- we even ended up running into some friends while getting candy!

 Will wanted to ride his skateboard so  I called him "Skater Vader" which I found very clever, ha! Below is the last house of the night- the spider house. Jake saw this house multiple times on walks so it was a must-stop for him! We enjoyed ourselves and the weather was very warm, so a very pleasant evening. And even more candy for our already huge pile! Happy Halloween!

Halloween

We went to Steve & Becca's again this year but I didn't take very many pictures. 'Cause I was busy with the kids and the darkness. My pics didn't come out great last year.

Maggie saw a kid dressed as Pennywise and a balloon on the sewer so now she's really scared. Maybe next year we'll skip the scary houses.

Halloween 2016

Steve & Becca have enjoyed  hosting Halloween the last couple years. There's a street near their house that really goes all out with the decor & tons of candy. It's a community thing and a very popular area. They invited us to come again this year, so we joined in the fun.

The kids had a great time, of course and I was so proud of Jake & Allie, they were real troopers and walked almost the whole time. Will ran off with the group of bigger kids so I didn't get to enjoy spending the evening with him or get any pics. :(  Daniel's costume was a huge hit! So many people complimented him. It was a fun night. Halloween 2016 in the books! And there's so much candy...

Halloween

Our trip to Canada this fall overlapped Halloween. Initially, Daniel was going to drive up this weekend and stay with the boys at least a couple days into the week, possibly the entire week. Then he got a new job that required him to travel this week (our last week here) and fly out on Nov 1st. So, that left us spending Halloween apart. It's not my favorite holiday and not as sentimental as Christmas or Thanksgiving, but I would still prefer to trick-or-treat and go to pumpkin patches and harvest festivals as a family. But that was not in the cards this time. I had to miss the boys trick-or-treating and Daniel had to miss the girls, Allie's first time to dress up for Halloween- she was only a couple months old last year.

It was really sad and we missed each other but at least we're here with friends and weren't alone. Poppy is here during this schedule as well so we were able to spend Halloween with her, Hayley and Danny. Maggie and Poppy just love each other, they're so cute together. We went to their condo this afternoon for some activities hosted by the condo; the girls had fun dancing.

Then we went upstairs where the girls tried bobbing for apples and fell in love with it! They did it over and over again. Hayley made us dinner then we all went out trick-or-treating. We had a great time and if I couldn't be with my whole family, I'm glad we were with good friends.

 My camera battery died while we were out, so this picture in the lobby was the last one I got before trick-or-treating. We stayed out about an hour and half when the rain started to pick up. Me and the girls got back "home" around 8 and I charged the battery a little to take a few more pics of my Princess Aurora and ladybug. Happy Halloween!

Painting pumpkins

The last few years the kids have painted pumpkins rather than carving them. They really enjoy the pumpkin painting activity and I'm not a great carver anyway. Plus, they last longer when they're not carved. So Will and I went together to pick out the pumpkins this year and here's what we got:

Halloween 2014

First, I went to Will's class harvest party where they painted pumpkins, had treats and some free time at the end of the day. I love getting to do stuff like this with him since I rarely get these alone moments with my biggest boy anymore. I rarely leave the baby but I was gone less than two hours, so I knew she'd be fine with Daniel.

We were invited to my brother and sister-in-law's house for Halloween this year. They wanted to check out a neighborhood nearby that was supposed to be really cool. Since candy day fell on a Friday this year, we were able to make it down. There were so many of us trick-or-treating that we ended up splitting into two or three different groups. We did manage to get a picture of everyone before leaving...we just took Allie to the first few houses so she could be a part of her "first" Halloween then my parents took her back to the house since it was so cold.

This was the only decent outdoor pic I got, my night mode didn't work very well. We had a cold, but fun night!