Halloween

Halloween was fun this year. We got the kids halloween donuts from Krispy Kreme for breakfast. Then we made worms in a cup with chocolate and orange dyed vanilla pudding layers. In the afternoon we let them watch The Nightmare Before Christmas while we carved pumpkins. The church had a trunk or treat and dinner activity at 4:00 and it was really nice not to have to cook dinner on halloween. Afterwards we took them to a couple of other houses around the neighborhood and then came home and relaxed. They are happy with their candy stashes and I enjoyed the walk. It wasn't too cold this year so that was another blessing. Jacob was King Peter from the Chronicles of Narnia, Samuel was Spiderman, and Katie was a fairy.

Halloween Parade

Jacob's school has a halloween parade every year so the students can show off their halloween costumes and celebrate. Parents can come and sit on benches set up in the cafeteria and all the kids walk through the benches and show off. Afterwards they head back to their classroom and each class has a halloween party. No one has to participate but I think it's a cute idea and it was fun to watch all the cute little shy kindergartners and all the confident 6th graders.

Halloween Fairy

I decided to take on a challenge and sew Katie's halloween costume this year. I got a pattern for the fairies from the new Tinkerbell movies and made it up pink to show her personality. I made it a size too big so she can wear it again next year. This is how it turned out.

Pumpkin Walk

The weekend before Halloween came and hubby was out of town at a Physics Conference so I grabbed a friend whose hubby was also gone for the weekend and we went to the pumpkin walk together to stay busy. The theme of this year was advertising and there was an m&m pumpkin hidden in each scene. Each year I just love to see the creativity of these scenes. I've never seen anything like the pumpkin walk anywhere else I've ever been and it is so unique and cool. Afterward we got Aggie Icecream and then headed home to await the return of the menfolk.