Catching Up

I have multiple posts below. Had alot of catching up to do and we have been busy! Finally got them all done!

Halloween Day

The morning of Halloween the kids had a parade at their school and they got to show off their costumes to the parents and to the other students. This was the first time I have been to this parade at their new school! It was cute to see them and all the other neighborhood kids in their interesting costumes! And I think the kids like to have me their too. Casen liked it too!

I went with some of the nieghborhood ladies/friends out to lunch with our kids in their costumes and then afterwards we took them to the local grocery store to go trick-or-treating. It was fun for the kids. I have never done this before, but the kids liked it. Casen got a little scared in the haunted house and it was so funny because they give them other things too besides candy. For example they gave them a toothbrush, choc. milk, carrots, string cheese, etc. and everytime they gave him something besides candy he would say, "I not like this." I was laughing! But it was cute to see all the kids walking around with their little baskets. And it was also funny to see all the old people who were ticked that they chose to come grocery shopping on a day where the store was filled with kids trick-or-treating and in their way!

This was an hour or so before they kids started trick-or-treating!  They sure were hyper and that was before they ate the candy!

I even kind of dressed up a little!

It was so cute to see Casen try and keep up with the older kids. I was so afraid he was going to fall. We only had one injury of the night and it was in the first 5 minutes of trick-or-treating and it was Cade. And his costume held up. No holes just some skinned knees. Casen was also very picky about his candy. He did not want any chocolate bars with nuts, only Hersheys. And if someone did not have anything but candy bars he would say "No Thanks." And if they let him choose his candy, he took forever. He was into the nerds, laffy taffys, smarties, suckers, etc. He definitely was not living up to his costume. He was not Speedy Lightning McQueen. He was so slow! I love watching the kids trick-or-treat at this age.

Daddy being a good sport! He likes to watch the kids trick-or-treat too, as long as it is good weather!

Zonked out!

Our Annual Halloween Party

We decided to do our annual Halloween Party (well I guess not annual) this year because we had alot of the couples say they wanted us to do it again! I was thinking about doing it and could not decide and then when everyone wanted us to do it again, then I went ahead and started planning it. We just had soup and Subway sandwiches and the families brought a bunch of goodies for us all to share. We had such a good assortment of foods. It was fun! And all the kids were dressed up and some of the adults. I feel bad I did not get a picture of everyone that attended, but Marsh said she had some more pics she would get to me. The party is always fun...a little hectic for the host...so I did not get a ton of pics.

But we ate and visited for a bit and let the kids play and then I had some games planned for the kids. We  played the 4-5 Halloween games I had planned, one of them being the MUMMY WRAP! And then afterwards we did a pinata for the kids. So it turned out great and it was fun to see everyone, especially in costume!

And afterwards, it was so nice because everyone helped clean up, which cut my cleaning time in  half. And no one left anything behind. Can you believe that? And also everyone helped out with Crew so that I could host! It is so fun to see how all of our friends families are expanding! I think we had 12 families or so come...which was about 24 adults and 35 kids or so. It was a great turn out and something we love to do every year or every other year!