Halloween Weekend Re-Cap

Halloween started for us on Thursday when the kids got to wear their costumes to school and have their annual parade. They loved it and loved that they got to stay in their costumes all day until I picked them up from their early out day.  I didn't manage any pics this year (I know, bad mom!).

Then kids all had the day off of school this year for Halloween which meant they got the spend the day with Mom. They woke up to some little bags of goodies from Mom and Dad.

Then they spent a long morning anticipating the days activities. After lunch, it was finally time to get started. We got in their costumes and first went to one of the campuses I work at and trick or treated there. My supervisor at that campus knew we were coming and gave them bags full of goodies. Some paint, some stickers, toy eye balls and a little bit of candy.  Then it was off to Dad's office to trick or treat and hand out some candy there. After that it was back home to burn off some energy and get our outside decorations in place. Dad came home a little early to help with that. Then we made some Mummy Dogs for dinner and anxiously awaited it getting dark enough to trick or treat. 

Once it started getting dark, we darkened the porch and lit the pumpkins.

Then it was finally time! And Mom surprised them with another treat of glow-sticks that matched each of their costumes. Minnie had a pink flower one, Luigi a yellow power star, the astronaut a blue star and a yellow ax for the firefighter. It was perfect.

Then ventured off with Dad and the little's came home after about 30 minutes. Mike and Caleb went back out for a little longer. I stayed behind to hand out candy to the few trick or treaters we got here. After a few pieces of candy, they all went to bed semi-early, surprisingly.

Saturday I got up early and was able to get all the Halloween decor down and get the Thanksgiving decor up and get a few other house chores done before it was time for C's play-off game.  The football boys were fired-up and shut the other team out 26-0. It was so fun and they are so excited to be going to the championship game next week. After some more chores and dinner, we let them finally break out that paint from the goodie bags they got at my work that they'd been begging to play with all day. We wrote my supervisor a little note of appreciation to go along with it.

Sunday has been spent getting a few more chores done and watching football as well as gearing up for another week of football practices and swimming lessons, school and work. But what a fun time we've had.