Halloween festivities at school!

The kids Halloween parades/parties/carnival at school were so fun! The boys both had theirs on the 30th and Phia's was on the 31st so we spent a lot of time at the school these few days.  It was Bentley's first Halloween party at school and he had a blast.  His favorite part was dipping giant pretzel sticks in frosting then covering them in sprinkles and gobbling them up! He was trembling he was so excited...ha!! Preston sang the sweetest "Pumpkin Patch" song...he knew every word.  It's mama's favorite:) Both boys loved trick or treating in all the classrooms and the rectory and loved winning prizes at the carnival! Phia was one of 22 Elsa's present that day at school so we took an "all school" Elsa photo.  There were 5 in her Kinder class!  Kinder doesn't trick or treat but they do get to enjoy the carnival.  Oh and we were the very first family at school on Halloween so we had to snap a photo...that has never happened before!  These are always such hectic days running from room to room.  Helping with all the festivities/crafts/food set up etc in each room but all the kids have so much fun that it's all worth it! Such a fun holiday...

Halloween Night!

We always have a Halloween gathering at our house every year before we all head out for some trick-or-treating fun.  We have the BEST neighborhood for trick-or treating...every single house has at least 2 kids and a lot have more!  Our streets are a sea of toddlers all dressed up and giddy with excitement.  This year we had a candy apple bar and a chili bar.  Mama's chili was a hit with the adults and needless to say the candy apples were a hit with the kids.  We used sliced apples and we put them on a stick...the big ole' apples overwhelm mommy and usually end up rolling around on the ground.  Ally brought cornbread, Jen and Chad brought pigs in a blanket, and Kurt and Becky brought some yummy dips and  drinks! Such a festive night fully of FOOD and candy:) This is probably our last year celebrating Halloween in this neighborhood so we made sure to enjoy every moment!! Oh our across the street neighbors had a huge haunted house in the front yard.  Bentley was sooooooo scared poor kid was shaking from head to toe and immediately wanted to go home:( Poooooor baby.  He didn't even get close to it and was so so scared.  He woke up the next morning and exclaimed "IT'S NOT HALLOWEEN ANYMORE!!" He was overjoyed.  Kept saying "Haunted House is all gone Mama". Bentley...poor baby...is traumatized.  He talked about the Haunted House(that he never got near) for an entire day.  NOT HAPPY:(  I think we'll stick with our cheerful/happy Halloween decorations around our house(and Mama goes ALLLLL OUT in the decorating dept)!

Our first Trunk or Treat!

We took the kids to trunk or treat at our Church this year for the first time.  The best part about it is all the familiar faces we saw.  All the kids friends and families from school were there too! They had all the car trunks decorated and were handing out candy and then inside the Hall they had tons of games and a  haunted house for the kids all for FREE ! Oh how we love our Church/School.  Bentley wanted nothing to do with the Haunted House after he was traumatized being scared by a "monster" at the mall during trick-or-treating.  Preston went into the Haunted House and they had a choice of: not scary, medium, or really scary and he choose medium and Daddy said they had to change it to "not scary" for him! Ha! Most kiddos don't enjoy  being scared(we're seeing a theme here).  We love creating traditions and shared memories with our kiddies.  This was such a fun day for us:)