As I've said in the past, Halloween is one of my most favorite holidays :) I think this is one of the reasons I love the month of October SO much - our anniversary, Thanksgiving and Halloween!!
The kids didn't have too much difficulty deciding on their costumes this year and we were some-what organized and purchased them quite awhile before the 31st. I say somewhat because at 10 pm on the 30th I was looking for black hair dye and green face paint ...
Reese was her favorite princess - Princess Aurora. Emerson was a pirate - argh ;) And Blake was the Hulk. This choice surprised as he's never really mentioned the Hulk before!
I made a mistake this year and did not buy pumpkins when I saw them at the grocery store. Never again!! Apparently there was a pumpkin shortage this year. I called everywhere, looking for pumpkins. There were none to be found - none in Edmonton, none in the surrounding areas!! Thankfully my mom is one connected lady and she found us a pumpkin!! It was HUGE and although it was only 1 pumpkin, the kids were thrilled and thought it was pretty cool to have a pumpkin that big. We looked up ideas on Pinterest and all settled on one pumpkin design ;)
The 30th was celebration day at school! Because Reese is in a.m. kindergarten, she got to wear her costume to school and parade around the school in the morning. I stayed in her class for awhile, before heading to work. All the kinder kids were adorable and so excited!!
Blake and Emerson had to bring their costumes to school, as their celebrations were in the afternoon. I sprayed Blake's hair and painted his face before school and sent green face paint with him, for touch-ups! I was working on the northend that afternoon and was able to meet Reese and her dayhome at the school for the afternoon Halloween parade!! Cal also met us! This is one of my favorite parts of Halloween! So much fun watching the students parade around the gym and ooo'ing and ahhh'ing over all the fabulous costumes!
On the 31st my Mom and Dad stopped by to see the kids all dressed up, then we put our bowl of candy on our step and headed over to my Aunt and Uncle's to see my Grandma, who was handing out candy at their house. Their neighbourhood was so awesome! Most homes were decorated and not just 1 or 2 lawn or house ornaments - they went all out!! We did some trick-or-treating on their block before heading back to our own neighbourhood to meet the Parenteau's. Blake had an early morning hockey practice that morning and so we didn't stay out as late as we have in the past, which was fine by Cal and I ;) Less candy and less tired the next day!!
I hope you also had a spooktacular Halloween :)
~Tracy
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| de-gutting the giant pumpkin! |
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| pumpkin guts!!! |
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| Ree |
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| executing the carving! |
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| finished product :) |
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| snack bags for school! |
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| Reese's Kindergarten class |
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| Some of Blake's class at the Halloween parade - Blake is the Hulk in the back left hand corner :) |
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| don't mess with these two ;) |
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| thanks for stopping by, Grandma and Grandpa! |
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| love them so much!! |
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| visiting with Great Grandma Kelley! |
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| trick-or-treating in Greisbach |
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| BEST house ever!!! Zombie family, live in person ;) And the decorations were amazing! |
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| ready for bed ... after a few more treats ;) |
