Monday, October 21
After a trip to the pumpkin patch with Grandma Swings (and a trip to Wal-Mart) we had eight pumpkins sitting on our front porch. We carved four of them.
The kids weren't too thrilled about the gooey stuff.
So Mom ended up cleaning out most of them.
Thursday, October 25
Nathan's eighth birthday was on Friday, October 26. Since Brian and I were going out of town, we held Nathan's birthday party on Thursday. Everyone came dressed in their Halloween costumes and we played Halloween games like "Zombie Tag" and served up pizza, a veggie skeleton cat, and "witch's brew" which was the biggest hit of all. (You can see part of the spider webs we wrapped around the house for party decor.) Even though only five out of eight kids showed up, it was still total chaos. I think we're going to have to re-think this birthday party thing for Nathan next year...
Halloween! Wednesday, October 31
The boys spent the day in their costumes at school. After a costume parade and Halloween parties in their classrooms, they still managed to get pretty excited for trick-or-treating. Maggie dressed as a sparkly princess, Matthew was a knight, and Nathan was Bobba Fett from Star Wars. Maggie got the hang of trick-or-treating right away. Even after she came home, every time the doorbell would ring she'd drop everything, yell "Trick-or-treat!" and run full speed to the door. Since Maggie lives for candy, I'm guessing Halloween is one of her top holidays.
Pretty Princess
3 comments:
A pretty princess indeed! She's gorgeous! Can't wait to see the new house--I'm still not sure about our Thanksgiving plans! I'll let you know!
Oh my gosh, Maggie is so grown up. She is beautiful! Looks like you guys had a fun halloween.
I really enjoy reading your blogs. It looks like Halloween was fun and crazy, too. It reminds me of the olden days when you kids were young. Thanks! Mom
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