Halloween 2012

Halloween was truly celebrated in style at our home this year. We attended Halloween parties at church, the YMCA, our neighborhood, playgroup, and the library. Overkill? Yes, but we loved it. We also played at an apple orchard and pumpkin patch, toured the Children's Museum's haunted house, carved pumpkins, attended a Halloween-themed birthday party, and of course went trick-or-treating.

Here's some pictures of our October.

Apple Orchard and Pumpkin Patch Playgroup

YMCA Halloween Party

Friday, October 19

 This is the first year I've been to a Halloween party hosted by the Y. It rocked! For $3 total the kids made four Halloween treats, played on giant bounce toys, watched a snake show, and played 20 or so carnival games.  Older kids went through a haunted house and others roasted s'mores and painted mini pumpkins outdoors. I was flying solo since Matt was on call, so I didn't dare hit up the outdoor events. Fire and paint with two small children didn't sound like a venture I wanted to take.

Cute Piglet got lots of compliments

So did her big sis, the frog. Skylie's friend, Rachel, offered it to Skylie in September. Skylie has insisted on wearing it at least three days a week since. I had envisioned Skylie dressed as a girly princess for Halloween, but no--not this year.

See how much she's loving this!

Kaitlyn had just tried to get into Sky's candy. Sky yanked it away and said, "No, Kaitlyn. That's my candy!" We battled that issue all evening. Another pumpkin for Kaitlyn's candy made the grocery list ASAP.

Meg's Birthday Party

Thursday, October 25

Children's Museum Haunted House

Thursday, October 25

Library Halloween Party

Saturday, October 27

Halloween Playgroup Party 

Tuesday, October 30

Twenty-five plus babies and preschoolers came to our home for playgroup and a potluck lunch. We played a couple games--Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin, Spider Spider Who's Got the Spider?, and Apple Tree Tricks. Skylie and Kaitlyn love these kids, and I love their mama's so it's a win-win all the way around.

Halloween Day

Wednesday, October 31

This is how my kids went to story time on Halloween. Skylie insisted on wearing both her frog and princess costumes with sunglasses to top it off.

Before going trick-or-treating I took the kids to the neighborhood Halloween party. We took a hay ride, played games, and downed hot dogs and candy. Below are a few pictures I snapped as we left to go trick-or-treating. Temperatures were cool, but after bundling up well nothing could stop these kids (and me) on a mission to get the goods.