Halloween is here again! There are tons of Halloween activities in our area. You could be Halloweening from Thursday-Monday, with multiple activities each day. You could, but we weren’t, of course! This year we went to a Halloween party at Eve’s school yesterday and trick-or-treating today. That’s enough for this family.
The PTO at Eve’s school held a great Halloween party. They had lots of goodies and games and arts & crafts and tons of fun things to do. It was Sunday, mid-afternoon, and almost all of Eve’s class attended. We had a lot of fun.
Astronaut Lex. Princess Eve would not pose.
As I said, she did not want to pose. Despite his best efforts. (Check out his teeth, by the way. Those front two on top are sticking so far out. Both are loose, but one is super loose. It almost looks like he's lost a tooth but really the wiggly ones are just moving sideways. Funny!)
First things first, a plate full of goodies. The the little bee in the middle is Eve's friend.
Then we made some paper plate bats. It was a fun project. Lex also made a spider, but I don't seem to have a picture of that.
Lex likes craft projects. He worked hard on his bat and spider.
Eve got a butterfly painted on her face.
Proud boy with a black bat.
They had a huge piece of paper up and they were asking everyone to sign it.
Lex worked hard on this too.
While Lex concentrated on just a few projects, Eve tried her hand at everything, including painting blue frosting onto nondescript sugar cookie shapes. She took one bite and left the rest on the table. :)
Don't all princesses eat powdered donuts off strings? (there were a lot of princesses at the party!)
We ended the afternoon with some pumpkin bowling.
Tonight, after force feeding the children a healthy(ish) dinner, they donned the costumes again for some chilly trick-or-treating. They were both SUPER excited for it this year!
Laying out the costumes
Halloween - 2011 (Posing for the camera was a requirement for trick-or-treating. Eve obeyed.)
Alan went trick-or-treating with them. He was dressed as Johnny Bravo, but I think he looks more like the terminator in this picture :) Alan's bare arms and Lex's helment didn't last long!
A Lego pirate! :)
The loot!
We all dug in! :)
They lasted for about a half hour before coming home. I think they had almost as much fun at home, watching for trick-or-treaters.
Eve loved doling out candy to the trick-or-treaters. This guy took off his mask and started chatting with Lex. I guess they go to school together.
Do you like my costume?! :)
Now it is late, my house is asleep, and I am chilly and eating candy. I think I need to go to bed. Happy Halloween!! Tomorrow starts my favorite month (if only it was warmer!) and swimming lessons. Busy, busy. Good thing we have plenty of candy to help us power through!
Wow, what an awesome treat to wake up to! Thanks for all the updates…you have the prettiest princess and the coolest astronaut in the whole world…I think Johnny Bravo was missing his comb…or maybe his bright blonde hair…I will always think of Johnny Bravo as Rosy’s favorite cartoon…love to all…can’t wait to see you and deliver some hugs in person!