Halloween Night

Here are a few pictures of the kids before they ventured off to trick or treat.  Ethan was an old man, Ashton a vampire, Brinley was Jasmine and Ryan was also a vampire.  This year we had a few more families walk around the neighborhood with is.  The weather was perfect - the kids had a ball!

Halloween or "Fall" at School

Today the boys had their class party at school.  Ethan and Ryan's classes had a halloween party, but Ashton's class had a fall party.  Gone are the days when the odd man out has to go sit in the library and read books during the party - instead the entire rest of the class gets to conform to their beliefs (or lack thereof).  If you can't tell I think the new system is bogus!

This year I was able to help more than usual.  Since all the kids are in school for a major part of my day I had some time to prepare some fun games.  I provided 3 different bingo games to 6 different classes, provided a pumpkin "roll the dice" game to 6 different classes and tried my best to be in 3 classes at the same time!  Since the party was on a Friday I was able to bring Brinley along for the fun.

The first few pictures are of the kids before they left for school  Ethan is an old man and Ryan is a hot dog.  No idea where Ashton was at the time.  He was a motorcycle rider . . .

Here are pictures of Ethan's party festivities . . . his class did fun experiments with dry ice, played a few games and had yummy treats!

Ethan and one of his besties!



Next up is Ashton's party . . . They painted pumpkins, play a few games and had yummy treats.  Ashton isn't a fan of getting his picture taken.



Last but not least is Mr. Party Animal himself, Ryan!  He was lovin life at his party.  They did a fun toilet paper mummy contest, played many games and had fun foods.

Ryan's teacher wore a mohawk to school. 

I didn't get any good alone shots of Brinley, but she wore a flapper outfit that I wore in 1st grade.  She was a doll!

Pumpkin Carving Family Fun

Tonight we went to the school for a PTA Pumpkin Carving activity.  It was such a great free family activity.  They had a large trailer full of good sized pumpkins.  You could take as many as you wanted.  Once you picked out your pumpkins you went to the cafeteria where they had plastic tableclothes on all the tables.  That is when the fun began!  Each child went to town on their pumpkin - Ethan being the only one who did it completely by himself.  They all turned out great and the best part was there was no clean up at home!!  Thank you Eastern Elementary PTA!!

Smell My Feet!

Happy Halloween - almost!  In Georgetown, the trick or treating was scheduled (yes, you read that right) for Saturday, October 30th from 5-8pm.  That made it very nice to avoid the Sunday trick or treaters.  The kids were very excited for their 4th installment of candy getting . . . this time in the good ol' neighborhood.  We invited some friends over and the kids all had a good time colleting their loot!  Ethan was an Army Man, Ryan a dragon, Brinley a Baker and Ashton a Vampire.

Downtown Treating

Today after school I decided to take the kids trick or treating in downtown Georgetown.  They go up and down the main drag and go inside the little shops for their "treat".  This has become our family tradition for the last 4 years.  Even though I was SICK AS A DOG, I did it anyway.  It was very fun and we saw many friends along the way.  Ethan was an old man, Brinley a witch, Ashton a vampire and Ryan a pony.

 Like usual, Ashton is distracted!  Newspaper stands are his latest obsession.  LOL

Trunk-or-Treat

Tonight was our Ward Trunk or Treat.  Most of the focus was on the chili cook off (that gave me food poisoning, thank you very much) but the kids got to get some candy at the end of the night - so all is good.  Here are a couple pictures . . . enjoy!

Brinley  - the not-so-scary witch

Ethan - the old man

 Ryan was a pirate again and Ashton was Dracula. 

Kentucky Horse Park Treatin'

Late this afternoon we headed over to the Kentucky Horse Park Campground for a fun time of trick or treating.  We found about this event with very little notice, so the costumes were not perfected . . . yet!  We walked all around the campground, enjoyed the perfect 80 degree temperature and had a fun time together as a family. 

There will be a separate blog post just about Ashton's costume FYI!!