Halloween

Quick story before I forget!
So we did the trick-or-treating tonight in our own neighborhood first, but a lot of people had decided to go to the trunk-or-treat at church instead and were not home. So then we left a bowl of candy on our doorstep and took our kids up on the hill in town (aka: the rich people neighborhoods) and let them knock on doors there. As we were walking up to a house, I said to Gabe something about, "This is where the rich people live…." And then he responded something like, "I am so excited to go to this house! This house is so HUGE! These people  are really rich, right mom?!" I quickly shushed him and was like, "Shh… yes, but they probably don't like people saying that!" And then Gabe asked in a confused way, "Why? Don't they know?" (Like, "don't they know they are rich?")
hahaha it just made me laugh….

Okay - but more about Halloween now!

On the Saturday before Halloween, we went down town to the little Hemming Village Party. That's where this cute first picture of all of us was taken. They had a Photo Booth set up and were taking free pictures. They also had bobbing for apples and a hay ride that we all did. (The hay ride, not the apples - just the boys did that - gross.)

Thursday night (Halloween Eve) it was the school Halloween carnival. They really went all out this year! It was so much fun! They even did BINGO and had some amazing prizes that were donated - including a TV, HUGE Barbie DreamHouse, Big basket full of Nerf guns, etc. Sadly, we did not win anything though. :( But I;m sure the pTO made a ton of money for the school so that's always good! ;)

Friday at school, the boys both had spectacular halloween class parties (I'm serious, these room mothers are amazing this year - I was at Gabe's helping out and I was blown away. There was a mom dressed as a wicked with conducting all the games, then another dressed as a Mad Scientist showing them how to make their "experimental" treats, and another mom dressed as a fortune teller with her husband sitting under a table and his head sitting "on top" of the table, inside of a crystal ball, telling fortunes. They are crazy overachievers here.) They also did a big Halloween costume parade around the school that everyone came to watch.

In the evening, we started our Trick-or-treating at about 5:00 when Josh got home. Like i said, we did our neighborhood first, then a few houses in the Willowbrook neighborhood, then went up on the hill. We were going to go to the Fat Cats indoor party (movie theater/bowling alley place) but when we drove by the line was wrapped around the building and we were like, "Um… no." So then we went up on the hill. We got back home at about 8:30 and the kids had PLENTY of candy and we rounded out the night watching movies in my bed and falling asleep in sugar comas.

Here are some pictures of our Halloween adventures!