The week leading up to Halloween was a busy one. The kids only had three days of school, and then they were off for parent teacher conferences. Thursday morning I took the kids to the J to practice basketball while I ran on the track. Afterwards we went to Suburban Lawn and Garden to check out their pumpkin patch. The kids played for a little bit, and then we went to the grocery store to get some cheaper pumpkins to carve.
Friday morning Finley had dance and then we left for Kirksville. The kids played with their cousins, I went to watch Asa finish his half marathon Saturday morning with my Dad. Asa hadn't really trained to run this race, and you could tell as he was running to the finish line. I wasn't certain he was going to make it, but he did! I know I couldn't have done it even if I had tried to train. We had a fun, but cold Halloween party on Saturday night. It was a small crew there this year, and that was okay with eveyone. Briley, Ellie, and Bella dressed up as the Sanderson Sisters for the party. The Aunts stepped in to get their makeup done just right, and they really did look great. It's too bad they couldn't trick or treat together on Halloween.
Sunday morning we got up and around to go back home to prepare for our first annual fall festival in the neighborhood. We got home with an hour to spare so I made a quick Carmel apple dip, the kids decorated their bikes for the parade, and Andy took the fire pit, table, and games over to set up for the party. We had several people come, and everyone seemed to have a good time. There was a chili and BBQ cookoff for dinner with many great ones to vote for. We got home late so I was glad that the kids didn't have school the next day.
Andy went to the Chiefs game on Monday evening, and I helped the kids clean their pumpkins out, and draw what they wanted Andy to carve the next day.
Tuesday was Halloween, and the kids woke up very excited for their day of festivities. They went to school, and Andy came home at 2 so I could get to the Halloween parade at school. After the kids marched through school, they went to their classes for parties. I had a game set up for Briley's class, but I made my way around to all the kids rooms for a short little bit. After school we went home, had a quick dinner, and then were off to trick or treat. Atticus had been asking to have his pockets put on all day so he was happy to get his costume on again. We went with other kids on our street around the neighborhood, and the kids got so much candy. We had a friend that joked that we would get full sized candy bars in Leawood, and sure enough there were several houses that got just that. We got back home around 7:30 and had hot chocolate before going to bed to warm up. Although it was cold, the kids had a great time.
Briley getting her shots for photography class.
This house Briley and Baylor walked up to, and then quickly turned back around without stopping to get candy. Too many scary things along the path.
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