You guys, I have a confession. I don't like Halloween. I've never really, REALLY loved it but the last couple of years have really convinced me that I might not even like it. There are a billion events to attend and they all require a costume and end with a giant bag of candy. By November 1st, we're usually all in tears from exhaustion and have at least one new cavity each.
All that being said, my kids really loved Halloween this year! Our first event was the Halloween carnival at their school. Thankfully we got to skip the costumes for this one. The kids both enjoyed playing games with their friends.
The Sunday before Halloween every year, our neighborhood has a big parade! It consists of trailers full of kids in costume...not parade floats. Our kids always ride with their friends (and their Daddy). I have learned that it's more fun to sit on the side of the road and watch the parade (and collect the candy thrown at me!) than to actually be in it.
We never get to stay for the parade after party because the Sunday before Halloween is also when our church has Trunk or Treat. We rush over to the church parking lot to get our trunk decorated and ready for trick or treaters. I only took one picture from Trunk or Treat! This is the game we had our trunk - the kids got to drop a penny into the big jar of water and see if they could get it to land in the smaller jar in the bottom.
From there, we rushed to a friend's house for a Halloween party, which I sadly took no pictures at! :(
Halloween fell on a Tuesday this year so we rushed home from work to get dressed up for the night. Matt and I were both injured so it was a good thing we found some good doctors that make house calls.
In our neighborhood, the houses are a little spaced out so kids ride on trailers or four-wheelers or golf carts to go from house to house. We piled back onto the parade trailer and go ready to go!
We were pulling up to the first house when the sprinkles started and the temperature dropped! Our doctors added raincoats and hats to their ensembles and kept knocking on doors.
We called it quits early this year since we were all cold and wet, but the kids had candy so they didn't seem to mind. I immediately threw their costumes into the washing machine so they could wear them again to school the next day for All Saints Day. One more day of costumes and then we could say goodbye to Halloween for a year! :)