Happy Halloween!

I just love Halloween. I love the decorating and the carving of pumpkins. I love to see my kids dressed up and having fun being someone/something else. This year Lauren and her dad picked out a vampire costume for her to wear. Strange, since only a week before she had told me that she wanted to be a princess...but I guess that is what happens when your dad takes you to get a costume. Alec had decided a month before Halloween that he wanted to be a dragon. I am not sure where he came up with this idea, but I figured it wouldn't be that hard to find a dragon costume. However, he did have one little request. He wanted his costume to have WINGS because he was a flying dragon. Of course. Can you find a dragon costume out there with wings? Maybe somewhere. But not anywhere I looked. So I made wings out of coat hangers, green poster board, and green metallic mesh fabric. The day begins with me taking Alec to preschool for his party. First they all lined up and went trick-or-treating to different businesses in the downtown area. They were SO cute marching up and down the street.
Alec and his best friend Alexis had to hold hands the whole time.
When the trick-or-treating was finished we marched back to the preschool to have the party. The kids played "Pin the eye on the monster" and they bowled using pumpkins. They enjoyed cookies and punch and got a treat cup filled with goodies from Mrs. Chris and Mrs. Pat. Alec was in LOVE with Halloween. He could not WAIT for his sister to come home from school so they could go trick-or-treating some more! Next on the to-do list was Lauren's class party. I signed up at the beginning of the year to be a room mother. God Bless Mrs. Patterson, knowing that I am a teacher, she decided to make me Head Room Mother. Oh dear...the pressure is on. I was actually quite impressed with how well the kids did with the games that we planned. They played "GHOST" (a Halloween version of BINGO), they bowled with pumpkins, and "Swing the Sock". They ate their delicious jack-o-lantern cupcakes (that I made!) and enjoyed black punch with ice cube worms in it. Then we helped them into their costumes. It is a Milledgeville tradition that the kids go on a parade so we all marched upstairs to the big gym to watch everyone parade in their costumes. WHEW! Now on to home to get ready for the big event...trick-or-treating! I was so tired from everything else, that I lasted about 30 minutes and then daddy had to take over. They got tons of candy...which they did not need. But isn't that what Halloween is all about?! And I can hardly wait until this new baby is big enough to get dressed up and go. THREE costumes...THREE parties...and THREE children to take trick-or-treating...life just can't get any busier than this!