Halloween

Halloween was on a Monday this year so we ended up painting and carving pumpkins the Sunday before. Seth was pretty intrigued with the insides of the pumpkin and since the pumpkins were kind of a ball shape, he kept trying to pick them up even though they were a bit too heavy. He was not as interested in the painting of them though. :) Claire and Everett enjoy that tradition though. Claire more and more so. We had a fun night of it. 

On Monday, Claire had a costume parade in the morning that we got to go watch. It was fun seeing the kids all walk and show off their costumes along to some Halloween music. Claire was the second to last kid to walk in the parade so we had to wait a long time before we saw her and unfortunately not all the parents wanted to wait so there were people walking out in front of us but she finally caught sight of us and waved and smiled. :) A little later I was able to take the boys and help out at Claire's Halloween party in her classroom. I was able to help them with a ghost craft which was pretty fun.

That evening, before it got dark we got our costumes on, took a few pictures, then went out to get a quick bite to eat before going trick-or-treating. Claire and Everett were pros this year. They knew exactly what to do and went up to each door confidently. Seth was a little more cautious. He got the hang of it pretty quickly though and always chose a sucker if he saw one. :) We had an "incredible" time this Halloween. :)