Halloween 2013

We had another awesome Halloween! A couple days ago the boys carved their pumpkins (with just a little help) and came out with great results.

School this morning brought parties in both their classes, and mommy stopped in to take a couple photos. These kids were oh.so.adorable!! Each one was cuter than the last! There were superheroes, butterflies, princesses, pirates, vampires, and just about everything you could think of. One of the moms sent vampire teeth for all the big kids, and they had a blast pretending to have fangs. Evan's class did a trick or treat outside with stuffed animals and some parents passing out the candy, and Drew's class took on a more Easter Egg Hunt approach with little bags of candy and toys scattered around the class. Both were pleased as anything to fill their baskets.

Halloween night? Nope, this is 9am.

Our costumes!

 It's like taking candy from a... stuffed animal?

 Waiting semi-patiently

Everyone have a seat and pick ONE piece to enjoy. 

No, not the microwave popcorn bag, and not the ruler. You can't eat those.

Shark class Halloween 2013

 Vampire footballer

 Those poor teachers... The kids were excited BEFORE all this candy. 

The afternoon must have been WILD.

 I want candy! 

 A cute "candle" made by Drew.

 Mommy, I take your picture!

 Singing the Skeleton song. They're so cute!

We picked the boys up early to head down to Grounds and do trick or treat on the Lawn. It's an amazing experience with at least a thousand people going door to door for candy passed out by the students living there. There's a lot of line-waiting, but there's also another door with 2-3 people handing out candy every 10 feet, so it's super efficient. We made it halfway before the boys were overwhelmed and our arms ached from the weight of all our loot, and headed home.

 Coach lays out a game plan for achieving maximum candy and fun.

 This doesn't reflect the amount of people
and controlled chaos. Not even close. 

 Our family costume: Football! Daddy is the coach, the boys are players, and mommy is (appropriately) the referee.Everyone we saw just loved it! 

 We found our friend EJ!

Madness. Glorious college town madness.

 Must. Eat. Healthy. Apple.

We rang the doorbells of our immediate neighbors and those on the street behind. Walking the streets in the dark with our flashlights and glow sticks and meeting new neighbors is always so much fun! At home we had time for popcorn and a smoothie (quite the proper Halloween dinner, no?) before heading to bed much later than usual. Mommy dumped and sorted the loot (peanuts here, everything else there) and realized there must be at least 10 pounds of candy! It totally filled a reusable grocery bag, and then some. Now we're on the hunt to figure where to send all of it, as there's no way we could eat this much, even in a whole year.

This is about half the haul. 

And the scale doesn't translate well. 

That's a big tub used for chilling drinks 

at a party. Crazy.

Halloween 2013 = success! We hope yours was happy too!