Halloween

I was a bit worried about how Halloween would play out here in Seattle.  At home we have a group of neighbourhood friends to walk around with for trick or treating and Kyle is old enough to go off with his close friends.  Moving a month before the spookiest night of the year I figured we would be on our own for trick or treating.  But I shouldn't have worried because things worked out well.  We have become friends with our neighbours so the girls were able to all trick or treat together.  And just before heading out we had a knock on the door with the little boy who used to live here, he is Kyle's age and in the same grade at the same school.  The family who used to live in our house are related to the neighbours next door, it's been nice to meet them and ask questions about the house.  So it turns out Kyle did get to go T or T on his own with a few friends.

Leading up to Halloween night the kids had some fun activities...we went to a fun fair at a local school, an afternoon at the church including a magic show and the girls both had parties in their classrooms at school.

Then it was time for pumpkin carving, it was great to have Nana here for our Halloween fun.  Other than one year she was in Ireland, Nana has been at our house every year to pass out candy while we trick or treat with the kids.

Jeff is the master carver in our house, although Kyle and Jillian both did a great job helping this year and Leah is fantastic at clearing out the pumpkin guts.

The kids had fun with their costumes this year.  Jillian has been asking to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz for months now, I was happy she didn't change her mind as I think she makes a perfect Dorothy.  We even splurged on the matching Toto and basket because it just looked so cute with the outfit. 

Leah flip flopped back and forth between a few costume ideas.  Mainly Smurfette, Tinkerbell, and Isabel from Jake and the Neverland Pirates.  She landed on Smurfette, i had a lot of fun putting the costume together with what we had around the house and I think she makes the cutest little Smurf around.

Kyle went with a Minecraft character for his costume (not a big surprise since he is obsessed with the game).  The giant Steve head was very easy to make with a box (we have so many!) and the printer.

We had lots of yummy candy (I may or may not have eaten too much).  I missed two of our favourites though...smarties and aero chocolate bars.  It was a fun Halloween all around!