We have had such a fun and busy Halloween and Fall this year!
Henry's school has a huge fundraiser every year called SPOOK. It is a fall carnival with games, food, raffles, a silent auction, cake walk, a photo booth, a haunted hallway, and more. We all had a very fun afternoon and Henry is already counting down how many years he will get to go to this event. We even dressed up in funny costumes that they provided and took a picture...Chris actually dressed up like a clown and the kids thought that was so great!
The following weekend we had our ward's Fall Festival. The Primary is in charge every year so it is very busy for me getting ready and then the night of. Our presidency met in the morning and we were there for hours setting everything up. The kids just ran and played and had a great time together. When we got home we quickly ate lunch and they both fell asleep!!! I don't think they ever stopped running the three hours we were there. That gave me time to make chili and get the costumes ready and everything else that needed to be done! I had lots of stuff to pack in the van...I brought decorations from home to help decorate cheaply and also brought some of my front porch pumpkins. I brought chili and paper products and cheese and sour cream and...it was a lot! Chris made it home just in time to come with us. We had carnival games for the first 45 minutes and then we had dinner. We had a chili cook-off with the missionaries being the judges. We gave out prizes to the winners. I was in the kitchen most of this time because this year I was in charge of the food and supplies. I cooked the hotdogs and got everything ready for the table and made sure everything was restocked. Chris was such a huge help during this time. He got the lemonade ready and helped get everything ready. We then did a costume parade for the kids and they had so much fun! I was the MC and even though I had a microphone it was definitely a wear on my voice:). I then read a couple of Halloween stories to the kids while the parents went to go get their trunks ready for the trunk or treat. It was such a fun night, but TOTALLY exhausting! The kids were so patient while we cleaned up and packed the van. We did not get home until after 9:00...which is a very late night for our family.
The next night we had TWO parties to go to! We spent the day deep cleaning our house...it was actually quite rewarding to see everyone with their own rag wiping down baseboards and doors and walls. Eliza did a little work, but like always tried to get out of it:). I wish I could remember all the funny things she was saying. It made me laugh so hard! It was basically all about how hard she had worked (one minute) and needed a break to read a story. Henry on the other hand was quite the worker! He is naturally such a hard worker. When he gets started on a job he really goes for it and does not stop! He was a huge help and ended up doing all of the baseboards upstairs. It is funny how different kids can be. We for sure all have our natural talents...I am not going to give up on teaching Eliza how to work hard though!!:) She just really loves to relax and have fun...I am afraid she gets it from me:).
Anyway...
We had our neighborhood party that night. The kids were excited to dress up again. They played in the bouncy house and we went on a hayride. It was so dark and cold and they thought it was very exciting! There was lots of yummy food (we brought chili) and it was nice to chat with some of our neighbors. Next we went to the Fencing Academy party. They had a pinata and some games that you could win prizes and some pretend sword fighting. The kids had fun, but Eliza started to look tired so we headed home. It was a very busy weekend, but so nice to do so many fun family activities together.
Henry was really wanting to be Robin Hood...I found a great costume...but later I found an astronaut costume at T.J. MAXX. He had always wanted one so I could not pass it up. He has ended up choosing that costume to wear to everything so far. Eliza is a bumble bee this year and she loves it! I also found her a little red riding hood costume. She wore the bumble bee to our ward party and the red riding hood the next night.
Our library also had a really cool evening planned on Tuesday. They had a genuine story teller who told some spooky stories and sang some folk songs in a dark room with a pretend fire. The kids thought that was awesome...especially Henry.
The next night we had TWO parties to go to! We spent the day deep cleaning our house...it was actually quite rewarding to see everyone with their own rag wiping down baseboards and doors and walls. Eliza did a little work, but like always tried to get out of it:). I wish I could remember all the funny things she was saying. It made me laugh so hard! It was basically all about how hard she had worked (one minute) and needed a break to read a story. Henry on the other hand was quite the worker! He is naturally such a hard worker. When he gets started on a job he really goes for it and does not stop! He was a huge help and ended up doing all of the baseboards upstairs. It is funny how different kids can be. We for sure all have our natural talents...I am not going to give up on teaching Eliza how to work hard though!!:) She just really loves to relax and have fun...I am afraid she gets it from me:).
Anyway...
We had our neighborhood party that night. The kids were excited to dress up again. They played in the bouncy house and we went on a hayride. It was so dark and cold and they thought it was very exciting! There was lots of yummy food (we brought chili) and it was nice to chat with some of our neighbors. Next we went to the Fencing Academy party. They had a pinata and some games that you could win prizes and some pretend sword fighting. The kids had fun, but Eliza started to look tired so we headed home. It was a very busy weekend, but so nice to do so many fun family activities together.
Henry was really wanting to be Robin Hood...I found a great costume...but later I found an astronaut costume at T.J. MAXX. He had always wanted one so I could not pass it up. He has ended up choosing that costume to wear to everything so far. Eliza is a bumble bee this year and she loves it! I also found her a little red riding hood costume. She wore the bumble bee to our ward party and the red riding hood the next night.
Our library also had a really cool evening planned on Tuesday. They had a genuine story teller who told some spooky stories and sang some folk songs in a dark room with a pretend fire. The kids thought that was awesome...especially Henry.
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