Halloween 2011 started out pretty great. It was Katelynn's first school Halloween Party and I had signed up to help out at her party. We had a nice breakfast at home and she got her costume on and got ready. We dropped Junior off at daycare and I got to see how she starts out each day at school. I helped out with snacks and a project and took a few pictures of her class all dressed up. The kids were super nice in her class and loved to talk. There were a few other moms their helping out and I attempted to hold some conversations with them, but it became apparent to me that I may not fit in with the Mommy crowd. I think they all are stay at home moms and very traditional in their roles as wife and mother and do it all to take care of the family. This is definitely not me, (everyone needs to pitch in around here!) but I did what I was there to do and had fun with Katelynn and her classmates. I worked from home the rest of the day and picked the kids up early from daycare to get ready for the festivities of the night.
I wanted to do something fun for supper on Halloween and we had found this idea in a book, Worms for Brains. I thought the kids would think it was pretty cool and they are always up for helping me cook, but it was super nice outside and they decided to go outside and play instead. Dan and I each carved out 2 of these peppers and made spaghetti. I thought it was great. Dan, Katelynn and I after sitting down to eat each dumped our spaghetti out on our plates, but Junior wanted to eat his right out of the pepper and through a fit when we tried to dump his. At first he wasn't even sure what to do with it! It was a fun way to start the night. Here are our creations!
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What?! Worms for Brains.
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Next it was time to get ready for trick or treating. The kids were bouncing off the walls to go. It was still to early and even Dan was in a rush to get moving. We had already talked to the neighbors and our three families were going to go together with our kids. It is always fun to run around town on Halloween night even as an adult when you're with friends!
The kids got ready and we got ready and took our pictures and headed out the door. I set a bowl full of candy out on our front porch since both Dan and I wanted to go with the kids. We went around a few blocks and then made our way back to our house to check the candy and re-fill it if it needed it. The kids were definitely not done yet so we headed back out in a different direction. Junior did start to get tired of walking and it was getting chilly out so him and Dan went back to the house to hand out candy. Katelynn eventually got tired to and we headed home. She loves handing out candy to other trick or treaters too and we still had a few come to the door after we got home. The kids dumped out their candy and Dan went through it. They filled themselves as full as we would let them and then before the sugar rush hit we shipped them off to bed. They are still on candy overload a few weeks later as we ration it a piece out to them each night from their pumpkins. We had a great Halloween and a ton of fun this year.
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| Here come's Mario! |
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| Mario and Princess Peach from the Mario Brothers. |
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| Yes, even I had to get ready to trick or treat! |
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| Princess Peach |
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| The Loot |
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