HALLOWEEN!!

I loved that Halloween was on a Friday this year...the perfect day to celebrate at school and stay up late trick-or-treating.  Emma's teacher, Mrs. Duvall, has a unique take on class parties.  Every class party is in the morning and includes breakfast.  She says that way she doesn't go crazy listening to 25 first-graders asking, "Is it time for the party yet?" all day long.  Smart woman.

Joely and I got to be at the school for both of the kids parties...Emma's in the morning and Carson's in the afternoon.  Carson signed me up to bring treats to his, so I made mummy Oreo pops, which were a huge hit.

Silly First-Graders

Emma has been blessed to have Mrs. Duvall.

Our friend and neighbor Tiffany helped hand out the bacon and sausage.  We're thrilled Emma and Keaton are in the same class.

School doesn't get any better than this!

Carson's class picture didn't go quite as well for me...

This girl was patient through all the festivities...plus she was able to enjoy some of the goodies too!

Riley, Ava, Brooklyn, Carson, and Liliana

It was a mad-dash kind of day with going back and forth to the school, making lots of taco soup for later that night, cleaning the house, and making sure our costumes were in order.  Shortly after we got home from school, Aunt Sjani and Uncle Ryan's family came.  We had a warm dinner and then got in our costumes for trick or treating!

And a whole new costume for Halloween night.  This one brings back memories of Carson...

Ready to go!

Trick-or-treating at the Bishop's

This little bug loved sitting at Emma's desk and drawing when we were done trick-or-treating.

I love our Frankenstein door!

Sjani and I took the kids around the big block while Dad and Uncle Ryan carved pumpkings (we hadn't ever gotten around to it).  We traded places with the dads and Sjani made baked doughnuts.  They weren't gone long before all the kids had petered out.  It didn't matter that they only went around a couple of blocks...their bags were full!  We enjoyed our doughnuts and apple cider before calling it a night.  Thank goodness for being able to sleep in the next morning!