Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween!

WOW! What a fun day! It seems like we have had non-stop Halloween activities today and it has been a blast! We started the day at Mary Grace's Kindergarten Halloween party. The kids had so much fun decorating pumpkins, playing games, eating yummy snacks and collecting lots of treats. Then all of the students at Indian Lake headed out to the front of the school for the Halloween parade. The parade was fantastic!.. All of the students were dressed in their costumes... some had the most creative costumes I have ever seen. Mary Grace sported her hot pink Super Girl costume. Almost all of the children had parents, siblings, grandparents, and friends attend the parade. It was a great event for the school. I am amazed daily by the overwhelming parent support at Indian Lake. After the parade we headed home to get ready for the Pumpkin Festival at Moss Wright Park. After spending the first half of the day watching Mary Grace wear her costume, Carolyne was eager to get dressed up as her "nice" fairy witch. This was our 6th year to attend the Pumpkin Festival. We started the tradition when Mary Grace had just turned one year old and could barely walk down the trail in her little ladybug costume. The girls always have so much fun! We met up with our trick-or-treat crew... my brother and his family, my sister, and my parents. We were also happy to see Carleigh in her awesome vampire costume and Tucker dressed as the cool red Power Ranger. Check out the picture of the group and the amazing, creative costume worn by my niece, Kailey... she is the box of popcorn. She will be featured in a few of the area newspapers, so look for her sweet "popcorn" face in your upcoming paper. After a trip down the trick-or-treat trail, we headed to the bouncy slide and Smores roast. The girls really enjoyed roasting marshmellows by the fire and making a Smores treat. Afterwards we visited with my grandparents before supper. We finished off the night with our annual stop by Brody and Colby's house to top off our Halloween buckets with yummy treats. We were excited to see Brody dressed as Batman ready to greet us at the front door. This has been a great day! We are exhausted, but the girls have loved every minute! They are already talking about what they will be next year for Halloween.

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