We started the day with pumpkin pancakes and pumpkin cinnamon smoothies. Yum!
We did a special science study on all of the bones of the body, making these fun skeletons.
Carving pumpkins is always so much fun - until you stick your hand in and feel the SLIMY pumpkin insides. Wiggles in particular refused to lift a finger in that department. So funny! I always put off our carving until Halloween Day, so that the carved pumpkin is still fresh enough to use for baking and cooking - it seems such a waste to throw all that good squash away!
Each child designed and created their own, and I was so pleased with what they came up with!
Angel's kitty
Grins -ever the tease!
This year, the children decided to go dressed as characters from the kids movie "Hotel Transylvania". Wiggles was - you guessed it - Mummy.
I thought I wrapped those bandages nice and tight, but the poor dear had quite the costume fail! The bandages slowly worked their way loose and were dragging, first causing her to walk like a penguin (and creating great difficulty ascending stairs while trick or treating!), then finally dragging behind her like a tail. I wish I'd snapped a photo of how the costume looked at the end of the night...it was quite comical! She was such a little trooper!
Grins was "Johnny" or "Johnnystein" from the movie. He really enjoyed this role!
Angel was the whole mastermind behind the costumes. She was the one who selected the movie, planned out the characters, and convinced the rest of the family to see her vision. She went as Mavis, Dracula's daughter. Unfortunately, she had an emotional meltdown just before we left for trick-or-treating and didn't want her picture taken. She was disappointed because the black hairspray we'd purchased wasn't working, and she wanted a wig and was devastated that we couldn't run out and buy one. And, her fangs had a hard time fitting over her braces. Luckily, she let me snap one picture of her in the group: (The Mr. is Dracula, naturally. I was Frankenstein's wife, Fran, who is acting as photographer in this shot:)
After trick or treating with some friends, we went to another friend's house, where the multitude of children went downstairs and started a candy trading frenzy. I honestly believe the kids had far more fun trading than actually eating the candy. They kept counting, organizing, and trading with one another for a few days following Halloween, (until the Switch Witch finally came to collect their candy and leave books and toys in it's place...)
Organized Angel
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