I love kicking off the holiday season with Halloween. The costumes, pumpkin carving, and trick or treating are a lot of fun with little ones. Carrington is at the age where she is really getting into celebrations of any kind and Grayson is starting to understand a little of what's going on too.
We carved pumpkins the night before Halloween. I couldn't get Grayson or Carrington to clean out the pumpkin guts. Carrington said, "no way! I'm not touching that stuff" and Grayson said, "icky". (My kids don't like getting their hands dirty). I did the dirty work, the kids were the artist and told us what face they wanted, and Aaron did the carving.
Observing.
Artist at work
pointing out the finished product
i love that they are both puffing their cheeks while using the cookie cutters
halloween themed pancakes
Carrington's preschool class had a small party during snack time. I signed up to bring a snack with a couple other moms. It was the first time I've been in her class and seen what she does while there. The kids are so cute and I can telling she loves going. She has two wonderful teachers that truly love being with the kids each week (one is a Clemson grad so she gets extra points from Aaron). Carrington wore her costume to school and went by the name "Lucy" for the day. She got the biggest kick out of that.
circle time
group picture with preschoolers, haha!
snack time
listening to a story
Halloween afternoon we got dressed in our Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus and Rerun costumes (I got out of dressing up for another year). The theme was picked a few months ago when Grayson started carrying around his blanket and sucking his thumb at the same time so we nicknamed him "Linus". It turned out great and Aaron went the extra mile with his paper mache head. He gets best adult costume!
Our neighborhood had the 2nd Annual Potluck and Trick or Treat Hayride. We all eat together in the driveway of a neighbors house, and then load the kids in the hayride trailer and take off trick or treating around the neighborhood. It is so much fun to get all the kids together and they love trick or treating as a group. There was a haunted porch at the end of the hayride this year. A lot of the little kids were scared but the adults got a big kick out of it.
Linus, Charlie Brown, and Lucy
The gang with Rerun
All the kids with one awesome dad taking part in the fun!
Trick or Treat Hayride
Taking stock of their candy and watching It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
A treat to end the night...
