We had a busy Halloween week.
Monday I took the girls to the children’s museum. It was a members’ only Halloween afternoon. Kids were supposed to come in costume, but I was too lazy and decided not to mention that aspect to the girls.
It was a great afternoon to be at the museum. There were very few children, so my girls only had to fight with each other for resources. J The other bonus was that teenagers walked around the museum handing out “treats.” The kids left with stuffed bears, pencils, and other goodies.
On Wednesday, we attended a “Trunk or Treat” and chili cook off at church. (Will someone tell me—does trunk or treat exist outside of churches?) We started with the trunk or treat—meaning kids going from parked car to park car collecting treats. I have no idea why they had treats before feeding the kids, but that’s the way it was. Madeleine handed out the candy at our car while Russ and I took the other girls around. We ran out of treats pretty quickly—maybe because Madeleine was too nice to tell the kids they couldn’t come back four and five times? It actually worked out well for us because we got in line early for the chili. Before long the line was HUGE. We ate quickly and vacated our table for others.
It was a great afternoon to be at the museum. There were very few children, so my girls only had to fight with each other for resources. J The other bonus was that teenagers walked around the museum handing out “treats.” The kids left with stuffed bears, pencils, and other goodies.
On Wednesday, we attended a “Trunk or Treat” and chili cook off at church. (Will someone tell me—does trunk or treat exist outside of churches?) We started with the trunk or treat—meaning kids going from parked car to park car collecting treats. I have no idea why they had treats before feeding the kids, but that’s the way it was. Madeleine handed out the candy at our car while Russ and I took the other girls around. We ran out of treats pretty quickly—maybe because Madeleine was too nice to tell the kids they couldn’t come back four and five times? It actually worked out well for us because we got in line early for the chili. Before long the line was HUGE. We ate quickly and vacated our table for others.
Halloween morning I volunteered for Elodie’s Halloween party. They didn’t really need me since there were about seven other parents there, but it was fun to see Elodie and the other kids in their element. The kids put on costumes and did a little parade around the school. (They were the only grade to parade that day.) The kids then “found” pumpkins hidden outside and finished with a treat in the classroom. And after all that? There were forty minutes left of school. The other parents and I sat around while the teacher entertained the kids with stories and songs until the kids FINALLY got to leave.
The girls were so excited when Halloween night rolled around. We ate dinner and then headed out while it was still light. The girls had a very funny pattern of trick-or-treating. They only wanted to visit houses with REALLY good decorations. They didn’t care about the candy; they only cared about checking out scary monsters and fog. Oh well, it made for an easy night for the parents.
4 comments:
I am particularly impressed with Madeleine's eyebrows.
Sounds like an action-packed week. It's going to be hard to live up to that for the next few weeks, eh?
Yeah, the black eyebrows were very difficult to remove.
The pictures are so fun. I love the makeup and I adore the angel wearing the rain boots!
Post a Comment