Halloween Happenings!

Halloween was a week long event at our house this year. It started with making slime which the girls played with for hours. Even baby brother got into it, not by choice of course. Next we made Halloween sugar cookies and took them to our friends. Then Trunk or Treating at the church on Wed., where the kids got lots of candy. This year Raquel was a cat, which she wanted to be ever since Natalya was one last year. Last year Natalya kept wiping her cat face off and so Raquel told me last year that she wanted to be a cat and she wouldn't wipe her make-up off. She was true to her word and was a very cute black cat. Natalya was a cute bumble bee and little Marcus was a banana. All of them looked so cute in their costumes and had fun trick or treating.

Raquel making our slime.

Playing with the slime.

Wearing the slime.

Decorating our Sugar cookies.

Getting ready to trunk or treat!

Meow!

Buzz!

Marcus our cute little banana

At trunk or treat Dad.

Mike dyed his hair blond for Halloween and dressed up as a beach bum.

We carved pumpkins with our neighbors. They are from Botswana and so had never carved one before. And like most first timers didn't want to touch the slimy insides. Later we Natalya, Marcus and I attended a Halloween party at Raquel's school where we spent the school day parading around town at local banks in costume, had a fun time dancing and singing in music , ate yummy treats and played on the play ground. Natalya had lots of fun following her big sister around all day being a big kid at school. Then later Friday evening I took the girls trick or treating at Oak Ln. which is where the on-campus sororities and fraternities live. They let the kids come trick or treating through the complex and have little fun crafts for the kids to do.

Carving pumpkins with our neighbors, Tom, Kaitlyn and Kathy.

It was the first time they had ever carved a pumpkin.

Our finished pumpkins.

Raquel at one of the local downtown banks singing her Halloween songs for the employees. It was freezing cold but well with it to see all the little kids in their costumes and hearing their songs.

Playing on the swings at recess.

Dancing to the music during music time.

We took the day off from Halloween fun Saturday, but we did go to the park and had fun playing on the play ground and in the leaves. Sunday we went to our friends house for dinner and treats. Halloween sure seems like a lot more work these days but I guess the kids get plenty of use of their costumes wearing them 3 to 4 times Halloween week. And they have so much fun its all worth the time and effort to see their smiling faces.