On our way home from church tonight, I noticed a neighbor's Christmas tree shining through their front window. For a split second, I felt silly as we pulled into our driveway and were greeted by our scarecrows and mums. Then, I snapped back to reality, because we haven't gotten to Thanksgiving, yet! It's okay to have our scarecrows and mums out, and our turkey hanging by the front door! I'm happy my kids are learning about Thanksgiving and pilgrims and Native Americans at school. And I know we're already two weeks past Halloween and I really should have posted on it closer to the actual event, but I didn't want to just neglect to post those pics even though the neighbors (and the big box retailers!) are trying to force us into the Christmas season early.
Sooooo...
We had a GREAT Halloween season this year! The kids were quick to choose their costumes this year picking non-purchaseable items, so I had to develop a plan to create a walking cheetah and a walking grape popsicle! I was pretty pleased with the outcome:
There was of course pumpkin-carving,
and fun events at school involving crazy socks,
and pumpkin-painting at the neighbors,
and face-painting!
We also enjoyed a night at the school/parish Halloween party that featured games for the kids and trunk or treat in the school parking lot, so I've been a little overloaded on Halloween candy since these lucky kids got to go THREE times (campgrounds in Harbor Beach, school and around our neighborhood).
There, now that that's taken care of...let us continue with our fall celebration and prep for THANKSGIVING! Sam has a school program coming up, so my next costume creation will be a Native American!
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