Halloween 6, H20... and.....

We have already had a fantastic Halloween Weekend...

and the trick or treating hasn't even begun.

I wasn't feeling Halloween this year.. we decorated a bit..

but not as we have in the past.

A few fake arms coming out of the ground, and headstones in the dirt..

enough to get a few kids spooked out.

Though the kids have had parties, and treats.. and have felt

the excitement of Halloween for weeks!

Tag went to a birthday party on Thursday, and got to wear his costume....

At his best girlfriends birthday party they bobbed for apples. and colored

pumpkins and ran and played in their costumes..

It was straight up old school, which the kids had so much fun!

He held onto his pumpkin the entire night....as a matter of fact, stuck it in his bed, and tried to sleep with it..

I vetoed that!

...

Friday morning, after we dropped Jackson off at school, Tag and I raced

to my sisters kids school.. where they are still allowed to have parties,

and celebrate Halloween with a parade..

{Jacks school is political and isn't allowed to celebrate any specific holiday, which I do NOT support.. whats wrong with saying Happy Halloween, and not Happy Fall...

lets just let the kids have fun.... I did manage to break the rules a little and took in some pumpkin shaped cookies for his class! }

Any who...

Morgan, my niece and Landon my nephew were dressed as bandits...

Morgan is on student council, so was first to walk the parade...

When the parade was done, sis and I went for coffee, and spent the morning, catching up and melting in the Arizona sun... 90 degrees still.. Ugh!

Right after school, I had the kitchen set up for our Pumpkin carving!

As to Jack's request...

After {I} was done de-gooing the inside of the pumpkins...

the kids carved....

Tag pretty much stabbed the pumpkin with the mini saw....

which, hey if that's his creativity I'm down!

Though I did have to step in and give him some help!

Jack did fantastic carving.. and was very proud of his outcome!

Jacks, Tags.. and Grandma's

Saturday, we went to run some {mom} errands at the mall.. erm....

they were very important...

Though to the kids surprise, there were Storm Troopers walking the mall,

in front of the Lego Store...

This is already Tag this morning...

Ready for Trick or Treating...

he only has 11 hours to wait... can we tell he is excited!

Big brother Jack is going as a football player... the least amount of dressing up as he will take!

As long has he has fun... Which I'm sure they will.

Tonight we have a neighborhood potluck party.. and then the candy begins!

And.. Note to self... Don't let the kids watch Halloween, 1 through how ever many their are...

I had 2 kids in my bed last night, freaked out because of Michael Meyers...

Yes, i was scared too, but we were all sitting together screaming and watching with our hands covering most of our eyes!

I will not do that again! Ever!

The music alone is scary enough!

This is random... but... I love that Tag sits like this...

with his little toes hooked together!