Our first party of the week was the Trunk or Treat at the church. As soon as the kids got off the bus that day, they insisted we decorate our trunk. They did a pretty spooky job of it!
As we entered the church for the party, 4 fourth-graders called out, "ASPEN!!!". Apparently, they were Aspen's "big buddies" at school. They come once a month, I think, to spend time with the Kindergartener's and help them with a craft. They were so excited to see Aspen and she was equally thrilled to see them. They asked me if they could take her with them for the rest of the night. I thought for a split second of the luxury of one less kid to take care of (Enoch was home with Jordan) and immediately responded, "Of course!" Then, we met up with Brent and our cousins. Brent offered to take Kyler and Ryden while I manned the treat-giving by the trunk. There I sat, with no kids to take care of. It was so fun!! And, best of all, they had a blast, too!
The next day, Ryden had a great party at Joy School. He and the other kids had practiced some fun Halloween songs. Check them out!And for refreshments, they made us homemade Halloween cookies. Sunny did an awesome job of pulling it all off!!
On Friday morning, we headed to the school for a school parade of costumes. Kyler went as an astronaut.
Then, later that afternoon, we headed back for Aspen's kindergarten parade. Per tradition, she was a princess yet again! I helped with her school party, which was so much fun. Here's a funny story, though. The morning class was supposed to join in the all-school parade that Kyler was in. Since Aspen's best friend was in that class, we were waiting for them to come in. But, they never came. I asked her teacher that afternoon what had happened. It turns out that a teacher dressed as a 9 foot alien had come by and a few of the kindergarteners had gotten scared. As Mrs. Kline tried to console them, the parade started moving, with the alien right in front of them. She was bending over, explaining it was a costume, etc. Not, being able to see around the alien, and wanting to stay focused on the kids, she just followed the gown of the alien. 15 minutes later she realized that she had just followed this teacher around the school. He wasn't part of the parade and had gone nowhere near the parade route. By the time they figured it out, it was too late!! Of course, the parents of that class were disappointed when their kids never showed up, but they had a good photo op later in the room! It made for a good laugh later, though!
Finally, on Halloween night, Grandpa Hicken, Brent, Sunny, Talon and Sierra came over for trick-or-treating, soup in a pumpkin (YUMMY!!...Sunny made it) and games. We had such a fun time trick-or-treating. I will tell you, I don't think there's any chance Sierra will ever be fed peanuts when my kids are around. As soon as someone would open the door, they'd yell out, "She's allergic to peanuts!" The poor, unsuspecting people. They'd feel so bad if they couldn't find anything in their buckets without nuts. It took about 12 houses, but the kids finally understood that they really didn't need to say anything. Sierra could give all her nutty candies to her dad, later. (a perk he actually looks forward to, I think)
Another funny moment of the night happened with Sierra (my neice). The other kids had already run up the steps to our neighbors house. Sierra and I were running up behind. Somehow, she didn't see the foot-high step leading to the door. She hit it and feel flat on her face. Her bucket fell and her candy spilled into the bushes. Sad, you'd think, and it was. But, Sierra just jumped up and cried out, "Trick-or-treat" as fast as she could. Meanwhile, I picked candy out of the bush and brushed her off. The funny part came about 10 houses later when we came to another house with a high step. She went to the door, got her candy, and came back to Brent and I, exclaiming proudly, "See? I didn't lose any candy at this house!" Brent (who hadn't been with us at the first house) was a bit confused until we filled him in!
Once the trick-or-treating started dying down, we came home, put the kids down and played a hillarious game of Mad Gab. It was so much fun just staying up late and playing games.
We hope you all had a great Halloween!!
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