Halloween

We had a great Halloween experience. Our family decision for insects all came from Rand's need to be a praying mantis. He wanted his dad to be a cricket that he could be eating while trick or treating. The rest of us were bee, butterfly for ward party and ant for trick or treating, and ladybug. We had a lot of fun experiences in our costumes. Each class had a fun party and parade. We had a neighborhood Halloween party carnival for the kids. We bobbed for apples, did hay rides, dropped spiders into pumpkins, swept pumpkins on a hill, tossed bean bags into pumpkin eyes, pinned the nose on the Jack -o-lantern. During the evening we got a babysitter and went to our old neighborhood dinner party which was Halloween themed. The costumes did not disappoint and neither did the food :) The weather was great for all events. On the actual Halloween night another neighbor had a huge party just before trick or treating and then off to bon fires in the driveways and getting our treats. One of our neighborhood families dressed as the blueman group and brought props to perform. It was fantastic!! Definitely a fun set of days. Can't wait for next year's ideas.