Happy Halloween!

Each year it seems the kids, especially Dylan get more and more into the 'spirit' of Halloween! The anticipation begins at the end of September when we first see the orange and black in stores, then it's thinking of Halloween costumes and either making them or making the purchase! Brad is very much into Halloween and just loves it. If he could go all out every single year, trust me, he would! So it is fun to get the decor out and the spooky pumpkin and ghost strobe lights. We always wait until Halloween to turn them on but that is a long wait when you are 3 and 5!
The annual carving of our pumpkins is always a ton of fun. This year we decided to forgo our pumpkin carving kids and go for more creativity. Dylan told us what he had in mind and here is the finale! It was a fun family affair!

The ghosts and goblins were out tonight! And so was our little Lady Bug & Spiderman!

Dylan was SO excited for trick or treating this year. He was also VERY excited to dress up all day at school! We decided that he would wear his Cowboy costume from last year to school, this way Spiderman wouldn't get dirty or torn or something during the day. It seemed to work out great and Dylan didn't mind he was just excited to be in costume!
The pre-school parents were invited to his classroom that afternoon for their little 'haunting' and renactment of a special book put on by the pre-school teachers. It was very cute and Dylan was so excited to have his mommy there watching!

Here is a short video clip, it was just too cute not to share but it is having trouble uploading, darnit! These teachers are so amazing and the kids of course all were SO into it! Adorable! After the book renactment in his preschool room we headed to the gym for the all school Halloween parade. The costumes were very cool. There was some really awesome creativity in costumes. To say the kids were excited is a bit of an understatement!

 Danielle was also very excited for Halloween this year. Our sweet girl was totally wicked cute!!

Trick or treating was a ton of fun. Dylan the little festive guy he is, only wanted to trick or treat at houses that were totally decked out! So the houses that only had their front porch light on, but no decorations, yep, he wanted to skip those houses. We were happy the weather wasn't too cold, The kids were bundled up in their costumes, but not too many extra layers were needed, which was nice and made the evening more pleasant!

Our neighborhood is FULL of kids trick or treating on Halloween. Neighbors sitting outside with firepits in the driveway handing out candy. Some houses are very generous handing out cold adult beverages or hot chocolate for the parents! We made it around the Circle, hitting about every 4th house and got home just in time to hand out candy before it was too late. Halloween was a lot of fun this year for our Holub family!