Happy Halloween!

We have had a wonderful Halloween week! We started out with the annual Witches' Story Time at the library. The witches were fantastic and the kids loved it. 

I had to help with the event and Greg was helping my dad take down deer camp, so my awesome aunt and cousins brought Garrett and Abby. Doesn't Kami look great all dressed up?

We headed to Paula's after for the annual Halloween party. They held it on Saturday this year so Kami and Kyle could come. My pictures aren't great, but the kids loved the treats, games, fish pond, and homemade root beer. The chili and cinnamon twists weren't bad, either. 

Garrett was helping serve root beer and asked, "Would you like some clouds in it?" We all got a good chuckle at that one.

We met our friends Lisa and Camden at Gardner Village on Monday to check out the witches. We went last year and had such a great time we decided to make it an annual event. Garrett was so proud of himself when he was able to ring the big bell all by himself.

I took pictures of all the witches last year, but this is the only one I got this year. I was too busy chasing the kids to get any decent photos, but oh well.

Grandma Jan, Gini, and Owen joined us in the afternoon. We attempted to get a picture with Grandma Jan and the kids.

We had an early trick-or-treating night at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We love the McRae's across the street and visited them first. Willy was worried we were going to embarrass him by taking the kids around the entire neighborhood, but we managed to contain it to just the two houses. He was quite relieved.

Halloween Day was great! We had lunch at the BK Lounge (Wellsville Burger King) with the crew and then I took the kids into town. We saw the fire truck and trick-or-treated with the firemen at the mall and then headed over to Kelly Services. I am employed as a substitute teacher through them and they were having a Halloween party for employees and their families. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was awesome! They had games, prizes, treats, and a really fun spook alley. The kids loved it! We went to Em's and changed into our costumes and then headed to Lee's Marketplace for more fun and another spook alley. Greg was home from work by then, so we came home and hit the town! The kids loved trick-or-treating and insisted on walking and did not want to ride in the car. We finished up the night with the Jazz game and Jack-o-lantern pizzas at Grandma and Grandpa's house and then came home to put some very sleepy kids to bed. Their little buckets were spilling over by the end of the night and they went to bed with full tummies, so I would say it was a smashing success!

Garrett saw this pirate hat at Gardner Village and decided he wanted to be a pirate skeleton. We added a few cheap accessories to his skeleton costume and it worked out great. He was so thrilled with it and the highlight was the clip-on earring he borrowed from Gracie and insisted on wearing. "Boy pirates wear earrings, Mom. They have to." How could I argue with that?

You may notice this is Abby's fourth costume this Halloween season. She has been a pumpkin, fairy, princess, and a ladybug. My sister bought this costume for $3 off a facebook friend and Abby fell in love! It didn't fit any of Em's girls this year, so Em told Abby to have at it and she was quite smitten with herself. The pirate sword is nice touch, don't you think?

We wanted a cousin picture with Ella included and this is the best we could get.

Happy Halloween to all and to all a good night!