The Martin's celebrated Halloween to the fullest this year! We crammed alot of fun into just a few days. Jacob was Luke Skywalker, Jenna and Marissa were cats, and Nicholas was a firefighter (who broke his collar bone rescuing his sister cats from a tree).
The festivities started at the library! Nicholas and Marissa went to a special Halloween storytime. They got to do a fun craft and parade around the library in their costumes. Here they are with Mrs. Miller.
Nicholas and his teacher, Miss Cathy
Then we were off to Nicholas' preschool parade. All of the kids paraded around the gym to show off their costumes. It was really cute. Afterwards, the parents went back to the classroom to hear some songs that the kids have learned this year. The next time you see Nicholas ask him to sing for you...the hand motions that go along with some of the songs are really cute. Then the kids stayed for a fun Halloween party and Tom and I left Good Shepherd.....
...and ran over to Steck to see Jacob and Jenna in their Halloween parade! Somehow Jacob escaped my camera. Then they were off to their classroom parties, too.
Tom and I typically don't dress up for Halloween, but this year we were invited to three Halloween parties. All required Halloween costumes, so we figured why not dress up?! I'm glad that we did. The kids got a real kick out of it and we had alot of fun. We were monkeys (no, not bears). The first party we went to was for the entire family so we all dressed up together!
Later, after dropping the kids off at home with a babysitter, we headed to my cousin Shannon's house. It was fun to see my family all dressed up. A few of my favorites....Cousin Joe dressed up as Colonel Sanders, Rick and Shannon as Elin and Tiger Woods, Cousin Michelle as the Jolly Green Giant, and Melissa and Rick went as white trash. It was hilarious. The picture speaks for itself, but in case you can't see, Melissa has an "I love Kmart" button on and her shirt says "Sorry Santa, I tried to be good, but I got bored". She had a cigarette behind her ear and a toothpick hanging out of her mouth. Both of them had a (make-up) hickey on their neck and Rick drew a big heart tattoo on his arm. They played the part well and had everyone laughing.
Even Harley dressed up as a banana split!
After Shannon's we headed over to the Bollow/Baka party. Had a great time here, too. Tons of good food and lots of laughs. Great costumes. I was the most clothed woman there. Tom and I had a fun night out together and got a kick out of party hopping like we were in college. We just might dress up again next year!
We didn't carve our pumpkins until Halloween day. We kept to simple, classic designs this year.
A bunch of the neighborhood kids came over for cupcakes and apple cider before heading out to go trick-or-treating. This has become an annual tradition at our home and my kids look forward to it every year. My mom used to do the same thing at her house when I was little. After having some sweets, we all headed out for tricks or treats. The weather was beautiful and it was nice that Marissa was able to keep up with the big kids this year. They all had a blast running from house to house and came home with TONS of candy...way too much!
Hope you had a spooky Halloween!
