Trick or Treating in California

Despite not being able to be at home for Halloween, we managed to have a lot of fun trick or treating in California! We went to my aunt and uncle's neighborhood and had a lot of fun walking around where it was warm and sunny - instead of cold and rainy in Virginia!

A power ranger, butterfly, witch and Aidan had a great time collecting candy!

Happy Halloween 2018

We had a gerat Halloween. The weather was absolutely perfect and even though it was in the middle of the week, the kids had a great time tick-or-treating. This year we had an astronaut, a narwhal and Thing 1 - Aidan declined to dress up. Finley and Emmy went trick-or-treating together this year- they are getting so old! 

Kindergarten Halloween Party

 Declan's class had a great party before the Halloween Parade today. It was very organized - they made crafts at four different stations and got their costumes on and got ready for the parade. We even managed to get them all into the courtyard for a class photo!

Jamestown Halloween Parade

 It was a beautiful day for the Halloween parade at Jamestown!  All of the kids had a great time and we were so lucky that the day was is gorgeous!

Halloween 2017

 The weather here in Virginia was PERFECT this year on Halloween!! One of these years we aren't going to get so lucky!  The only downside was that it was a school night but we still had fun and got a good bit of candy.  Aidan wasn't feeling well and stayed home with Brendan to hand out candy and Declan only made it about 20 minutes before he was finished with the whole thing.  The girls and I walked around with the neighborhood crew and had a great time!!

Halloween at School

 Halloween is always a great day at school!!  The classes have parties, there is a parade and no work gets done at all!  The 5th grade has their own grade-wide party in the cafeteria after the parade and I was in charge of the photobooth - they were all so adorable!
Declan dressed up as a knight and finally enjoyed having a costume on at Halloween.  Aoife dressed up as Hermione - along with half of the girls in the 3rd grade!  Emmy dressed up as milk and her two good friends were cookies.  I love a good group costume!! 
The weather couldn't have been better and the kids had a great time parading around the neighborhood - even the Montessori kids got to be in the parade!!!

Pumpkin Carving

 One of the hardest things for me is getting these pre-holiday things into my schedule. I'm not really great - yet - at making sure all of these little things get done. It was so great to come home from work today to see Gramma and Daddy Jim carving pumpkins with the kids!!! All of my mom guilt about this - relieved!!!  It's so awesome to have them so close!!

Halloween 2016

 Halloween was a beautiful night this year!  Too bad it was a Monday night - it would have been more fun if we didn't have school the next day!  Aidan was zombie Trump, Emmy was a bucket of popcorn, Aoife was a phone and Declan was a gold Power Ranger.  Everyone was very happy with their costumes although Declan was a little freaked out by Aidan's makeup!!
Both Emmy and Aidan decided to Trick or Treat with friends this year so we only had Declan and Aoife to walk around with.  We joined up with the Parishes and had a fun time!

Halloween at School

 Declan's school celebrated Halloween with a special snacktime and a costume parade around the entire school block!  This year was MUCH more successful than last year's Halloween.  Declan was happy to put on his costume (a gold Power Ranger) and enjoyed the entire day!!  Brendan met us along the parade and Declan was so happy to see him!