Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! It feels like this holiday has been dragged out for many, many days so I'm a little relieved to have it wrap up even though it is one of my favorite holidays.

Since the zombie costume was too bloody and inappropriate, Leo embraced his other dark side and went as Darth Vader.  Shortly after class started, the kids headed out for the parade.

Conveniently, we walked right by the speech therapist's office so Serafina could go into her session.

Leo continued on to the parade.

Waiting for his turn to march.

Making the rounds.

The kindergartens when first so they sat and watched all the other classes parade by.  

The principal was the master of ceremonies and dressed like Cinderella, of course.  

There were a lot of great costumes by the older kids.

Sumo wrestler.

Awesome homemade box robot.

Ostrich rider?

There were a lot of Minions, but I liked this one best.

I fetched Serafina from speech while the parade was still going on.  The kids reached out to touch each other because they really love each other even though they are almost always at the other's throat.

Shark.

Lovely carrot girl.

I'm can't decide which is my favorite... R2D2...

Or Kip from "Napoleon Dynamite".  

After the parade, we went back to the classroom for a pictures and a party.

Posing for a class picture.

Serafina was lucky enough to join the party.

I made a batch of pumpkin snicker doodle cookies.  They were a huge hit with the kids and parents.  I was happy with how they turned out.

After school, we carved pumpkins.  Daddy is usually involved in this process but we didn't get a chance to do it before today, so he had to miss it.  The kids let me know that daddy was better at it, but I was doing an acceptable job.

Serafina's pumpkin

Leo's pumpkin

After dinner, it was time for the zombie to return.  Since Leo had more than one costume, Serafina needed a second costume too.  Today she was the butterfly.  Her hair had nothing to do with butterflies; I just thought it looked kinda funny and she let me do it.

They came to our door to trick-or-treat and I didn't give them any candy until they smiled for a picture. Our neighbor Colleen is in the police uniform with some school friends, including a pretty awesome Oopma Loompa.

The kids returned with quite a loot, including giant pixie sticks.  They are leaving most of it out for the Halloween Fairy who will replace it with a toy.

Shew.  It's been a fun Halloween but I'm ready for it to be over.