I love all holidays. Halloween included. So does Emily. She talked about it for weeks leading up to it and we even had to make a little countdown ring thing that she could tear off everyday and see it getting closer. I don't like to waste money on a costume that is only going to get wear out of it once but I'm lucky that my daughter loves to play dress up so I know it won't go to waste.
We kicked off our Halloween at Emily's preschool. My mother was nice enough to stay home with Jack so that I could give Emily my undivided attention for a few hours, and undivided attention is heard to come by these days. Emily loved having me all to herself all morning long. They dressed up in their costumes and had a parade around the school. I was for sure that Emily would not participate in it because she can be a little stinker about those things sometimes but she was great. She marched and waved to everyone and had a great time. Then we went inside for some fun Halloween activities, games, and songs. Then we had a party with lots of yummy food and treats. The kids had a wonderful time and were definetly pooped out by noon. Emily decided a long time ago that she wanted to be a witch so I found a really cute costume and she wore that for her parade and class party.
Some kids in her class
That evening we went over to my parents house and carved our pumpkins. Jack and my pumpkins were those stick in Mr. Potato head pieces. That was fun because it was easy and wasn't messy at all. Emily went for the silly face and Matt went for the bat. Matt actually ended up doing most of the work on both of them because Emily refused to stick her hands in the gooey stuff in the pumpkin. She thought that was absolutely disgusting.
The finished products
Then my sister and family came over, we had dinner, and got the kids dressed to go trick or treating. Emily decided a few days before Halloween that she REALLY wanted to be a rock star. She has this guitar that we got her almost a year ago that she has taken a liking too. It has a couple of songs on it that she likes to sing and it is hilarious. She doesn't really know the words so the song comes out how she hears it and it is FUNNY. The day before Halloween I went over to Party City and I thought if I could find a cheap rockstar costume I would get it and they had this one for $5. Can't get much cheaper than that. Jack was Mickey Mouse. He loves Mickey Mouse and Disneyland so I thought this would be perfect for him this year. My sister had the costume from when Blake was this age so I thought it would be perfect. He was a little too big for the costume and uncomfortable the whole time. He looked cute when he kept the ears up and smiled but I couldn't really capture it in a picture. They both enjoyed walking up to the door and saying Trick or Treat and getting their candy. After they would give Emily her candy, she would say, "Thank you and Happy Halloween." If they asked her to play a song, she would sing and play the whole thing for them. It was very cute. We had a great night but the kids were beat after a long day of fun and candy.
The kids before going out trick or treating
2 comments:
That's one chunky Mickey Mouse...I love it. I don't see why he'd be uncomfortable at all...don't we all like to squeeze into clothes too small when we play dress up? :)
very cute!!! your little rock star is adorable!
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