I took pictures of all the kids with their pumpkins the next morning, which also happened to be Weird Hair Day for the girls' school.
Their school also had two Halloween parades, but their parades were on different days, and Wednesday was Kamrin's day to dress up! She planned all month to be a Chinese princess for Halloween; we ordered her a fan over the internet and everything. However, she didn't want to wear her dress to school because she was afraid it would get dirty so she dressed up like a kitty, which Savannah was last year. After seeing herself as a cat she changed her mind and decided she wanted to be a cat for all the other days of dress up for Halloween as well! I must admit I'm glad; she made such a cute kitty!
Their school also had two Halloween parades, but their parades were on different days, and Wednesday was Kamrin's day to dress up! She planned all month to be a Chinese princess for Halloween; we ordered her a fan over the internet and everything. However, she didn't want to wear her dress to school because she was afraid it would get dirty so she dressed up like a kitty, which Savannah was last year. After seeing herself as a cat she changed her mind and decided she wanted to be a cat for all the other days of dress up for Halloween as well! I must admit I'm glad; she made such a cute kitty!
For Kamrin's Halloween parade, Jillie dressed up as well and walked with Kamrin around the school. Later, when I asked her if she had fun, she told me, "Scawy... Kamwin held my hand." :)
The next day was Savannah's parade & party, and she was such a cute cheerleader for it!
The next day was Savannah's parade & party, and she was such a cute cheerleader for it!
She loved to wave her pompoms around and cheer for everyone as they walked by her.
After the parade was her class party which I helped with. It was fun to see Nan there with all her classmates, she seemed like such a big girl!
Yesterday was the Melaleuca Trick-or-Treat day. For those of you who don't know, whenever Melaleuca celebrates an event they go all out, and Halloween is no different. Each department of Melaleuca chooses a theme and decks their cubicles and hallways out to represent that theme. Most of the people that work there dress up and there's candy being handed out every way you turn. The route for the trick-or-treaters to follow is pretty long and covers 2 floors so when you enter in the door there's a line of blue tape and monster feet that shows the kids where to go. They just need to follow that line and it will lead them from spot to spot. The kids and I had a blast going through it, and we were so glad that Kortnee and her kids, Kortnee's sisters-in-law, and Dave & Emily Z. and their kids were able to join us!
So this year the department Jeremiah works in chose to do Dr. Seuss and it was so cool. When you entered their department you entered WhoVille and were welcomed by a gorgeous Christmas tree and a house-lined hallway.
So this year the department Jeremiah works in chose to do Dr. Seuss and it was so cool. When you entered their department you entered WhoVille and were welcomed by a gorgeous Christmas tree and a house-lined hallway.
You followed the "street" into the cave of the Grinch, which had green moss hanging from the ceiling, green lights, and more Christmas trees and presents.
You left the Grinch's cave to enter into a jungle where you met Horton, played by my awesome hubby. Jer got the elephant head from a friend and created the rest of the costume himself, using mostly safety pins and spray paint!
Finally, you entered into a little "house" where the Cat in the Hat was waiting. He looked really great.
There were some other pretty cool departments, but in my opinion Jer's was the best (I promise I'm not being bias!)
There were some other pretty cool departments, but in my opinion Jer's was the best (I promise I'm not being bias!)
That brings us to today. We had such a great day as a family, just enjoying the fall weather and taking it easy all morning. In the early afternoon we dressed the kids up and headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Nelson's house.
There were several aunts and uncles there as well and it was so great to see everybody. Then we headed out trick-or-treating. This was the first year the girls really had a chance to go door to door and they had so much fun. Our neighborhood is pretty great for trick-or-treating because about every 1/3 house belongs to our church so we recognized most of the other trick-0r-treaters that were walking around. The girls came away with full buckets and empty stomachs. After trick-or-treating we headed back home for a spooky dinner: bat wings (BBQ wings), mummies (idea from Kambria: crescent wrapped hot dogs...I cut my crescent dough into long strips and the girls helped me wrap the dogs...fun and cool!), eyeballs (peeled grapes), and rotten egg witch's brew (root beer with a little eggnog added...quit gagging, it really is pretty good!).
Jaxon seemed unaware of anything different going on, he was just excited to keep finding candy on the floor thanks to Jillian! I didn't get a good chance to take pictures of him in his off-season football costume until he fell asleep but he sure looked adorable!
Such a great time of year, I hope everyone else had a blast!
