Halloween Class Parties

I may not have been extremely busy in the days leading up to Halloween, but Halloween day was a whirlwind.

I started off the day by attending the THREE HOUR Kindergarten Halloween party. Cheryl and I had found out about this party that was supposed to be happening 2 days before Halloween and had to quickly throw it together. Entertaining 25 kids for 3 hours ain't no joke.

Sadie and Mr. Cohen:



There were 4 other girls in her class dressed up like cheerleaders too!



We read Halloween stories, sang Halloween songs, decorated cookies, ate treats, crafted, and played NUMEROUS games.





I then had a 2 hour break before heading back to school for the much more manageable (time wise) 1 hour and 15 minute 4th grade party.

They played Halloween Bingo, pin the face on the pumpkin, wrapped each other like mummy's, got to feel lots of gross stuff and guess what it was, and ate lots and lots of treats.





Man I feel lucky to be able to do these things with my kids.

Trunk-Or-Treat

Our Trunk - or - Treat was held the Tuesday before Halloween which I am a fan of. I enjoy having Halloween night reserved strictly for Trick - or- Treating.

Jackson and Megan spent lots of time with their friends:

While Sade spent lots of time with me:



After visiting all of the cars, she was also our official candy distributor. A job she loved:



Eric was late getting there, but managed to make an entrance:




Trunk - or - Treats are not quite like the good old days anymore when everyone participated, but it's still a good time.

Craig Ranch Park

I was somewhat skeptical about the Craig Ranch Park until we went and found out it is AWESOME! And so close by.

Pics from our first visit:



It's fun for the whole family.





I really love to swing, but they need to make those seats bigger. It is just plain uncomfortable.



Sade has been practicing every day at recess and now is an expert at the monkey bars:



I'm pretty sure these are for decoration and not for climbing on, but that didn't stop Eric, Megan and Jackson:



Everything about the park is great. But the slides are more than great. They are so much fun:








A slide video montage:

The park is huge and we were there for 3 1/2 hours! We were fortunate and went on a day when most other kids were in school so it wasn't busy. I really loved it.