A Friendly Halloween Night

Halloween is one of those nights that is best spent with friends.

The more the merrier seems to be the motto when walking from door to door collecting candy.

So tonight we invited two of our favorite families to go trick or treating with us.

The Tong Family and the Burkett's...

We walked from door to door, but had to stop and take a picture when we got to Kip's house...

Then we continued around the block until the bags were full...

and the kids were tired.

We walked home, at some candy and said goodbye to our friends.

Then once the sugar rush wore off, the kids were off to la la land with their dreams of what they would be for Halloween 2012.

Party Time with the Big Kids

After spending the morning with Sophia's class, I then moved on to Lily's class for the afternoon party.

But first I had to attend the Pep Rally...

Where Lily and the cheerleaders were going to perform once again...

Just like on Saturday, Lily once again had a blast...

All that cheerleading really worked up an appetite.
Good thing we had PLENTY of treats to satisfy her...

And the rest of the kids...

After eating and playing a little pumpkin bowling, we discovered that we had enough paper to split the kids in groups and wrap them like mummies...

In the thirty minutes that they had to party, the kindergarteners made the most of it.

And enjoyed every last second.

Halloween, Halloween, Trick or Treat

I have been prepping this party since September, so I was unbelievably happy when October 31st finally came.

Today thirty-seven little kiddos were going to party, eat treats and be just a little bit spoiled...

Did I say just a little bit spoiled?
What I meant to say was they were going to be spoiled rotten.
Starting with these precious trick or treat bags that my wonderful mom made for each child.
(if you are keeping count, that is a total of 37 bags).
This one was for the boys...

This was for the girls...

All the preschoolers began showing up in their best Halloween disguises...

I couldn't get enough of my seriously spooky Sissy spider...

The kiddos went through their morning routine.
Very quickly...

They did a mini performance of "Witches Brew" which is one of my absolute favorites...

Then they grabbed their extra special treat bags and went to each classroom where all of the big kids oohed and aahed over these little characters...

One final group picture...

For a snack, they made witches hat cookies.
Their craft was to make those ghost popcorn bags I made for Lily's class...

The snacked while they stuffed their bags...

and then showed off their creations to one another...

As to not overwhelm the kids, their party was going to be split up throughout the day.

After lunch and naps, they were going to munch on all of the treats the parents made.

I am not sure how the second part is going to go, but part one was a definite success!