Halloween 2012

Our Halloween started off early with classroom costume parades. I had to get kids up, ready and off to school by 7:45 and then get me and Sawyer there by 8:10. Needless to say, Sawyer got a bum change and we were out the door with sippy cup and go-gurt in my purse. It was all good though.

The kids are dressed and ready for school.

A few fun shots before I sent them out the door.

All the kids during the costume parade at school.

After the parade, I came home and got myself and Sawyer ready for the day. My morning was interrupted by a phone call from Tyler. He usually only calls during the day if he has a question about the bank account, needs me to find a paper for him, or is calling to tell me he is being sent out on a business trip. This call however was neither of the above. He was asking me out on a lunch date.
Since I've been working at the farm so much on the weekends, our dates have become non-existent. So he remedied that with an unexpected little lunch outing. We lived it up with a trip to Costco followed by Chick-Fil-A. Yummy.
I had to hurry back to the school by 1:10 for Dawson's class party. I'm the room mom for his class so I kinda had to be there. Honestly, it's so much fun to be able to help out and make things extra special for the kids.

 We had 4 different stations the kids rotated around. The stations were, sugar cookie decorating, Halloween bingo, coffee filter pumpkins, and a capture the ghost game.
All the stations were run by parent volunteers and the were all a huge success.

And what did Sawyer do during the party?

He found a bin full of toys and entertained himself the whole time!

After the class party it was time to bring kids home from school and get homework done. Yes, I still made my kids read and do their spelling. Evil I know!
As part of usual Halloween tradition, Ty brought pizza home for dinner. Before we knew it, it was time to get Sawyer dressed in his costume and head out trick-or-treating. Because it was a school night most people seemed to start sending their kids out at about 6:00. My kiddos were eager to join them.

My little pirate is ready to go.

All my cute trick-or-treaters.

And 

How they really are.

Sawyer trick-o-treating at Natasha and Becky's houses.

Christian hooked him up with a peanut butter cup.

 I may or may not have stolen it from him.

 The kids lasted about till 7:30. I should say, Ty and Sawyer lasted till then. When Ty got home, I met up with Tara. She and I took the kids out till about 8:30. Then it was time to come home, stash the candy out of reach, head to bed and hope the kids go to sleep.

Happy Halloween from our house to yours!