Halloween

We started off the Halloween season with a family trip to the pumpkin patch.  The kids were super-excited to meet up with all their cousins and immediately ran off together to get lost in the corn maze.  Thankfully, it was a short corn maze, and they all found their way back to us ... eventually, and on to the petting zoo and to choose pumpkins.  Here are some cute pictures from the day:

it only took 10 attempts to get one passable shot of all 6 kiddos

only a few less attempts to get this one

even more takes to get the whole fam in a shot - and Isaac still managed to ruin this one with a sour face

Isaac and Caitlin admiring their pumpkins

Showing off their Halloween-themed clothes

Isaac and Caitlin decided on designs for their pumpkins and then directed Daddy to do the carving.  When it came time to pull out the insides, they each put their hand in once, immediately pulled it back out screaming "eeewww gross", and refused to do it any longer. Wimps...

On the actual day, the kids couldn't have been more excited to put on their costumes and head to school.  Isaac was the Green Ninja from Ninjago and Caitlin was Doc McStuffins.

Bill and I made the Halloween party rounds at the kids' schools.  I started in Caitlin's class, and watched the adorable costume parade and each of the kids introduce their characters to Ms. Jean -the witch teacher who set up adorable activities all over the classroom where the kids could make treats and cool Halloween stuff.  Meanwhile Bill, Grandpa and Aunt Ray-Ray watched the parade at Isaac's school before joining me at Caitlin's school for the big party from 9-10, and then we all headed back to Isaac's school for his party from 10-11.

At Isaac's school, Ms. Adams was dressed up as a scarecrow and had her friend Mr. Bones hanging up on the board.  The kids joined her in an adorable song about a bat, and then made their way around the different stations she had set up with Halloween games and the buffet of treats.  Bill challenged Isaac to the beanbag toss, and Isaac beat him (seriously!)

Since trick-or-treating on our street wouldn't be very fruitful for the kids, we went to Isaac's friend Soren's neighborhood instead.  Soren was dressed up as Wonder Woman, and was very excited to have Isaac and Caitlin join her.  It had gotten pretty cold and windy, and Isaac was suffering from his annual Halloween bronchitis (we were hoping he had grown out of it, but apparently, that's not the case yet), so we had to bundle the kids and didn't want to stay out too long.  The moms and Aunt Ray-Ray took the kids out first, and once we got back, the dads and Grandpa took a run.

Let's just say the kids did alright.  We gave each one piece, and plan to confiscate the rest once they forget about it :)