Week before Halloween

Boy have we had a fun filled week! I don't remember Halloween being this eventful when I was growing up.

At the boys school they have their drug education week the week before halloween, and each day the kids got to dress funny. I didn't get my camera out for this, but they had lots of fun with it. They had Tacky Day, Backwards shirt day, Pajama day, Camouflage Day, and then today (Friday) they had to dress for their parade, which I will tell you about later.

On Wednesday Steven had to bring snacks to class, and since I was in the festive spirit, I made pumpkin muffins in the shape of pumpkins for snack. OOHH, they were so dang good.

Then Wednesday night was the ward Trunk or Treat! It was tons of fun, and I love that we get to go once a year.

Steven as obi wan kenobi
On Thursday morning Brandon and I got to go to a Halloween party where all the nursery age kids from church were invited. It was so much fun and such a creative party. He dressed as a cow for this party. When we got there, they decorated haunted houses that were made out of rice krispie treats. Then the kids went on a treasure hunt, and then ate lunch. Brandon loved the mummies he ate for lunch which were hot dogs wrapped in crossaint dough. Heather(the hostess) had such neat ideas for the food that were all very halloweeny.

On Thursday night Steven won his final football game, and the team walked away undefeated. To make things exciting the coaches let the boys spray them with silly string and colored hair spray after they won. The boys LOVED that.

Today (Friday) was Brooklet Elementary Schools annual Pumpkin Parade. They block off the main street of our little town, and parade the elementary school kids down it. Each class chooses a book that they have read, and then they dress as the characters for that book. It is lots of fun, and very exciting for the kids.

Principal and Assistant Principal
Jacob and friends dressed in pj's
Nathan dressed as a pig
Steven as a caveman
Steven acting like a caveman


After school today we went to an elderly home in Statesboro, where the boys went trick or treating to each door of the residence. We did this with some other families from church, and it was a good experience.

Tonight we finally got around to carving the pumpkins. They would have rotted had we done it any earlier anyway. The boys had a grand time, and now we are all set for the big day tomorrow. Even though the boys have already eaten and still have a huge stash of candy. What a sugary week!

Brandon got to use his pumpkin carving tools on an apple
When he got bored, he helped me get the seeds out to make pumpkin seeds.


More Updates Tomorrow. Happy Halloween!