Halloween 2012

Halloween 2012 was a success!  Or as Will proclaimed, "The BEST day of my LIFE!"  I'll just add in the "to date" for him, because if not, it's all downhill from here.  And he's only 5!

At the boys' school, the kindergartners are the only ones allowed to wear their costumes to school.  AND they have a parade throughout the entire school to show off their costume fabulousness!  You can imagine what a big deal this is!

 Here is our Ice Wolf Ninja (self-named) in full costume minus his ninja weapons

I was volunteering at the school's book fair that morning, so I got to enjoy the Halloween parade.

Will's teacher (left) and teacher's assistant (right) dressed up as nerds!

They were all so cute!

That afternoon, Jack and Will had their class parties!  I helped with Jack's party and it was an afternoon filled with yummy treats and lots of fun games.

Posing with the Skeleton!

One of the games was Dress the Teachers.  There was a huge box filled with costumes, wigs, and masks, and the kids took turns in teams dressing up the teachers.

I love this picture!  After the teacher was turned into a monster, she started attacking the children.  They loved it!  Well, maybe not the boy on the right, but everyone else thought it was hilarious!

Another fun game was the eyeball relay race.  I think the chocolate eyeball might have just fallen off Jack's spoon.

While Jack's class was having fun, I snuck outside to see how Will's Halloween party was going.

Will was at the pumpkin painting station, and was very serious about decorating his pumpkin.

We came home from school and rested up before it was time to go out into the neighborhood and score some candy!

The Ninja and the Scream monster (villian?).

This year, Jack was most interested in what kind of "fright factor" his costume would have.  The Scream villian won out due to the cool blood that he could make run down his face.  Jack was quite pleased that at one point during the night, he had scared a girl so much that he had to remove his mask so she could see his real face!

Our trick or treat crew.  The pumpkin monster is one of our good friends.  He LOVES Halloween!  Every year, he decorates his garage like a haunted house with all things spooky.  The kids love it!  They also host a Post Trick or Treat party which is a fun way to end the night!

Jack and Will came home with loaded down buckets.  Their favorite treat this year were the mini soda cans (Coke, Fanta Orange, Dr. Pepper) that one neighbor was giving out!  We are still working hard on eating up all the loot!