Trunk AND Trick or Treat

 
Friday before Halloween was the parade and parties down at the school. I only saw Michael at the parade (the mummy) and I only got to attend Hannah's party (the table with the "brain"). That night was also the Trunk or Treat at church. All the candy (except their five favorites) got handed out the next day at home. Mike passed out candy and I took the kids-Rachel went with us to the neighbors in the cul-de-sac (she only fell once)and then stayed home with Mike. The other kids got tuckered out pretty soon after but they got a lot of candy none the less. I think Hannah could have gone on if she had someone to go with-maybe next year we'll find her a group of older kids to go with.

Cessna's Halloween Carnival

 

We had never been to the Cessna Employee's Club Halloween Carnival before, so we thought we'd give it a try this year. We couldn't seem to get our chores done in a timely manner that day, so we ended up only being able to go to the last hour. It was a lot of fun for the kids. Plenty to do: there was a gymnasium with all the usual games lining the walls-bean bag toss, fishing pond, pop the balloon with a dart, ring toss. They all enjoyed those; the older kids because of the challenge, the younger kids because you won a prize no matter what. (we've finally been able to get rid of all of those dumb little prizes like chinese yo-yo's, spider rings, and those mazes where you try to get the little beebee to roll into the hole. There were inflatables in the middle-their favorite was this one with the balloons flying all around inside. Rachel was too little, so she contented herself with peering in the window. As the carnival ended our fun was just beginning...They begged us to play on the playground outside and they had just as much fun and played just as long out there as they had inside. Go figure.