Halloween Festivities

This year we took full advantage of our costumes and since the kids like getting dressed up they had a lot of fun!

We started the week off going to Chickfila at the mall in our costumes on Monday night and meeting some friends for dinner. The kids got a free kids meal for wearing their costume. Had to get a picture with the cow. Here are our Fancy Nancy, Buzz Lightyear and our friend Josiah dressed up like a cowboy. It was fun because some people were saying, "Look, it's Buzz and Woody!"
Then on Thursday night we took our Lady Bug, Fancy Nancy, and Buzz Lightyear to a festival at the Y where they got to play games and win candy and jump in a bouncy house. Admission was canned goods.

Friday morning we took the kids to IHOP for the free "spooky" face pancake. They put the whip cream and strawberry and then gave the kids candy corn and a couple of oreos to use to decorate it. Yummy!
Friday afternoon after naps I took the kids downtown in their costumes to trick-or-treat at the different businesses. This was a lot of fun - there are pictures of this in the slide show down below.

On Saturday morning we met Laura Leigh and Josiah and Micah at Lowes Food where the kids got to decorate their own pumpkin for free and also got a pumpkin cookie and a bag of popcorn. It was kind of funny because at first I was a little sad that we had not made it to a pumpkin patch this year, but then I thought about it and the kids got to do a hay maze, ride on a hayride, play in dried corn and pick out a pumpkin - just at different places.

On Sunday before we left to go trick-or-treating our friend Jamie came over to see the kids in their costumes and give them their first candy of the night.

While she was there she took a family shot of us.

Our friends Jonathan and Laura Leigh were so sweet and invited us to come trick-or-treating with them in their neighborhood. This was the first year the kids went trick-or-treating. Before we left the house we were asking the kids what they say when they go up to a door and Davis said, "Christmas treating" - so cute :) Here the kids are at their first house. We had a pumpkin, lady bug, Buzz Lightyear, cowboy and Fancy Nancy.

Micah the pumpkin

All ready for some candy

The kids did really well and walked or took turns in the wagon.
Below are some more pictures in the slide show. Enjoy!