Halloween '09

Is there anything better than Halloween for a kid? Maybe their birthday and Christmas, but not much else. Halloween is pretty hard to beat. Adam and Matt were anxiously counting down the days until Saturday. It was all very exciting but boy, was it a busy week. The beginning of the week I was busy helping Adam's class, teaching piano, going to Liberal for Adam's appt., finishing up the Primary Program (at the library since our hard drive and printer are kaput but that's another story), going to a luncheon and visiting teaching (and that's what I can still remember). The second half of the week was dedicated to Halloween activities---and there were a bunch. Friday morning I helped Matt's preschool class with their party. Then went straight to the church to set up the Primary's activity for the ward party. From there we went to Adam's school to help with his class party. We got home and had a message from the library saying that Adam had won a pumpkin. So we raced over to pick it up. Ate a quick dinner and went to the ward's party and trunk-or-treat. Saturday was a bit calmer. We took the boys to see "Astroboy". We hadn't been to a movie in a few months, so they enjoyed that. Their Grandma had sent them some McDonald Dollars, so we went there for dinner. By that time, they were more than ready to start trick-or-treating. We left the house about 6:45 and were out 'til 9:00. They had SO much fun. The first hour they ran from house to house. The weather was great. We didn't even need jackets. We just went around our neighborhood and didn't have to drive anywhere. It was great. Most of houses were participating. One of them had set up a haunted house. It was sooooo good! We went twice.

Here's Matt's preschool class. He's kneeling, first one on left.

Here's Adam during his school's Halloween parade.

Matt was GI Joe. Getting him to cooperate for a picture is like trying to get a donkey to cooperate. I finally told him he could act tough and didn't have to smile. Whew, what a lesson in patience.

Adam is Dan from Bakugan (Japanese anime). Don't tell him I put this picture up. He, on the other hand, loves to take pictures and will ham it up.

YEAH, WE'RE TOUGH!!

Checking out their stash! Notice Adam's pile is larger--Matt gave him everything he didn't like. There is a dentist in town that is buying Halloween candy for $1/lb. The boys picked out what they don't like and we're going to take it in tomorrow, so they can earn a little money. The dentist is then sending the candy to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.