5 for Friday Halloween Activities Wrap Up!

1.  We had some other Halloween activities sprinkled in the last few weeks as well!  With football season underway we're getting to see more of Jenny, Brett, Brayden and Bryce.  The kids have been having fun on the new swing in Grandad's front yard.  We also went to a neighborhood picnic and Tyler and Brayden got matching face paint pumpkins.

2.  More fall related then Halloween, but Timmy participated in the school's annual Walk for the Homeless this year.  He had heard about it on the morning announcements and asked if he could do it, and then specifically asked if Daddy could do it with him.  I'm very proud of him for asking to be a part of this.  I was there on official yearbook duty too.  Tim and Tyler did the first lap with Timmy, but Timmy was ready to run after that.  Everyone got to hang out with Foxy afterwards and then we had a little time on the playground.

3.  The Saturday before Halloween we had a busy day!  Timmy had soccer practice at 9 followed by his baseball game at noon, so to fill the time in-between we went to a nearby pumpkin patch with a haunted bus, hay bale slide, and moon bounces.  At baseball, Timmy's fans filled the bleachers with Grammy, Grandad, Susan, Riggins, Jenny, Brett, Brayden, Bryce, and Joe all coming to watch the game!  Uncle Joe came home with us to visit for a little and saw us off on our next adventure, going to a Haunted House!  Tyler was just SO into Halloween this year, he was watching Scooby Doo's, Goosebumps, and every Halloween special of our regular shows that he could find.  I knew he'd love the Haunted House.  For the price, we went through it a little faster then I would have liked, but I declined an invitation to go back with neighborhood friends during the evening, not child-friendly, times!

4.  On Halloween morning Timmy's class had Halloween based activities (Read: Not a Party) and I went in to help.  Bingo was definitely the highlight for Timmy, he got crazy excited when he was one away, but someone else got bingo first!  After bingo they rotated through several game stations.  The kids all had fun and I enjoyed getting to work with all of them in groups of four, I got to put more faces with names and see a little of their personalities.  I brought in Kettle Corn for the kids to have afterwards and they devoured it!  Timmy was excited, telling everyone that his Dad and Grandad made it.

5.  Thanks to a few years worth of hand-me-down's, Tyler had quite the Halloween shirt collection this year!  They didn't all fit perfectly, but as I mentioned, he was all about Halloween.  He also had two different costumes, which he alternated between each time we got to dress up.  (There was also a costumed birthday party for Tyler's buddy Dylan on the 1st, which Tyler was Wolverine for again, but by that time even I was pictured out!)  Tyler wore his Halloween shirts every couple of days all month, but I made sure that he wore them seven days straight for the week leading up to Halloween.  Timmy complained that he only had one Halloween shirt, so I guess my big boy isn't too cool for this kind of thing yet.  Luckily he had his Batman sweatshirt for Halloween too.  And I will do better for the Christmas season!