Halloween basically started on Friday, with Maggie's party at school. I volunteered to help and spent the morning with her class. They had several different game/craft/snack centers and then later got to watch Monsters Inc. and eat a couple of their prizes from the morning. At the end of the day as is tradition at Lake Elmo Elementary, there was a Kindergarten parade around the school. The kids were of course super cute. Mrs. Sycks was the Gingerbread Girl from the book she is holding and had earlier read to the kids.
Maggie's class all dressed up.
Saturday we had the Cove party. We decided to have the party at a neutral location this year due to the sheer volume of people we now have. We held the party at a Davanni's, a local pizza joint that had a party room. We ate pizza, the kids did crafts, the men watched football...and no one had to clean up their house afterwards. It was lots of fun.
And that brings us to actual Halloween day...today. The girls were ready ALL day to get into their costumes, paint their faces and get trick-or-treating. Bella however was not as excited to get into her pumpkin costume. The hat didn't last long. : )
Daddy and the girls worked the neighborhood to the best of their ability and came back with full buckets. Maggie wasted no time and went right to work devouring as much candy as she could before we had to cut her off. Seriously...that girl has a sweet tooth. I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree huh? 
We got on Skype with grandma, grandpa, Auntie Callie, Auntie Sidney, Jakey and baby Evie so they could see the girls in their costumes. Pretty much it was me talking though as they were too busy stuffing their faces to speak. 
Then it was time for bed, and time to attempt to remove all the face paint. : ) All are in bed now, including Bella who is exhausted from an evening of barking at all the kids who came to the door. Until next year...
