Halloween and Trick or Treating

We had tons of fun Halloween weekend this year!! We had parties at school on Friday, some friends over Saturday night, and then, Trick or Treating 2 different times on Sunday!! It was fun-filled!! In Mississippi, we were always told to wear costumes that were not too scary and kid friendly. They obviously do not go by those rules here in Vancouver :). On Friday, at school, all of the kids could dress up in whatever costume they wanted. They had a "haunted hallway" that Emma's class was a part of (she was dressed as a black cat, that's about as scary as we get in our household :). I went with Ty's class to the "haunted hallway" and it was SCARY!!! The teacher in charge of the hallway asked our teacher if we wanted the lights on or off, she said she didn't care, but looking back I think we should have gone with ON!! It was pitch black with a strobe light blinking, scary music, the kids were lining the hallway with scary masks and things were hanging down from the ceiling. 2 of the scariest masks were the scream face masks that had blood pumping through them--YUCK!! I had about 5 kindergarteners huddled around me crying and screaming as I am holding their hands and pushing them through. At the end of the hallway was a "dead" body hanging from the ceiling. By this point all of the kids are crying and saying they never want to do that again, and one of the little boys got a nose bleed from the excitement--TOTALLY different than the Fall Festivals we are used to attending :). At the end of the day though, both classes had great parties that were alot of fun. Emma's class decorated cupcakes, and Ty's class had several stations set up to make crafts, play games, and they sang songs for us at the end. Saturday night we had friends over and just grilled out, which was very fun and relaxing. On Sunday we went over to an area of town called Yaletown and trick or treated the shops there. It was a totally different experience, and the kids loved going from store to store. After a couple hours there, we headed home, warmed up, grabbed a quick snack, then set back out to the West End, which is where our school is located. There we trick or treated some homes and apartment buildings. People go way out here for Halloween. There was a row of houses and an apt building that had really decorated. The apt. building was made into a freak show/circus theme, and one of the houses had been made into a pirate ship. In all, inspite of the one scary event, we had a great time with friends this Halloween!

The Pirate Ship House.

Ty(one of the stations was painting your own face) and his friend Jake, both Batman!!

My handsome Batman.

My Beautiful Cat.

Emma's yummy decorated cupcake.

Tasting her work :)

Ty and Jake playing BINGO. This was Ty's favorite thing at the party!

Emma's Class.

Our decorated Pumpkins.

Ty's face says what he's thinking about the yucky inside of the pumpkin :)

Emma did great this year at helping carve her own pumpkin and cleaning it out!

Ty changed costumes for actual trick or treating, now he's Robin!!

Emma the black cat behind the pumpkins!

Waiting to cross the street to trick or treat the businesses.

Trick or Treating the businesses.

This is Luongo. Most of you probably don't have a clue who he is, but he's the goalie for the Vancouver Canucks! HUGE DEAL up here!! We noticed him out with his daughter and asked for a pic and he was happy to do it!! Ty was THRILLED!!

Off to trick or treating #2.

Ty, aka Robin.

Emma and super girl, aka Madeleine.

The whole west end trick or treating group :) Buzz: Carson, China Doll: Brooklynn, Robin: Ty, Black Cat: Emma, Super Girl: Madeleine, Zombie: Ashra, and Cooper (as himself :)