Halloween Fun

Well, Halloween came and went. The children had a very busy and fun filled week.

Caylie’s preschool hosted a Daddy-daughter pumpkin carving evening. Caylie proudly escorted her Daddy to the school, showed him her classroom, introduced him to her teachers, and instructed him to carve her a unicorn on her pumpkin. They came home with smiles and an expertly carved unicorn pumpkin, so all must have gone well.

Caylie’s preschool also hosted a Halloween party during class. I volunteered to help kids make a centrepiece craft, and there were loads of “stations” for kids to participate in Halloween activities. Caylie was feeling a little timid that day, but she gamely tried out all the activities. She was not a fan of the haunted house air-filled balloon tent (like a bouncy castle but not bouncy). There were creepy noises, scary decorations, and it was a dark and confusing maze. Caylie wanted to leave and go home at that point, but afterwards she was proudly telling anyone who would listen how she went in the scary haunted house and how much fun the party was.
Then Madison and Kai had costume day at school where they wore their outfits, had a parade, did a performance at the assembly, and had a special Halloween-inspired lunch provided by the school.

Our family was invited to a costume party in Kelowna with spooky snacks, crafts, music and fun. This was all outdoors, so I layered us up and we made our way north. Rob and Mel were entertaining their guests on their beautifully renovated deck/patio, and the kids had a blast! There was hot cider, pumpkin soup, finger munchies, and mini pumpkin pies. We stayed until bedtime and then rolled ourselves home with full tummies.

Madison and Kai’s pumpkins were begging to be carved and we chose some challenging designs this year. Madison’s is a unicorn head, and Kai’s is a dragon.

Next we were invited to trick or treat with the family of a little boy in Caylie’s preschool class. We met at Anthony and Kim’s and did a turn around the block. Little Rhys had had enough after some very realistic Halloween decorations at a neighbour’s house turned out to be highly spirited neighbours in disguise, so Anthony whisked him home and prepared some warm cocoa and goodies for us when we returned with the other, more stoic children. We played and visited for a while and the kids had a whale of a time with Macson’s new drum set before we took them home to sort the candy.

Each of them ate a few favourite candies and chose 10 more for later. Then we left the rest of the candy out for the Halloween fairy. The fairy was generous this year and she left each of them some presents, stickers, and fun straws.
So my favourite event/holiday is over for another year, and it was a success despite the lack of the family theme costumes. Maybe we’ll think of something clever and cute next year, but this year we had lots of fun with friends and treats!