Halloween 2008

Little Bo Peep found her Little Sheep this Halloween!


We had a blast this year for Halloween! As you can see, Alli was the best ever Little Bo Peep, and Boots made a precious little sheep for her very first Halloween. (So what if people thought she was a rabbit because the ears were a little long!) :)

As always, there was a lot going on around here for this fun holiday, so we had a lot of preparing to do. For her part, Alli had fun painting pumpkins...

...Boots crawled around, got into stuff, and made messes for Mommy to clean up...

...and Daddy carved the pumpkin!

Halloween Day was busy from the moment we woke up that morning. It was a Friday, so that meant it was a school day for Alli. EDS preschoolers put on a parade for the rest of the school, and of course Alli loved all of the attention! Her class ended up congregating around in the middle of the courtyard and "posing." There were pirates, princesses, Fancy Nancy, Dorothy, vampires.... But only one Little Bo Peep!

Later in the day, as room mother for Alli's class, I was able to help with the class Halloween Party. For a very few seconds, all of the children sat down to enjoy their snacks.

After school was over, we rushed home for the girls to nap and for me to finish preparing for our now-annual Halloween Party. This is the third year in a row that we have invited friends over for a casual chili dinner and trick-or-treating. Our crowd gets larger every year, and this year, we had 41 people in attendance! It was way too much fun!! We had Nana's Chili, which is always a hit, and several snacks, including yummy home-boiled peanuts and RIP brownies with special treats and prizes on them for the children. Boots was even in the spirit of the evening, posing for pictures and being completely entertained by all of the chaos.

This year, we were joined by the Lewises, Porterfields, Duckworths, Bloodworths, Whitwells, Harpers, Schroerluckes, Pattons, and several others, including our sweet, precious neighbor, Miss Linda.

Elizabeth and Lauren Lewis were the youngest in attendance. Both were troopers, until Boots was ready to get out of the stroller and have her Daddy carry her. :) All in all, chaotic as it was at times, I think children and parents, alike, had a good time this year. Brad, the girls, and I are already looking forward to next year and hope everyone can join us again!!