After what feels like a very long time preparing, Halloween finally arrived! (Although the wee girls first event in costume was her music class the day before – she made a cute skeleton!)
So, did the day itself live up to expectations? Did my children achieve a suitable level of excitement and sugar high? Were they partied and trick or treated out?!
They finally went to bed sometime after 8pm, which is an hour later than usual; tired, happy and only a little bit hyper! They had a wonderfully busy day. There were parties and parades, and an obscene amount of candy…
The day began with my eldest jumping out of bed shouting Happy Halloween!
The madness however didn’t really start until 1pm, with the annual Halloween parade at the 7yo’s school. There were some fantastic costumes, lots of smiley faces, and quite a few scary masks :)
After all the kids had gone back inside for their classroom Halloween parties, I ran to the 4yo’s school for his party! I was only a little late… The wee girl had to join in of course, acquiring herself a seat and a plate and settling in for a snack :)
We then walked back to the 7yo’s school to pick him up… *whew*!
After homework was done, our costumed trio (a phantom ghost thingy, an Angry Bird and Snow White!) headed downtown for our town’s Chamber of Commerce Trick or Treating event which is aimed at the younger children who won’t go out Trick or Treating in the evening.
All the local businesses have candy for the kids, and they came home with an impressive haul of sweets and chocolate! Sadly, it rained (a lot!) and we were all pretty damp by the end. It didn’t bother the kids in the slightest though, they were far too interested in the candy!
This was the wee girls first experience of Trick or Treating and it didn’t take our little Snow White very long to get the hang of it – by the end she was running up to people, clutching her pumpkin bag, saying tree-tree (trick or treat), grabbing her candy, saying a quick dan-doo (thank you) before rushing off to the next one! Her candy will be stolen shared between hubby and I… :)
After trick or treating our way up and down Main Street, it was home for a quick dinner (including Halloween cupcakes!) before the boys left to go Trick or Treating in our neighbourhood!
Are you tired yet? I certainly was!
This was the point at which I put my ‘Gone Trick or Treating! Please take one…’ sign out with a huge bowl of sweets, turned the lights off and got the wee girl to bed, and then collapsed!
The boys had a great time and by the end of the evening had amassed about 10lbs of candy between them… Which is a ridiculous amount, and will be rationed, reduced, removed over the course of the next few weeks! [Although, the boys only finished their haul from last year a few weeks ago, so the rationing works :)]
I think we can safely say that the day was a success!
How did you spend Halloween? Did the kids (and you) have fun?!
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All that sounds fabulous! We were lucky enough to go trick or treating in NY a couple of years back, something we will never forget, but this year we were in Vienna. Lots of costumes, but no trick or treating sadly! :)
The boys had the best day! And the wee girl loved the afternoon trick or treating :) New York must have been fabulous! Although, Vienna sounds like a beautiful place to spend Halloween, despite there being no trick or treating :)
Looks like your guys had lots of fun. Monkey didn’t go trick or treating but maybe next year. We have a village near by where a lot of American service families are based – apparently it gets rammed but is an amazing experience for the kids on Halloween.
Oh, that sounds like it would be amazing! We didn’t take the wee girl out in the evening this year, maybe next year :)
Sounds like a great day! Unbelievable amounts of candy. I was forced to deplete some of the supplies last night! Yum, yum!
It was! The boys all seem to have had fun last night :) We’ll be ‘sharing’ the spoils too!
Wow-American Halloween looks so much fun!We didnt have many trick or treaters around our way last night but I think that was due to the stormy weather. Still it was lovely to see them all dressed up and roaming about the estate under the watchful eye of straggler parents!
It was a lot of fun – a bit full on, but fun! It is lovely to see them all in their costumes isn’t it :)
Looks awesome, they look so happy!
Thank you – they had a blast!
I think you’ve made a lovely record of this event for your children hopefully to look back on one day. It’s all lovely, but the picture of the three all along the sofa in T-shirts is the best for me because they are all together and enjoying being the same.
Thank you Denise. That’s my favourite photo too :)
Sounds like great fun and you have some amazing photos. My hubby is over in the USA this Halloween and he has said it was mad! Offices where he was visiting had everyone in fancy dress and he had to watch The Rocky Horror Show at breakfast!
It has been pretty mad! My husbands office was fully decorated – think they all got a bit carried away – hubby was just a bit bemused by the whole thing :)
Looks like so much fun! and great pictures :-)
Thank you :)
That looks like a mass Halloween turnout a bit like here on the farm. I will be sharing our adventures on Monday but I can see many similarities. #PoCoLo
It was great fun! Look forward to your post :)
Your photos are lovely, she sure makes one very cute Snow White :):) Halloween is so much fun, fab post :):) x
Oh, thank you :) She was pretty cute! Halloween was a blast, the kids had so much fun :)
Wee girl looks so cute! Glad she got into it. The Americans definitely ‘do’ Halloween – great to see you all having so much fun :-)
They definitely do! But, such good fun for the kids :)
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Halloween is such a fabulous day for kids here! Love your photos of snow white too.
Thank you! Loved your post too – Halloween has been fun :)
Sounds pretty much as ‘over the top’ as ours did here! Love your little ones costumes, so cute. I think we had the same weather system as you so it was a shame it was so wet and windy for trick or treating but it was nothing a Walmart poncho couldn’t fix! Youngest son still managed an impressive haul of candy this year :-D
Oh, the candy mountain we have in our house is insane! It was a shame it rained in the afternoon (pretty sure it did last year too!), but thankfully it pretty much held off in the evening! Not that it bothered the kids, they were too intent on getting the sweets :)
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I would absolutely LOVE to experience an American Halloween – your kids look fantastic and like they are having so much fun :) Thank you for linking to PoCoLo x
It was great fun, have to say :) A fab thing to experience!
Thanks for hosting x
You always know just what to write to make me head straight to my suitcase ;)
I so want an American Halloween… When I was living in Gibraltar I had a Canadian friend who told me all about how amazing North American Halloweens are, and as I look at your (wonderful) photos, I see that she wasn’t exaggerating even a bit!
Oh, they really do go all out! Completely over the top, but the kids have such an amazing time :)