The Castro Adventures: Halloween...a little late

Okay, so here are some random Halloween pics from our fun and busy Halloween. I never think to take a cute group picture before the kids get dirty. It doesn't matter what the holiday is, when I finally remember to grab the camera, their clothes and faces are usually dirty. Oh well, at least I remembered to take pictures, that counts for something!

Daniel and Andrew decided to be Ninjas for Halloween. Around the time I bought their costumes, they had watched Kung-Fu Panda and were all into the Ninja thing. Then as time went on, everyday they wanted to be something different. The costumes were already opened, so I said "too bad, so sad." They got over their disappointment and decided being ninjas was still pretty cool!

Andrew had a pre-school Halloween party that morning and wore his costume to school. As usual, I forgot my camera for this. Then, in the afternoon, we had a Halloween party in Daniel's Kindergarten class. The kids decorated cookies, read Halloween stories, played bingo, and listened to a ghost story. After this, the entire lower school (K-6) had a Halloween festival set up for the kids to enjoy. There were games and lots of yummy junk food! The kids had fun!

We came home and I was already exhausted, but the festivities continued. We ate dinner and then headed outside to go trick or treating. Daniel had been sick this day running a fever, so I thought about cancelling the trick or treating, but after some medicine his fever went down and he was ready to party some more. We live in a great neighborhood, so we just walked outside our door and trick or treated around our ward's boundaries. Since we are still new to the area, it was a great way for me to find out where everyone lives!

Wow, I tired just remembering this day. Halloween is alot of fun, but it's good it only comes around once a year or my children would have rotten teeth and I would be one crazy mama!

Impressive kick, eh?