Halloween 2011 began with a fun kindergarten pumpkin night at Adam's school. All the kindergartners and their families brought their pumpkins to be measured, weighed, and carved. Then everyone took the pumpkins outside, lit candles inside them, and lined up all the jack-o-lanterns in the dark. What a neat family night! Libby even won a prize for having the lightest pumpkin!
Adam's next fun event was Book Character Dress-Up Day at school. Steve and I tried desperately to convince him to dress up as Hedgie the Hedgehog from the book Hedgie Blasts Off -- to no avail. So Adam went to school decked out as Darth Maul from the classic (ha ha) children's book Lego Star Wars: Darth Maul's Mission.
Our Halloween feast this year was quite spooky. We had Witch's Hair with Frog-Gut Stew (black and white pasta which looked super creepy but was actually pretty tasty with spaghetti sauce) and Jack-o-Lantern Whoopie Pies. I brought out a side of garlic bread and asked the kids to guess what it was. They decided to call it Vampire Repellent, which was quite creative, especially in light of the fact that I was just going to call it "Regular Old Garlic Bread."
However, if you ask the kids, the best part of Halloween Dinner was the Witches' Brew -- root beer floats.
Libby the Sunflower
Captain America
Darth Vader
Libby could not wait to go trick-or-treating with Ella boss Ella around all night. Ella seemed to take it all in good stride. Thank goodness she is a patient little friend!
And Halloween wouldn't be complete without the annual photo of the usual suspects getting ready to shake down the neighbors for some candy...
And that, folks, is our Halloween from soup to Zagnuts.
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