Halloween

Wow...look at this...two entry's in one week...I'm on a roll!!! ;)

Halloween is definitely celebrated more here than back at home..at least in school, that is. All the students in the school got to carve a jack-o-lantern. The school is divided into what they call "pods", which are groups of different aged classes that stay together as a group for 2 years. So anyway, each "pod" carved pumpkins together and of course each of the boys happens to be in a different pod so I had to go to the school at 3 different times over 2 days to watch the "carving of the pumpkins" :). It was actually a lot of fun to see...and talk about committment from the teachers. Imagine hundreds of pumpkins being carved and the mess that creates...there was pumpkin goo and seeds everywhere. But the end result was really cool...they lined all of the pumpkins up along the hallways on either side. It was a very fun activity for the kids ...the boys had a great time.











Even Jude enjoyed all of the pumpkins. Taking a 1 year old along on a school activity is definitely a wild experience...whew!!


Then on Wednesday, they had a "coin carnival" where they spent the afternoon going to different games and activities set up all over the school.


Seth as "Darth Vador" and Sam as a firefighter. Samuel didn't actually have school that day so we went to the school just for carnival and Seth took him around.




Jonah went as a "crazy guy"...pretty goofy looking. LOL. And that would be Jude's foot in his face (Jonah was holding him...sort of).



Normally, we carve a pumpkin at home and take the boys trick-or-treating but since we don't know anyone in the neighbourhood and it just didn't feel the same we made other plans. Colleen and Jerrie's church put on a "costume carnival" for the children so we went to that instead. The boys had an absolutely fantastic time with their cousins and said "this was the BEST halloween ever!!. And now, of course, they are all convinced that this is the church we should attend. LOL!!


There was mini golfing



Inflatable bouncers and slides


And about 6 TV's with different video games. Seth and Matthew had a great time playing the Wii


There were lots of fun activities for little people like Jude downstairs.
Sam got on to the little train which actually does have a motor that drives but Jude decided to help him along. I think maybe it should be the other way around huh?

Stopping for a snack break. The church provided drinks, popcorn, cotton candy and a bag of candy for each kid.

















I was so relieved that the boys had such a fun time...they didn't miss the trick-or-treating one bit. In fact, Sam wanted to go back the next evening. LOL!

And lastly, a little bit of nostalgia...I can't help myself. Look at how much my baby has changed in just one short year....one halloween to the next. It always amazes me.....