halloween 2012

three of the kids painted pumpkins after school.
christopher had a flag football tournament game far far away and was gone until about 7.

we started this painting tradition last year.
unfortunately i didn't have time to sit and paint with the kids this year.
and i even bought my own pumpkin this year and had a design in mind...
maybe i'll still get around to it one of these days.

we were barely able to squeeze it into the kids schedule this year.
and we missed the oldest not being with us,
maybe i'll make him sit with me and we'll paint ours together sometime!

 the kids went as the 'avengers' this year.

 so sad i didn't get any pictures of christopher and ben since they met up with us later.

ella went as 'wonder woman' even though she isn't technically an avenger,
we figured it still went with the superhero theme.
we've had the costume for years and it finally fit this year!

it was a totally different halloween for us this year for the following reasons:
1. we are in our new neighborhood
2. we were not all together since christopher was out at his tournament game.
3. the kids were all split up because they were dying to go with their friends.

andrew's friend ryan (above) came over and the two of them were ready to go.

meanwhile, we were still finishing dinner and putting ella's costume together.

so, they took off first (with ryan's parents following behind)

then this crew came to the door -
3rd grade friends (and siblings) from ella's class and she was dying to go with them.
so she, john and i headed out with them while chris & nani handed out candy & waited for lc.

we met up with some more friends from school out in the neighborhood.
you can't tell by the picture, but it was crazy with kids - i've never seen anything like it!

 and we eventually ran into the 5th grade boy group...

we ended up at mark and lori's massive halloween party.
the kids had fun hang'n out inside for awhile, trading candy.

 here they are in the middle of one of their candy trades...

 and our dear friends from our old neighborhood came over to hang out for awhile too.

it was a fun filled halloween -
a big thanks to nani and bobby for coming over and holding down the fort for us while we
hit the neighborhood with the kiddos!