Halloween 2008

It has been a busy,yet fun week around here. We managed to get use out of the Halloween costumes four different times. On Wednesday night we met my whole family at BW3's for their kids night. It was a lot of fun..they had a clown who did face painting, pumpkins for the kids to decorate(which they got all over their costumes!!) and a costume contest which my nephew won! My dad has just returned from Texas after doing some hurricane relief so it was great to see him. On Thursday Lauren had her class halloween party. That was adorable. I got to see what the teachers deal with every day...wow was it hard to get them all to stand still for a picture. I was a little discouraged about my sewing skills after leaving since the teacher asked Lauren if she was a squirrel or a mouse and a mother complemented me on Lauren's cute mouse costume:) I think part of the problem was my ability to face paint (at least that's a good excuse!)
On Halloween we went trick or treating in downtown Lisle which is great because you walk from store to store and its all close together. The girls absolutely loved it. Chloe walked the whole time and had a death grip on her banana bag filled with candy. The first store we went to she let the lady put candy in her bag and then proceeded to walk further into the store to go shopping. Then if a store was closed, she would stop and look through the windows. It was the cutest thing. Lauren was in heaven and was content following all the big kids. I think it was also quite confusing to her that all the stores had candy.
Saturday night was spent at the Ley's house with some friends and their kids. They enjoyed making cookies and playing in their costumes once again. Of course we got together just for the kids sake:) Thanks Sara and Mark for a great night!
Now its a matter of keeping the candy stash hidden so that Steve and I can raid it..the joys of being parents.