Happy Halloween!

Today was a great fun day!

This morning at school, we had a pumpkin carving activity. The kids each drew a face, on their paper, then we took elements from each one and put it on the pumpkin.
We had to weigh the pumpkin, weight the seeds, weigh the pumpkin without the seeds and guts. and weigh it after we carved it. We had to guess how many seeds were in the pumpkin.  There were only 208 in ours.  One pumpkin had 500 seeds! YUMMY!
I am going to roast them and bring them back to class for Friday snack

My group of boys with their pumpkin.

After carving the kids got a sheet of fun puzzles to work on.

They had a little writing time, then recess and lunch. When they came in from lunch, it was time to get into their costumes for the traditional parade through school!  Lon was ready!

There were TWO Darth Vaders in class!

This is really a fun day!

I snuck back to the room and got the party table set up!  We had some great treats!
We had the kids come up by groups and get their treats. Once they had them, I read them the story Too Many Pumpkins. I think they liked it. One of the roving photographers said it was the most quiet class in the school. Everyone was paying attention and enjoying their snacks!
Yes, I put little pumpkin faces on the satsumas. The kids thought that was pretty cool.

Lon waited, more patiently than last year, for it to be dark enough to go out trick or treating!  FINALLY we went out at 6. Right after our first trick or treaters came to the door. Sarah and her sisters. They are so cute.

Lon being serious with his pumpkin!

Lon is getting almost as tall as the pumpkin!

and our giant cat!
We went to one cul de sac across the street, but it started to rain! We went back home and got the giant umbrella, thus ensuring it would not rain again. I used the umbrella as my walking stick.
We went all the way around our block. We ran into lots of people we knew,  and took a long time!  It was really fun, walking and talking. I liked the part best where it was just me and Lon walking and talking. I think I have a pretty great kid!
We went to one house where an older gentleman lived, he told Lon Thank you for dressing up for my birthday! Lon thought that was pretty funny. When we were walking away, Lon looks at me and says, Mom, we have to remember this house so we can bring him a card next year.

One of our neighbors yard display. How cool is that?

That pumpkin got FULL!  It was a pretty light year for trick or treaters, not many kids out. So people were giving away handfuls of candy. Lon was not about to say, no I just want one.

Yes, two GIANT pixie sticks! a few full size candy bars too. Someone gave Lon three bags of pistachios too. Daddy wanted those!

Lon was able to sort his candy and then it was bed time. He only got a couple things he could not eat, like dots and tootsie rolls, and mommy's favorite carmel apple lollipop! He also was given two pencils, and a light/whistle combination.
It is going to take a long time for him to eat all this candy!
Lon went upstairs, brushed his teeth, climbed into bed and was asleep in about 3 minutes.
It was a good Halloween