Halloween Happenings

Jake ended up getting tons of use out of his dragon costume this year.  Of course, this is despite the fact that he wore it every day anyway.  I don't think I've ever seen a cuter dragon.  

The Halloween festivities began on Thursday with his preschool Halloween parade and singing program.  What an adorable group of preschoolers!  Jake knew almost all the words to the songs, including "I'm a little Pumpkin" (sung to the tune of "I'm a little Teapot") and "If you're a ____ and you know it" (fill in the blank with ghost, skeleton, goblin, etc.)  

Here is Jake and his friend Spencer at the Halloween program.  Whenever anyone asked what Jake was going to be for Halloween he would answer, "I'm a dragon, and Spencer is a Pirate."

 Jake and his teacher Mrs. Heithoff.  I'm pretty sure he has a secret crush on her.  He talks about her all the time.

On Friday we went to a Halloween party on campus at the Old Capital Building.  It wasn't anything too fancy, but Jake got to dress up in his costume again, which he of course was excited about!

Saturday came our church's Halloween party.  Sadly, I wasn't able to go, and Joseph didn't take pictures because he was doing this the whole time:

Even though no pictures were taken, Jake came home with a huge stash of candy from trunk-or-treating.  So, obviously, he had a good time.  Also, did you notice the snot on Joseph's shoulder?  Oh Eli...and what a great daddy for putting up with it...

That evening we carved pumpkins!  Well, Jake painted his pumpkin while Joseph carved the jack-o-lantern.

 Finally, Monday was the big day!  Some friends came to our neighborhood to go trick-or-treating and we took a group picture.  Talk about an excited bunch!  They were all prepped for trick-or-treating from our church's trunk-or-treat, so they knew exactly what to do.

 When Jake would knock on the door he always said, "Trick-or-treat, I'm a dragon!!"

We had such a great time!  I see why they always say that holidays are more fun with kids.

Whew, did you keep track of that?  The Halloween festivities stretched over four days - Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday!  Needless to say, we've got a whole lot of candy up in here these days. Good thing we've got an endless supply of toothbrushes in our home!