The boys had a great time celebrating Halloween this year. I have had my decorations up since the end of Spetember so getting into the spirit was no problem. We've made several trips for pumpkins, created spooky projects to hang up and even handmade our costumes this year. (*I've been reading the Harry Potter books to C & L, just #1, 2 and 3, and they are obsessed!!) So Connor was a Harry Potter quidditch player, Liam was a Draco Malfoy quidditch player and Novak was the Golden Snitch(thats the little gold ball the quidditch player chase around on their brooms trying to catch).
We attended the 'Scarium' at the Aquarium Sunday morning for an hour of treat free prizes and seeing lots of spooky reptiles. I take the boys there about once a week so they're comfortable walking around on their own exploring :)
We squeezed in a hockey practice(imagine that!!)in the afternoon before rushing off to our nephews birthday party at 4. We got lots of cake and ice cream, present opening and cousin play before heading to Hogwarts Halloween-an entire party dedicated to Harry Potter lovers!
It was incredible!!! There was three floors of recreated scenes from the movies-Gryffindor's common room, the dining hall, Hogsmeade Village with shops galore, Gringotts Bank and a horse drawn carriage. We all had a blast searching the "castle" for new rooms and participating in all the fun activities. Dan and I even wore costumes to join in the fun :) It was great.
Yesterday at school Connor's teacher completely decorated their classroom and planned a morning party with parent volunteers. Dan spent the morning making crafts with the kids and passing out candy. Then the kids got into costume before an afternoon parade. It was so cute seeing all the kids march around the gym together.
After school we headed to Dan's parents for the annual Halloween pizza party with all the cousins and then trick or treating to all the homes Dan used to go to. We came back up the hill for 2 more full hours of trick or treating...the boys walked the whole time and loved it! We ended up with pounds and pounds of candy, which we willl discard soon!, but it was worth it to see them all laughing and running from house to house together. It's one of our favorite holidays....we're already looking forward to next years fun-filled holiday
**On a side note, 4th pregnancy is going well. I am in my 27th week right now with only 91 days left(my phone app says so). Time flies. So far things are going great and the boys can't wait to meet little Miss. Juna(as they have named "her" and call her all the time).
