Halloween Festivities

So the kids had a great time at all of the Halloween festivities this year! I posted some of these pics on Facebook, but there are some new ones too.

They wore their costumes to school one day. They had matching orange fairy costumes that I loved!

Maya also had "Wacky Hair Day" one day - so she wanted goofy little sprouts in her hair with purple color. It was funny because by the end of the day it looked even "wackier" because one of the sprouts came undone, so it was a big pigtail on one side, and sprouts around the rest of her head. Very funny!

These are some of the kids in Maddy's kindergarten class. I loved Dracula's pose on the end! Maddy loves her kindergarten friends.

That evening we went to the trunk or treat at the church. Maddy's friend Kimmy came with us, then we dropped her back at her house so she could trick or treat with her family. Maddy decided to be Belle for trick or treating instead of the orange fairy. And Macy was a cute little pumpkin, but refused to wear the stem hat on her head!

My favorite pic of the three girls below:

Maddy and Kimmy getting their picture taken on the candy walk.

My friend Kris helping Maddy make a candy necklace:

And my nephew Nathen also came and joined us for the trunk (and trick) or treating! He LOVED all the candy.

So I have a love/hate relationship with Halloween - I LOVE all the candy and treats, but HATE what it does to my numbers on the scale! The kids get SOOO much candy trick or treating, but we only let them have one or two pieces a day...so it sits around the house for weeks, and guess who eats it? Yep, me! So this year we taught the kids about the "Switch Witch." She is sort of like the Tooth Fairy, but only comes on Halloween. You can decide how much candy you want to leave her and then she comes in the middle of the night and takes your candy and leaves you a toy! The more candy you leave her, the better the toy you get! The girls decided to leave her all their candy except for 5 or 6 of their favorite pieces. They both were hoping for a remote control car, and the Switch Witch delivered!! They were both very happy with their bargain, and can't wait until the Switch Witch comes back next year. :) Since Halloween fell on a Friday, the candy is still around somewhere until Warren can take it to work - but I made him hide it from me really well, and so far I have not come across it!!

Now I'm ready for some turkey!!! I love the holiday season and am so glad it's finally here!!