Halloween 2011

Halloween was great this year!

Gabby was a cute cowgirl, Rocco was Batman (again!) and Giuliana was Curious George the monkey.

In addition to hosting our annual pumpkin carving party with a few good friends of ours, Halloween day was a LOT of fun too. Even though it was a Monday, we went all out. (I seriously think Halloween should ALWAYS fall on a Saturday… this Monday Halloween business is wrong!) In the afternoon, I volunteered at Gabby’s school to help with her kindergarten Halloween party. I also got to see some of their Halloween parade through the school which was kind of cute. After school, Gabby & I rushed home to pick up Rocco, Giuliana and Michalina. We dropped Gabby off at her Halloween dance party, and then Michalina and I brought the little kids trick or treating to all the businesses in town. We had a TON of fun trick or treating in town… the weather was perfect, and there were SO MANY kids and families out trick or treating. I picked Gabby up after her dance class and then she joined us for more trick or treating in town. The kids LOVED seeing all the other costumes and their treat bags got filled up fast! All the businesses were so generous… some of the cafes even offered freshly made doughnuts with orange and black frosting, etc. After trick or treating in town, we went home and made dinner. Then, Dan and Michalina brought the kids trick or treating around our neighborhood. It got VERY chilly that night… so when they arrived home and I saw none of the kids had winter coats or hats on… I was not a happy momma! The kids had all just gotten over nasty cold viruses… so after an hour of walking around in the cold without being dressed properly, I knew we’d be hit with another round of colds/coughs . And sure enough. The coughs/colds hit two days later. Grrrrr. And, I think we’re now officially on round 3 of some crazy virus that has a nasty cough. Oh well…

Anyway, it was a great Halloween. The kids had an absolute BLAST. And, they still have treats left in their bags… thank goodness. I think Giuliana has eaten the most so far.