Halloween Fun

At church.

Look at that candy!

This week was full of activities for the kids, & we participated in a lot more than we ever have! Overall it was a really fun week.:)

To start, the Lakewood YMCA had a 'costume parade' where all the kids in their costumes paraded around the Y & the stafff handed out candy to them. That was fun, but the real reason we went was because the kids then got to play in the gymnastics room! We went to a birthday party in that room a year ago, & it's so much fun!! The kids had a great time, the only bummer was that it was pretty short.

Saturday we went to PLU & trick-or-treated on Garfield street. The local businesses were handing out candy to the kids. It was really fun & it didn't rain at all! The kids also got to decorate a cookie. There was supposed to be 'fishing' as well, but we didn't find it. Afterward we played at the bookstore & had pizza for dinner at Farelli's.

Sunday we started out trick-or-treating on our street, which was really fun. It's nice to see our neighbors, & they enjoy seeing the kids. I was surprised at how many of our neighbors handed out FULL-SIZED candy bars! The kids were really excited about all their treats, especially Kaarin! She didn't want me to help her carry them at all...I don't think she trusted me.;) She carried at least one treat in each fist the whole way.:) After we went around our neighborhood, we headed to church for the Harvest Carnival. It was a lot of fun, & the kids did a great job at the games this year.

All in all we had a lot of fun with the activities. I will have to hide/pilfer the candy, though...they have WAY, WAY too much to eat all themselves!;)