Thomas and Tiana, 2010

This past week has been one full of craziness of which I am just now catching up to and recovering from! Being it the week of Halloween, we had LOTS of things to do and unfortunately, I didn't get pictures of everything that I had wanted. I think it's just an accomplishment getting the pictures that I did.

On Wednesday, we had our preschool Halloween party! It was my turn to teach the lesson and do the party, so I had so much fun coming up with things to do. All the kids came in their costumes - I did take pictures of everyone, but my camera didn't load them all - which was great! William was Thomas again and Lily was Princess Tiana. From Princess and the Frog. She's pretty much the exact opposite of Tiana and people always mistook her for Tinkerbell.

At Preschool, we learned about the letter E, number 15, and the triangle. We counted pumpkins in the pumpkin patch for a counting game and made felt jack-o-lantern faces for our shape activity. We read Halloween stories and had ghost cookies and apple juice for snack. Then, we played games like Halloween Memory, find the spider, and we decorated little pumpkins with Halloween stickers. The kids all brought treats to share and had fun giving them out. We also sang mom's Halloween song! The kids loved singing the chorus!

After the Preschool party, we went to the Murray Library for Halloween story time where we listened to spooky books and sang songs. They even had a treat and craft, and to top it all off, all the kids had a parade through the library in their costumes- one of the things I wish I had my camera for.

Thursday, was our ward trunk-or-treat, which because of our busy week we only made it to the last 15 minutes of.
Friday, Carrie invited us to their ward's trunk-or-treat, which was so much fun! Unfortunately, no pictures. I didn't realize until now that I don't have a picture of my kids and Carrie's girls this year.

Then, Saturday, we went trick-or-treating in Matthew's parent's neighborhood. With all of the Townsend's there, it was quite a mob that went from house to house. William and Lily really liked running with their cousins. And by the end of the night, they were screaming, "TRICK-OR-TREAT!" at every door. Lily, of course, was the only girl trick-or-treating, but don't underestimate that girl. She hauled like crazy! (Don't ask me why she wasn't smiling in these pictures. She looks so mad!)

Pretty crazy week, no? And that was only the Halloween related stuff!