Halloween festivities 2014

There is not much to write about in regards to Halloween -- I realize everyone reading this knows what the holiday is, and what it entails.  So rather than bore you with nonsense that you already know, I'm going to let the pictures do a majority of the storytelling for this post. :)

Our Halloween kicked off a few days early, with a festival we attended at church.  There were carnival games, bounce houses, dinner, and trick-or-treating (where each child walked away with over 60 pieces of candy!!).  It was a lot of fun and very, very busy.  Needless to say, I only snagged one photo.  I present to you:  a "fairy-ballerina-princess-teddy bear" and "Jake, the Neverland Pirate."

The next morning, Geoffrey and I were invited to Maddie's classroom for a special "Pajama and Pancake Party," giving Geoffrey the chance to try Kindergarten on for size.  Let me just say, the boy cannot WAIT to get into Kindergarten!

Geoffrey has a big, big, big crush on Maddie's teacher, Ms. Echevarria.  We've been told the feelings might be mutual. ;)

I snicker at this photo and wonder if Geoffrey must be thinking, "Gee whiz, Mom.  You're sort of cramping my style, here!"

Maddie really liked having her brother at school for the morning.

Halloween arrived on Friday, which also happened to be a no-school day for Maddie.  We started our day off by carving pumpkins (read: I carved pumpkins, while children supervised and played in the same room).

Not bad, right?

We dressed in costume to visit Daddy's office...  the kids' wore the same costumes, and added to my "mother-of-two-blonde-kids" get-up, and Brant's "human cannon ball" gear.  It was fun to visit the office full of other costumed individuals; the kids loved it because they scored more candy!

That afternoon, the kids and I ventured into Old Town La Verne, for some trick-or-treating around the businesses.  (I'm well aware they did not need anymore candy by this point...but isn't that the point of young childhood on Halloween??)

Both kids thought this was pretty cool. 

We also bumped into our friends, while we were out and about.  

Daddy came home shortly after we returned, and we just turned right back around and went out for the "official trick-or-treating" scene...and yes, Geoffrey began to lose some steam in the whole production.

The human cannonball wore his red cape on the drive home.  I guess he was given several nods of approval from fellow drivers.

Little cuties.

When Maddie arrived at this house, she wasn't sure how to proceed.  In fact, she was star-struck, completely in awe that Anna and Hans (from Frozen) were right here.  (Sort of makes me wonder what she'll be like when we make it back to Disneyland!)  Anna was bold and asked Maddie if she would like to get her picture taken with them.  You didn't have to ask her twice!!

We had a lot of fun this year!  Last year, of course, we did not have this holiday, and the year before, Geoffrey was 11 months old.  So, in a way, this was his first real experience with trick-or-treating and Halloween.  The verdict?  He loves it.  We came home from trick-or-treating, ordered a pizza and watched a movie, just as it began to rain (for the first time in months).  A great way to end a fun-filled holiday!