Halloween This and That 2013

So never made it to a pumpkin patch.... these pictures, taken at a local nursery, will have to do for our annual pumpkin pictures. Ha! 

Took MG and Simon to a costume parade at a nearby library.

Also took them to our church's preschool play date at the botanical gardens.

Henry wanted to be a skeleton this year.

I'm not ready to go the scary costume route, so I pitched this toddler costume to him.

He didn't go for it.

MG wanted to be a ballerina.

I was able to take her to a dancewear store and pick out which leotard she wanted... with some guidance.

Probably tried on 10 different ones.

It was a fun experience for her and me!

MG had a Halloween dance class...

Our church had a Fall Festival.

Games.

Several rides.

Inflatables.

It was really cold that night.

Henry was dead set on going on this ride... I tried to warn him!

Finally, Halloween day...

Took the kids to a parade in Mountain Brook.

Was afraid we were going to get rained out for trick or treating and wanted to make sure the kids had some sort of special activity.

 We got a prime spot at the beginning of the parade route.
The kids scored big loot!

Quickly served the kids a healthy dinner...

So that as soon as Tom got home, we could head out and try to beat the rain.

Henry was not happy with my effort to make him a skeleton... 

... I eventually got to a product he was happy about.

We drove to a flatter spot in our neighborhood that has sidewalks.

Kids had a great time!

The night didn't end up so well....

See the creepy guy standing by the garage door?

We didn't at the time...

Until he came out with chainsaw.

My poor, poor children.

I was really mad at the guy and wanted to give him a piece of my mind... but I didn't... just comforted my children who screamed for a minute straight.