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Halloween ‘14

These three Sumos loved Halloween.

And the Little Emporer loved all of the candy attached to the crazy holiday.

I love that Pippi is wearing Scout’s same costume from his first Halloween.

(Technically, this is her second, but she had just gotten out of the hospital last year and only weighed 5 pounds.)

We did our drill….

We went to Auntie Gails, and then Grandmas, and then the Tackys.

Where they met up with a bunch of their friends.

Scout went with Mack, Grey, Trey, and Blue.

Navy went with Reagen, Broccoli, and Henley.

they both had a blast.

You’ve got to love the “girl picture”!

A bunch of sweet and cute girls…and NNNAAAAAAVVVVVYYYYY. (Said in a deep Sumo wrestler voice.)

Pumpkin Carving

The kids wanted to be a bit more independent this year on the pumpkin carving.

Scout was into it until he realized that his hand had to get all of the goop out.

Navy wasn’t really into it until she realized she got to put her hand in and get all the goop out.

That being said….

Tah Dah!

Two homemade pumpkins by our 5 and 7 year olds.

This year, for some unknown and crazy reason, the class parties were held for both Mandarin classes for each grade. In other words….I was put in charge of a Halloween party for 120 kids. 60 in Scout’s grade, and another 60 in Navy’s grade. There is only one word to describe it all….Mayhem.

It was so crazy, the only picture I have is from one of the moms of Scout’s friend.

This was Scout’s team in the Halloween Relay.

The kids had to get in teams of five, and each kid had to be a mummy/wrap the mummy/blow up and tie and pop a balloon, walk with a pumpkin on his or her head/carry a pumpkin on a spoon/run the length of the field.

It was so ridiculously crazy, but the kids loved it.

And in Navy’s class, we had the Mummy Olympics.

Each team created a mummy, and that mummy competed in a few challenges.

I was so wiped after these parties, I can’t even tell you.

And in the future we are limiting it to one class each.

But kids….I hope you know that I adore each of you, and took one for the family team on these parties!

Outback Accident

You don’t even want to know.

Pumpkin Patch ‘14

Grandma and Grandpa took the kids to the pumpkin patch last week, but I hated that I didn’t get to be there, so we revisited with the Pips.

I made Nonnie come along, and it was really fun.

But something really interesting happened.

I told my kids to pick one ride because the pumpkin patch is a rip. But before we knew it, one lady came up and gave us about 35 tickets. And then another lady came and gave us several more. I couldn’t believe how nice these ladies were.

But why???

Was it because my kids collected all of the animal food pellet by pellet off of the ground because I wouldn’t give them a quarter?

Or because Navy turned the knob back and forth 100 times to get a teaspoon of feed one piece of dust at a time?

Was it because Scout was trying to put Pippi in with the ducks?

Was it because my kids all jumped onto one ride, so that they could all get to experience it?

Or was it when Scout said, “Mom, take this picture of me grabbing onto the tail of this horse”?

At first, I thought we were getting pity tickets.

But then, when she came back to give me a second batch, she told me that she thought my kids were so cute and that they looked like they were having fun. And she wanted to unload her extra tickets on kids who looked like they would appreciate them.