Halloween Fun

I'm actually not a big fan of Halloween, but I get it. I mean, what's not to like? The chance to dress up and eat candy? We had lots of events surrounding Halloween this year...here's the recap, in no particular order...

Heading out to trick-or-treat. Thankfully, it was "warm"!

I think they are ready.

And this is pre-candy.

J ran his first half marathon on Saturday. It was in the Monster Dash series, so tons of the racers wore costumes. Meaty wanted to wear his to go watch dad - what a great idea. The kids had a ball and the racers gave them so much attention for being in costume. Lots of high fives and shout-outs to Captain America and Wonder Woman.

Here comes J in the gray long sleeve shirt and black shorts. His goal was to finish in 2 hours and he crossed in 1:57 - yay, J! He had a great race and we had a blast watching all the dressed up racers on a perfect fall morning.  I'm thinking I may have to sign up for this one next year....

There was a neighborhood Halloween party Saturday night. J and I resurrected our old Sonny and Cher costume (look at J working the Cher mouth!). At the last minute, my sister and her hubs ditched their costume idea and went as Chaz and his girlfriend. My BIL was a hilariously perfect Chaz!

Meaty had his Harvest Party at pre-school. He was delighted to see one of his best buds also sporting a Captain America costume.

Meaty's class. I volunteered for the party - the kids had so much fun.

Right before Meaty's party, I was on the other side of the school at Banany's party. They had lots of fun playing games, doing face paint and watching a Halloween movie.

A girlfriend and I even whipped up these cute little "ghost-es" (as Meaty says them in the plural form) for fun. Super easy...cheesecloth, liquid starch, balloons and paper cups. Easy peasy.  UPDATED: Click here if you want the link on how to do it.