Halloween -

Paige had a Halloween parade/performance at school the day before Halloween.  They all dressed up, put on a little show, sang some songs and had a little party in her classroom after.

Paige decided to be Minnie Mouse this year.  She negotiated with me as we are standing in the costume store.  "Well...if I'm going to be Minnie Mouse can I wear mascara.....and lipstick....and blush?  I have to wear all those things or I can't be Minnie" she said.  Needless to say, she was VERY excited to dip into mommy's makeup bag for the day.

Lookin' the part before school for sure.  Luke got to wear his costume all day.  They went to a nursing home in the morning to sing Halloween songs and had a party in the afternoon.

 Minnie and the army man -

 Best buds!  Our last Halloween in Padanaram :(  Sad because this is something we love in our neighborhood.  Apparently our new neighborhood gets 100ish treaters, not bad but we'll have to adjust as we are used to five times that here in the village.  We will also miss our friends.

 Havin' fun with friends at the pre-party

 The aftermath, Luke (and to a lesser extent Paige) quickly went to work sorting through his candy when he got home.  Everything was organized and put into piles, he is his mommy's son!

Then he wrote down on a paper what he had before putting everything away.  He did a re-sort the next morning.  Great quality control Luke.  Bose will hire you for the annual inventory count at the warehouse.

Paige began sorting but ran out of steam after a while -

Paige's school performance

Luke's class -