Halloween night

 So thankful that we had a beautiful & fun night at Trunk or Treat last week!  Tonight was also fun but COLD.  We bundled up as much as possible with costumes & headed out just around our big block.  That was plenty! 

 Our creations:  Andrew's flame family & the girls jill-o-lantern. 

We used cookie cutters & a rubber mallet for the eyes... worked pretty slick!

Our bundled ladybug & her driver  :)

BOO-tiful skating

Optimus Cart

This cart has become just about everything for me as a travelling teacher...

today it was an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos! 

Trunk or Treat

 My hunter, St. Therese, ladybug, & Anna from Frozen

 What?  You've never seen St. Therese with a feather boa?

 Helping at the Little Flowers trunk...

we gave out candy AND holy cards  :)

3 more?

 Teresa's party at Friends Preschool

 Trunk or Treat with our ninja & super zebras 

The NEXT night was actually Halloween... at which point we were all tired of dressing up!  :P  I didn't take any pictures but we had a fun time at the home & in the neighborhood of a new family to the school.  Happy Halloween!

Class parties

This year the big kids are split for class parties.  So, first we went skating with the K-2 kids & had a blast! 

 Rebecca had a good time both skating & creating little puppets with her friends.

 They had to take turns shuttling all the kids with the bus, so we decided to head back to school & catch the end of Andrew's class party, too. 

 Ghost bowling, pumpkin races, making spiders out of suckers, & minion creating

It is semi-impossible to get that kid to take a normal picture anymore!  :P  Glad we went to both celebrations.  Teresa was LOVING it!  Sarah wanted a nap.  

All Hallows Eve

 We had a great turnout for our Moms' group Halloween party!  Lots of cuties in costume went trick or treating to about half the classrooms in the school the week before.  I think the big kids liked it almost as much as the littles!  Some even brought candy to give out besides the teachers doing it.  Fun.

 Monica brought a cute craft/activity/snack... spiders!

 We got all dressed up again for Superbowl of the Saints on that Sunday.  Rebecca was the Immaculate Heart & Teresa was Mary the Mother of God.  Andrew was St. Do I Have To Dress Up For This?

 Games, crafts, stories, songs, & lots of fun with the sisters

 The plays this year by the older kids were all about different Marian apparitions.  Two were new to me:  Our Lady of Good Help & Our Lady of La Vang.  Very cool! 

Benediction & lots of fun were made even better with a visit with our Sisters.  Love these ladies!

Actual Halloween

 For some reason this year, it felt like we were celebrating Halloween over & over & over!  Well, when the actual night hit we FINALLY took the opportunity to carve our pumpkins.

 Yes, that's Cinderella up top & a wolf howling at the moon below.

Here's Rebecca's cat under the moon & stars. 

We joined our neighborhood friends for trick or treating... almost everyone had a "twin" of sorts!  We really are quite the group.  :)  So much candy, so many laughs, so many kids, so much fun.

Halloween at the skating rink

Crazy skaters... all three of them.  You never would have guessed that Teresa skipped her nap for the party  We had a blast!

Trunk or Treat 2012

 Cinderella

 Captain America turned Darth Vader at the last minute

Rainbow butterfly