Happy Halloween!

Halloween in our new little town has been an exciting adventure - just as all the other events have been!
A week before Halloween, there was a community parade, which is normally held at the park. This year it was in the firehouse because of the rain. All of the kids in the town dressed up (and some adults and dogs too!) They had a costume contest for each age group. Every child got a thank you ribbon and candy. They also had a pumpkin carving contest, which of course Tim entered! He made a Tinkerbell pumpkin this year! Then they served free hot dogs and juice for all! We got to see some of the girls' friends from school and met some new families, including a couple with 15 month old triplets (dressed as a banana split!)

Tim's pumpkin-carving expertise:


For the past two weekends, Ocean City boardwalk offered Family Halloween Fun with free face painting, pumpkin patch, hayrides and trick-or-treating. We went the first weekend with Poppop and last weekend with Mommom. I can't explain how cool it is to listen to the ocean waves and see the beach while on a Fall Hayride! Quite an experience! Kaitlyn, Megan & Morgan got their faces painted as princesses, Madison got a Nemo on her arm.
Face Painting (you can barely see it in the picture):

Girls with Poppop:

View from the hayride:

Girls with Mommom:

My mom & I:

Today the elementary school had 2 parades where all of the kids (Kaitlyn at 8:45am, Triplets at 1:45pm) walked around outside in costume to show all of the parents. We got some cute pictures and the girls had a blast! Then each classroom had their own Halloween party - so Tim & I ran from room to room to be sure we got to see each of the girls have fun!

'Sleeping Beauty' Kaitlyn with Mrs. Lhulier:

'Ariel' Morgan & 'Belle' Megan with friend, Lauren:

'Snow White' Madison giving a wave:

Kaitlyn with best friends Shane & Anna:

And tonight, the Halloween adventure culminated with a fun time Trick-or-Treating! We actually only got a handful of kids come to our house, so I went with Tim and the girls to a neighborhood just a few blocks away where there were TONS of kids! Of course they made out great and have WAY too much candy!! Now we are having fun eating some candy and watching Halloween specials that mommy recorded for them!
About to go trick-or-treating!

Walking home with all the goodies:

'The Loot'!

This is one of those times of year when I just LOVE being a mom!
Hope you all had a great Halloween!!