Emory and Ellie did all of the hard work turning their pumpkins in to jack-o-lanterns this year. All on their own they cleaned out their pumpkins (and didn't even make a mess!) and picked out their stencil that they wanted to carve into their pumpkins. Ellie outlined the stencil onto her pumpkin and I carved it for her. Emory did it all and even carved his own pumpkin for the first time this year. It's amazing how much easier this activity has gotten for Dan and I in the past few years!
We ended up with two very different pumpkins...a cute owl and a scary alien. Bet you can guess who created each of them!
On Halloween day at Palencia Elementary, the entire school dressed up as pirates and had a picture taken all together at the pirate ship park beside the school.
Ellie's class had a Halloween party on October 30th. It was very busy but lots of fun for the kids. They made homemade apple turnovers, painted the cutest little rock monsters and had a big party for lunch.
Halloween night we had a Cupcake Cutie and Mario at our house.
It was a strangely quiet Halloween in Palencia this year. There didn't seem to be as many trick or treaters or parents out on golf carts as usual. Maybe it was the chill in the air or the fact that it was the middle of the week. That didn't stop the kids and their friends from getting lots and lots of candy and having a fun evening!
