Halloween Parties + Trunk or Treat + Nevada Day!

I never realized how lucky we were to have Shelby go through 4 years of preschool and not have a single class holiday party, but boy were we lucky!! Our luck has officially run out though. ;)  This past week was jam-packed with Halloween festivities! We kicked off the "fun" on Tuesday with Hadley's class party at preschool. I was able to convince both girls to wear a Princess Anna costume to school b/c I wanted them to have a costume that was easy to go to the bathroom in.

I always felt like I understood why Trinity & MM (Shelby's preschools in MS & TX) opted not to do parties, but I got to see the reasons first-hand on Tuesday. ;)  The party lasted 60 minutes, but the only thing we had time to do was eat snacks (which Hadley didn't really even like) for about 5-10 minutes and do a 5-10 minute craft. The rest of the time was spent waiting in line for food, waiting in line to get materials for craft....a small preschool classroom just isn't suited for a party with that many people squeezed into it. Two kids were upset b/c their parents weren't there, one set of twins was losing it b/c their parents were five minutes late, three kids dropped their (full) plates of food all over the floor...I'm sure you get the picture by now. ;)  As were leaving the party, we passed the gym on our way out. Hadley stopped in front of the gym & said: "Hey! I didn't get any gym time today!" I told Hadley she didn't go to the gym b/c of her party, but that answer didn't satisfy her in the slightest. ;) These 3 and 4 year olds don't care about a silly holiday party, they just want to play with their friends at preschool! The parties are more about what the grown-ups think the kids want, not what the kids actually want...in my opinion at least! ;)

On Wednesday, our library was hosting "Spooky Storytime." This was really fun! It was just like regular storytime except the kids got to wear costumes & after storytime was over they got to practice trick-or-treating around the library at each of the desks. There was only like 3-4 trick-or-treat stations set up, so there wasn't much candy involved. It was just the perfect amount of festive-ness!



Ready for Spooky Storytime!

Thursday was our crazy day. We had our usual two morning drop-offs for Kindergarten & preschool, and then I came home for Brady to nap. After picking up Hadley up from preschool, we got home at 12:30. We had exactly 30 minutes to eat lunch, nurse Brady, and be up at Shelby's school for her party that started at 1:00. Then we had Trunk or Treat at Shelby's school that evening! It was a busy day!

The Kindergarteners got to dress up on Thursday, so this was Shelby on Thursday morning when we got to school.

Picking up Hadley from preschool in her letter D crown :)

Bobbing for apple slices at the Kindergarten Halloween Party

Princess Jasmine & Rajah the tiger ready for Trunk or Treat!

Back home & checking out all her loot!

Thankfully, Friday was Nevada Day and we had a chance to recuperate from our busy week! In case you're wondering like we were, Nevada Day is celebrated on the last Friday of October each year. It sounds like Nevada was just looking for an excuse for a 3 day weekend?! The holiday is supposed to be celebrating the state's "frontier legacy" & its entry into the Union. Thanks to Nevada Day, we enjoyed a slow morning for a change! It was so nice to be able to read stories to the girls after they woke up like we always used to instead of getting ready for a busy school day!

Morning snuggles with Brady

And thanks to Nevada Day, we finally got a chance to head up to base and see Daddy's new office (the Allergy clinic just relocated within the hospital) & get flu shots!

The girls were both pretty brave, so we treated ourselves to Panera on our way home for lunch! And then when we got home, the girls back to business--sorting their Trunk or Treat loot! I feel like sorting Halloween candy is a right of passage in childhood.

Hope you're having a great weekend!!