The day before Halloween we painted some of our little pumpkins to get us in the Halloween spirit. The girls always love doing this, and it was extra special to have Grammy in on the fun!
I feel like in so many parts of the country, Halloween isn't really done in schools. They do "fall festivals" or "book character dress up day" on Halloween so kids can get away with dressing up on Halloween without it really being Halloween. We were pretty shocked last year to discover that Halloween is HUGE in schools here. At our elementary school, the lunchroom is "spookified" for the entire month of October, the PTO holds a huge Trunk or Treat event, Halloween parties are held in classrooms, the school has a costume parade on Halloween Day...they go ALL OUT! It's so fun for the kids, but as a former teacher..I don't know, it's still just so weird to us how big it is here. Shelby actually had a good friend in her class last year whose parents were from Africa, and they didn't celebrate Halloween for religious reasons. Our community has a larger international population than many places simply because this is Las Vegas, so I'm sure there are probably other kids in the school who don't celebrate Halloween. I guess I'm just surprised that in the year 2017 when schools can't even say "Christmas" anymore that Halloween is still going strong here! Anyhow, sorry for my rambling! Here is Hadley all decked out in her costume for school on the morning of Halloween.{Shelby stayed home from school b/c she wasn't quite 100% yet, and I didn't want her to be eating junk all day at her class party.}
{Ready to walk to school with Grampy!}
We carved pumpkins and made homemade pizza for an early dinner on Halloween, then it was time to trick or treat!!!!
Halloween 2017 was a good one!!
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