Halloween Day! Wow, I'm tired!

Today, was a very long, but fulfilling day. I volunteered in Alissa's Kindergarten classroom for her Halloween Party. I was able to watch the Halloween parade first, help with school work, and then end Alissa's school day with activities and Halloween fun. After school, I took Alissa to visit her daycare, my work, and grandma and grandpa D's house. Grandma and Grandpa D then took Alissa and I to lunch. After lunch, we picked up Ariana from school and brought her to our house for some fun, see below for more details. After that, we went to grandma and grandpa S.'s house for dinner, trick or treating, and more Halloween fun. Here are some pictures:

Abby, Katelyn, Ian, and Alissa

(Alissa met these two girls at daycare because
their mother use to work there)

 Alissa (Elsa) walking in the school parade

 Ian (Mobster) walking in the school parade (I took him to get this costume)

During Alissa's school party, there were four activities for the kids to participate in. The kids rotated to each station in groups of 5-6 kids at a time. It was so much fun. The activity that I brought included crafting pumpkins, stickers and/or felt pieces to decorate with. Below is a picture of one of the kids holding up the pumpkin that he made.  

Below is some additional pumpkins that Alissa and I made. She made the pumpkin on the far right during her school party. The stickers on that pumpkin glow in the dark. The rest of the pumpkins were left over from her party so we decided to decorate them. 

 One set of parents (mom and dad) brought in these rubber gloves that the kids filled with candy corn for the fingernails, popcorn for the skin, and spider rings. Isn't this a cute idea?

 Here is a close up of the hand Alissa made

The kids also played a few spider web games to include "pin the spider on the web" and crawling under a "spider web ropes course" (see the black ropes to the right)

Finally, kids were asked to partner up with each other so one could wrap the other in white streamers to make mummies. Here is Alissa as a mummy...

 Here is a picture of me (Anna) and Alissa (Elsa) in her classroom

 Here is a pic of Alissa's entire class 

 After school, Alissa and I showed off our costumers to her daycare, my work, and one set of grandparents, who took us to lunch. After lunch with grandma and grandpa D, Alissa and I picked up Ariana from daycare and brought her to our house. Alissa and I helped Ariana to make her own popcorn hand and then the two girls helped me decorate my trunk, for our ward trunk or treat party, with pumpkins and Halloween decorations. Below is a picture of my trunk. The girls had a wonderful time at the party as they each ended up with full buckets of candy, soda pop, and chips (yes, one car was distributing soda pop and chips based on how kids scored on some games). 

After the trunk or treat party, Ariana's mom picked her up and Alissa and I met daddy at home. The three of us then drove together to grandma and grandpa S.'s house where we finished off the evening.

Here is Jason and Satoko as Hobits 

 Meggan (Tinkerbell), Vash (Peter Pan), and Jeremy (a pirate)

 Grandpa S., Alissa, and Grandma S.

Our cute little family with Steve as Sven the reindeer, me as Anna, and Alissa as Elsa

If your wondering why Sven is wearing gold chains and holding a sugar daddy cane, it's because we posted some pics of this costume on facebook and received a few comments about the fact that Steve resembled a "pimp". So, to play along with the hype, he decided to add some accessories to his costume. Here is a full shot of Steve: