A mummy, a race, and a line

My parents arrived late Tuesday night for a visit with our family. Area schools are out for two days this week for a teacher convention, so mom and dad came to help. I greeted them at 9pm on Tuesday evening with the busy schedule awaiting them for Wednesday.

A mummy. ..

Mom's job on Wednesday was to take Evan to his preschool Halloween party. They arrived at his school in time to begin the daunting task of wrapping all the preschoolers in toilet paper so that they could be mummies for their costumes.

Once the mummies were wrapped, the teachers and grandma led the kids on a trick or treat parade to the local businesses.

They finished their morning with a smorgasbord of food at Evan's preschool for their Halloween party.

The race. . .


Dad didn't get to sit and just rest, however. I put him to work as well. Dad had to go and watch the annual Pumpkin Run at Eagle Point where each grade races laps around the outside of the boys school to crown a Pumpkin Race winner.


I sent dad with a video camera, but I have no idea how to load footage, so use your imagination.


Andrew ended up in 3rd place out of all the 3rd grade boys. Brendan won 2nd place! They were thrilled and awarded pint-sized pumpkins as a rewards.


The line. . .


Every Halloween that we have lived here, the student organizations at our local high school host a Trick or Treat night at the school. This year they did it before actual Halloween. So, we ate our dinner last evening, and after a long tantrum-producing argument with Evan, we journeyed to the high school. We were greeted with a gargantuan line.

When I took this picture, we had already waited for about 20 minutes in the line and still had at least 10-15 left to wait.

When you get in the school, each organization takes a classroom and decorates it however they please, then the kids can go from door to door trick or treating. The really spooky classrooms would elicit statements like "This is awesome" from the intrepid four year old of our group. The older boys were not as brave.

After they weave through the trick or treat stations, they had the option of braving a Haunted House. Neither Andrew nor Brendan would even contemplate the notion; however, Evan was thrilled. Nonetheless, as he got ready to enter, his nerves best him and he also left the line.

More Halloween fun awaits this week. . .