Three is the New 2: Halloween

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Halloween

It has been really busy for us, so here is a late recap of our Halloween weekend. On Saturday we braved through a traffic jam on our way out to the zoo for a beautiful day at the Boo at the Zoo. Mike had homework to do so it was just me and the kids. I got them all dressed up in their costumes in anticipation of doing some trick-or-treating there and possibly participating in one of the parades. This was the first time this year that we made it to the zoo. We were all really excited to go since they now have a polar bear on exhibit. It is really cool to see it swimming around and it comes right up to the glass. The kids enjoyed seeing all the animals, but agreed that the polar bear was the best. They also had fun getting candy from all the tables set up around the zoo. We were even able to go on a hayride. We ended the trip at the zoo by visiting the Haunted Valley. I'm sure the kids would have loved to have stayed there longer to play, but I needed them to conserve their energy for the walk back to the car. That afternoon we came home and lounged around until movie night. It was Mike's turn to pick and appropriately he picks "The Nightmare Before Christmas."
Sunday we had a lot of errands to run and things to get done around the house before taking the kids out trick-or-treating. At night we made a quick dinner and got the kids into their costumes. We had a lot of fun trick-or-treating. We took the kids around the neighborhood following the path that we normally go on for our walks. Mikayla thought it was fun as we kept running into one of the kids who rides her bus. Noah kept me smiling the whole night. He was sure to say trick or treat and thank you to each house, sometimes even helping to close the door. But it was so fun to see his face light up as he exclaimed that he had found the next house. Too cute!