M&L - Halloween 2013

Finally the actual day of Halloween is here and it was a busy day, so busy I decided to take the day off so I did not need to rush to and from work. Of course the kids were excited about the day and I was looking forward to a spending it with them.

First event of the day, mini Halloween parade at Lucia's school. All of the Pre-K 3, 4 and Kindergarteners marched around the school showing off their costumes while the high school band played and parents, friends and teachers waved them on.  Here is my little Sofia the 1st (who was not the first...there were a million Sofia the 1sts)

But mine was the only one with a real princess wave

And her BFF  Alma (looking a little less than thrilled) also participated in the parade

After the parade I went to Lucia's class and we decorated pumpkins

After school, Crusher joined us and we were off to tackle the aggressive exercise of Trick-O-Treating on Washington

They were armed and ready to go

But did take a break after discovering hunger could not be cured through chocolate and lollipops

We even participated this year as Trekkies and yes I know Spock is very fitting for Eddie

After a long evening, the kids assessed their booty, which is really what Halloween is about

Halloween 2nd Party

As with the last post, today was another day of celebration in the Halloween season. This one was a little more age/gender balanced than the last because it took place at Mateo's school. Next year it will also be Lucia's school and she had no concerns jumping right in and treating it like her own.

Mateo had a soccer game that he needed to go to first, so Lucia and I headed to the party first where Lucia spent an hour at the experiment table suctioning...

...and mixing

Later she hit up the doughnut tree...objective of the game is to eat the whole thing without using your hands. There are no losers in this game.

Mateo finally arrived and also participated in his favorite activity of the party. Both kiddos had a great time.

Halloween Kick-Off

 Today kicked off the Halloween season. What do I mean by "season" well the season of Halloween parties. Around this time of year there are a lot of extracurricular parties for the kids that lead up to the real day. The first party of the season was hosted by the kids Music and Dance school.

 Introducing Skylander Crusher...

...And Princess Sofia the First

 And they are ready to party

 At the party, Lucia partied and danced with her friends - including Vivi as a green fairy

She also did face painting and shared some laughs with Amelia (aka Dorothy). 

You may be wondering "where was Mateo?" - well the age group of the kiddies were closer to Lucia's age and unfortunately his best friend Lucas wasn't able to make it so he ate a lot of treats and played on Papi's iphone.

DJ Lucia and MC Mateo

We woke up this morning to loud music and dancing kids and when we got downstairs we found this...

 Lucia was enjoying her itunes playlist...

 ...thanks to Big Bro Mateo helping her navigate through the computer

And the all powerful Mateo held it down with some double sword action