Halloween

Last night, we did end up getting the kids dressed up again and planned to go to a festival that a church in Mason was having and maybe a few houses for treak-or-treating as well as a quick stop at Hilda Happy Hour to see the neighbors. This was even though Ashlyn had spelling, vocabulary, and band tests the next day and the spelling words were the hardest for her so far this year (words ending in -er, -ar, -or, -ior, or -iar - very frustrating!). I think we (hopefully) got enough studying in on the way in to town and after we got home, though.
The festival was more fun than we had thought it would be, so we ended up just doing that and not trick-or-treating. They had a live band and hot dogs and tons of games where you got candy whether you won or lost. Colten spent most of the time wrestling with his friends in a blow-up jumpy thing and going down the slide and shooting balls off of soda bottles with a water gun. He also made a few rounds at the cake walk, fishing, balloon popping and who knows where else. Ashlyn I think did everything there, but the most fun to watch was the donut-on-a-string eating contest and the eat-the-m&m's-out-of-the-whipped-cream blind-folded contest. The kids had a blast and were especially excited that they could pick the candy they wanted from the games instead of getting whatever and trading later. They are definitely ready to go again next year!