Halloween is a favorite holiday in our family. Sure, it takes a second seat behind Christmas, but Halloween comes at a time of year when we can all comfortably be outside, and do a ton of activities including Fall festivals, harvest events and farm visits.
We've been fortunate enough to become close friends with some absolutely amazing families in the area, and one in particular, the Lembos, host an awesome Pumpkin Carving Party each year. They fill their back yard with hay bales and super-scary cuisine, and the kids enjoy each other's company as they pull apart pumpkins and compete for a prize. It is one of the most enjoyable events we've ever attended, and we think our kids agree! Everyone got into the spirit of Halloween this year--carving pumpkins, playing dress up (in fact, our kids are still playing dress up with costumes and painting their faces daily), and just having a great time.
Sadly, Mother Nature 'stole' our Halloween this year. Well, she robbed us of it temporarily as the town moved it to the following weekend so that no one was disappointed. Our town suffered an early winter onslaught causing power loss for nearly a week to all residents, and tearing up the topography pretty severely. In the end however, the kids had their parties, their Halloween, and lots of fun with friends and family! :)
Alec makes candy apples with his BFF Bobby (and help from Miss Elin!)
YUMMY! Wait, where's Alec? Oh...he's behind the Super Why! face! :)
The royals on Halloween (our Halloween anyway)...Optimus Prime, Alabama Fan and 2 Firefighters. Speaking of firefighters, its probably a good idea to go VISIT the local fire station, right? Off we went....!
The North Andover Fire Department was SO gracious. They enjoyed chatting with the kids, gave them candy and even let them sit on the fire engine. Very cool!
Optimus got on, Abby was a little nervous, and our other firefighter, just bowed out. :)
No holiday is ever complete without visiting our FABULOUS neighbors and adopted grandparents, the Jacobsons. Dougie and Cami always put together super bags of goodies for the kids and love to have fun with them! We're so fortunate to have them in ours and the children's lives. They are unbelievable people...and SO photogenic!
The entire royal family dressed up this year for trick or treating and outdoor fun. The Cat in the Hat made an appearance too!
Look at this little man...he's definitely up for making the fireman's calendar. He's GORGEOUS!
CUTE!
By the end of the night, the kids had had so much fun and had spent all their energy. This is a photo captured by King Tony in the early evening hours after the children retired to their beds post-candy-infusion, of course. AWWWWW...a memory/moment to treasure for a lifetime!
Twins...gotta love 'em!
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