Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween this year!  Halloween is one of my favorite holidays so I like to go all out.  We have quite a few Halloween traditions we like to do.  Here's a compilation of pictures to show our month's worth of activities:

The kids in their Halloween jammies :)

(These are actually the same ones as last year, Malea's still fit pretty well but Isaac's were getting snug.  I did buy him new ones this year but I don't know if I got a picture)

Painting pumpkins!

I was really impressed by Malea's!  She painted a spider, a bat, a frankenstein, a ghost, etc.

Isaac's pumpkin :)

Decorating cookies!  Yum!

The kids in their Halloween outfits.  I like to get them each a new shirt/outfit to wear throughout the month to school.  Funny story....I took about 20 pictures of Isaac and got maybe one or two where he was actually smiling and not pulling a face.  He reminds me so much of Keith! (Little stinker!).  I did a little collage below of some of my favorites.

My mom likes to do a Halloween party each year for the grand kids.  This year we had lunch (yummy sloppy joes and spooky snacks/appetizers) and then they took all the kids to Jaker's pumpkin patch.  It was really fun!

The kids costumes this year: Elsa from Frozen and Batman!

Some of the yummy treats!  My mom is so creative!

I dressed like a rocker chick for the party!  Complete with fake tattoos and pink hair!  It was awesome!

Walker family photo....Keith was dressed as one of the guys from Duck Dynasty, lol!

Grandma & Grandpa with all the grandkids....they dressed as Morticia & Gomez Addams from the Addams Family!  They looked great!

We decorated cupcakes for the neighbors

The kids also brought home lots of fun Halloween crafts from school that we hung up on our front door



Isaac at his pre-k Halloween party....they take the kids on a hayride every year, so cute!

Isaac didn't get to dress up at his other pre-k but they did make spooky hats and had a "Mrs. Spider Tea Party"

The night before Halloween we took the kids to see Grandpa Dave & Grandma Judy so they could see the kids' costumes

Halloween morning.....donuts for breakfast!

(We couldn't change her in to her costume until lunch time, lame-o)

I went at lunch time to help her get in her costume and to spray her hair white/glittery.  Then we watched her school Halloween parade :)

Malea's class getting ready to have their class Halloween party!

Little side note, on Halloween Malea found out she won the Happy Dragon Award at school....teachers nominate students each month who exhibit qualities of the school theme and they get their picture taken for the school facebook page.  She was nominated for being "fired up to learn" and for "being kind".  I'm so proud of my girl! 



After school we carved pumpkins!

Keith's was the top left, mine was the top right, Malea's was the bottom left and Isaac's was the bottom right



We also have a tradition of having hamburger soup in pumpkin bread bowls for dinner....so yummy!

Trick-or-treating fun!  
Isaac made it around the block once and then got tired so I took him home and we handed out candy.  Malea made it around the other side of the block with her friend Sarah :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Gymnastics!

Both kids are doing an 8-week gymnastics class through Springville City.  Their lessons are every Wednesday back-to-back so I am sitting there watching gymnastics for about 3 hours straight, lol.  It's not too bad though because the lessons are in the basement of the high school right by the indoor track so I try to get a good walk in while they have their lessons.  Both kids seem to like it so far and it's a great way for them to get some of their wiggles out!

Stretching

Malea on the bars

She's still trying to figure out the whole cartwheel thing....

I was pretty impressed by her back bend!

Isaac seems to be a natural....he has freakishly strong upper body strength and no fear so it's a great combination for gymnastics!

He looks so cute all lined up with his class :)

Malea having a snack while brother has his lesson.  We don't get out of there until about 6:30pm so by then she is starving!  We also do homework while Isaac is in his lesson, it works out pretty well :)

Yay for gymnastics! :)

First Day of Pre-K!!!

Finally it was Isaac's turn to start school!  He was so excited!  This is his second of three years of pre-school....his birthday is right after the deadline so he will be starting kindergarten right before he turns 6 (I think it will be a good thing :)).  Isaac will actually be going to two different pre-schools....the first one is through the school district for speech and the other one is the same one Malea went to. We debated about just having him do the speech pre-school but he loves his "animals school" (as he calls it) so much that I figured we would just let him do both.  Plus with me working it actually works out better this way.

Grandma & Grandpa Dub were visiting that week so we got a picture of Isaac with them :)

So handsome!

He's getting so big!

Here are the answers Isaac gave to the same questions I asked Malea:

Teacher: Mrs. Foster/Teacher Lynda

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite TV Show: Spiderman

Favorite Food: Eggs

Favorite Movie: Transformers & Spiderman

When I grow up I want to be: Optimus Prime (LOL)

Favorite Place: Restaurant that has noodles

Favorite thing to do: Get a toy

School #1: Hobblecreek

I think it was all fun and games until it was time to leave him.....he cried and didn't want me to go :(  He mostly cries when he has to go to this school for some reason, not the "animals school".  The only thing I can think of is that maybe this school is more structured?  Hopefully he will get used to it. 

School #2: Farm Fun Pre-school

He was so excited!  Yay for school!