Halloween 2011

Trick Or Treat smell my feet give me something good to eat.

After all the parties and school events the real day of Halloween and trick or treating arrived. Caelun additionally had a party at Cedar Trails or school #1 as we call it but my SD card was corrupt and I lost all the pictures from it. That’s okay I just made up for it with more pictures of actual trick or treating (wink). We certainly got our $6 worth out of that monkey costume bought at a consignment shop that is for sure. Abbi had some of her friends over and painted everyone’s faces. This was also my dad’s first Halloween in their new house and the first one in almost 25 years in a neighborhood with trick or treaters not to mention his own grandkids. All in all it was a grand Halloween.

Heading out the door for trick or treating.

First stop Grandpa Bob’s house.

Grandpa Bob has lots of candy and even more cool a FLASHLIGHT.

Daddy steers the Monkey around a puddle

We run into a zombie and a soldier or is that Emily and Hunter?

Abbi carved a very intricate pumpkin.

It looks even better all lit up.

Caelun’s pumpkin he carved with Grandma Mary

Abbi in her zombie makeup- I think she is a pretty cute zombie.

Her zombie posse.

One last hooray for Halloween!

Monkeyin’ Around Trick Or Treating At Cedar Trails

Our lower elementary school, Cedar Trails, which includes the ECSE pre-school that Caelun attended, holds a Halloween party courtesy of the PTO every year about a week before Halloween. This party is complete with trick or treating stations around the outside doors of the school and a pizza party for the kids . It is all put together with volunteers and donations and it is absolutely FREE. It was a fabulous community event and gave our little monkey an extra opportunity to wear his costume and an extra opportunity for his mommy to take pictures of him in it. Hip Hip Hooray for Halloween!

On the way. Have you ever tried to sit in a car seat with a tail?

At the school in the activity room- zoom down the slide.

It was kind of soggy but that’s okay bring on the trick or treating!

That isn’t were the candy is silly monkey.

At the pizza party after the trick or treating the monkey met the eagle from Independent Bank one of the sponsors of the event.

And the monkey liked the eagle.

Then out check out the loot.

And then time for PIZZA! We say or friends Miss Kris, Cole, and Emily

Opps I mean Miss Kris, Harry Potter, and Raggedy Ann

Finally the monkey is wore out.

The monkey’s mommy pack’s him up to go home. Happy Halloween.

Egg Hunt 2011

We have been hosting an egg hunt at the farm for Easter for probably 20 years now. We structure it (yes I said structure because at the end of the day we are a bunch of teachers that put this thing together) so that every kid gets the same quantity of eggs. Each kid is given a # this year 1-10. The eggs are then numbered and they can only pick up the eggs with their numbers. This year I did 70 eggs per kid so 70X10 kids 700 eggs. That is a lot of stickers, candy, small toys, and fuzzy pipe cleaner chicks. T weather was excellent this year, it isn’t always, and the kids had fabulous time- so did the grown ups.

Natasha did the majority of the ferret wrangling that day so I could take pictures and Clint could help run the hunt. Our dear friend
Dawn also came along to help and share in the festivities.

Natasha is ferret wrangling and Dawn is handing out the assigned numbers.

Debbie and Clint also help herd children.

 

Billy, Bryar, Cole, and Blake get ready to hunt.

While Natasha entertains the ferret Emily and Sam join the fray

Matt gets his bag.

The kids start getting corralled towards the bell.

Brien, Jodi, Kris, And Stacey also help coral the kids.

Ken and Jodi’s dog even gets in in the fun.

They line up to help Grandpa Bob pull the rope to ring the bell and start the hunt.

PULL!!!!!

And they are off!

Hmmm if you have to explain and point there might be an issue.

Sam has it down!

Emily and Bill seem to have it figured out as well.

Bryar finding his eggs.

Up the hill they go.

Cole is finding his eggs.

 

Matt and Bill have eggs.

Emmy found one in a tree.

Levi, Megan, and Nathan enjoy the stroll.

Caelun is getting the hang of it with Cole leading the way.

Bryar has another one

Blake hunts on.

A view from the hill looking back north to the house

Ken and Jodi help spy over looked eggs.

Back at the barn it is time to crack them open, check out the loot, and eat some food .Grandpa Bob looks at Caelun’s goodies. Natasha is helping to sort the loot. Matt gives us a big grin.

Bryar and Emily

Cole and Billy

Nikki with Caelun and Debbie helping Blake and Billy

Sam

We filled up the pole barn pretty well. Hooray for another successful egg hunt!