Trick or Treat

Last night, Halloween, we joined some friends at a local church for their annual Fall Festival. It wasn't really a trunk-or-treat, but a little festival that was just right for our kids' ages. There were lots of carnival-like games, rides and bouncies. Even a mini-cake walk just for preschoolers, and they were encouraged to play till they won a cupcake ;-)  Nathan and Faith were as excited to go as they were to dress up!

And Mommy & Daddy dressed up, too :)



My husband is such a great sport and willingly wore the "costume" I made him :)

Nathan loved the giant bouncey slide.

And he did such a great job climbing it, too!

There was a barrel train ride that he was excited for, as well!

Faith, on the other hand?? Not so excited....

When we waved to her, she cried. Bad momma...

I think she still had fun, though.

There were lots of little carnival games to play

Like a washer toss, and and fruit basket toss.

Nathan was proud of himself!

And by now he had gotten the hang of the fact that he got candy after playing each game :)

Faith was very mad at me when I wouldn't let her stop to eat her first piece of candy. But soon she understoon that there was a lot more candy to gather, and sitting to eat one piece wouldn't be very productive - so she was happy to keep moving, and keep collecting candy :)

There was a rice table with prizes buried inside.

And a Plinko game - you got whatever candy your pucks landed on.

There was a ring toss.

And a pumpkin stacking contest.

And a fishing game - what would you "catch"?

Faith "caught" red sunglasses which she never wanted to take off. hehe

And we ended the evening with some time in the bounce house

Faith had trouble staying upright, but she quickly learned that she could hang out near Daddy - hold on to the netting and make silly faces at her Daddy while she jumped.

The moment we got home, the kids were going through their buckets of goodies, checking it all out and doing a few taste tests. Wow, so many goodies! Wonder how many Daddy will leave for them in the morning?? hehe