boo! some halloween fun!

I must admit, halloween certainly isn't one of my favourite holidays and in many ways I'm still trying to figure out exactly what I think of it. Actually, I read this article within recent days and it really made me stop and evaluate what I'm teaching my daughter. The part that stings the most is that I am exactly that person that knows something is very wrong with people mocking death, yet I'm also the same person that says halloween is just a little bit of fun for the kids. Like I said, I'm still fumbling through this, trying to keep things in perspective, and like any other parent, I want to do the right thing. Sorry, I didn't mean to go off on a tangent, this post is already going to be long enough!

All that being said, there were certainly a few memorable moments over the last week that made me grin!

Last Wednesday the little after school care (that Lilah attends) put on an afternoon of fun, for the seniors, at the local Retirement Residence. There were halloween songs and poems and lots of kiddie cuteness all around! Lilah wore her pumpkin dress (she would totally correct me here and tell me it's a jack o' dress!) for the occasion. It's the third year she has worn this dress.

Later on that evening, at home, I caught her marching around the house in her dress AND my boots! And I, of course, had to get a few shots of her! She was pretending to be the teacher in a few of these pictures - yeah, she totally rolled her eyes at me! I have some movies of the children singing halloween songs at the seniors home, but I won't be posting them, because all her little class friends are in them. So instead, I got her to quote one of the rhymes she memorized for the seniors. I think she has a pretty amazing memory, or maybe it's just my rapidly fading memory that thinks she has a pretty fabulous memory!

This is Jack O’ Happy. This is Jack O’ Sad.
This is Jack O’ Sleepy. And this is Jack O’ Mad.
This is Jack O' broken into pieces small.
Baked into a pumpkin pie, that's the best of all!

[ the flickr set is here ]

Then on Saturday the children were invited to wear their costumes to their skating lesson.

Lilah certainly wasn't going to miss out on an opportunity to wear her "good" witch's dress. She chose this dress out a few months ago at The Children's Place and told me she wanted to be 'a good witch, with a baby'. I'm not sure where or how the idea of the baby came about, but it was certainly something she got stuck in her little head!

The children are all so cute and funny in her class, I get some of the best laughs while watching them each Saturday! This week they were all lined up nice and tight behind each other and someone at the back fell down. Well you can just imagine what happened next, I likened it to a row of dominoes, one fell down and they all fell in rapid succession! It was pretty hilarious to say the least! I love how she's bending over in the photo below, to see (past her dress) if she had reached the line perfectly!

[ the flickr set is here ]

Then on Friday there was a halloween parade at school. The children all went to school dressed up and joined in with all the other kindergarten classes. Judging by the photos the teacher emailed me, Lilah had a fabulous time! Again, I'm not posting those pictures because her little class friends are in them.

And then on Friday evening we met up with Lilah's good friend, Aiden, and her Mom and we took our girls out trick or treating together! Aiden was Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc. and Lilah was, of course, the good witch! The girls had so much fun together, they rarely let go of each others hand, helping each other up and down the steps! So sweet. It was such a lovely mild evening, one of the best (halloween) evenings I ever remember, as far as weather is concerned.

Hope your halloween was happy and safe too.

[ the flickr set is here ]