To kick off the week, Miley got to wear her costume to her dance class. I was a mom fail and forgot to bring my camera, but thankfully my friend was able to catch a couple pictures on her phone. Don't let Miley's face in the group picture deceive you....she looks miserable, but dance class is probably the highlight of her week!
That night, a grocery store up here, Byerly's, had a whole Halloween shindig going on. So my mom and I loaded up the kids (I would have never done it on my own, while Cameron had school, so thank goodness my mom was here to give me the extra push!). It was so much fun...it was indoors, so it was nice and warm, they had a DJ and a dance area, and booths set up around the whole store to hand out treats. And not just little pieces of candy. My kids walked away with chips, apples, oatmeal, milk, apple chips, Mountain Dew (not sure who had the brilliant idea of handing out Mountain Dew to kids!), Teddy Grahams, and then of course, a few pieces of candy.
One of the few Halloween things Cameron got to join us for this year was carving pumpkins (darn school!). In fact, he was pretty much the lone pumpkin carver, because obviously our kids aren't too helpful at this point, and I had just sliced my finger open on a can right before. He did a great job, and got our three pumpkins carved just a couple nights before Halloween.
The last of the pre-celebration was Miley's party at school. I got to help out at her party this year, which was a lot of fun. Instead of dressing up in her bumblebee costume, she wanted to wear the Minnie Mouse costume that I wore when I was her age, so it was fun to see that come full circle. :)
Seriously, with all of these thing going on before Halloween, who needs Halloween anymore!
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