Tim's cub scout pack decorate pumpkins for the annual Halloween carnival at ACS. They have to have their pumpkins ready five days before the carnival, so they are painted rather than carved. Tim drew a scary black face and then painted the entire pumpkin white. This was entirely his own idea/creation.
Dom's original painted and carved skull.
Edie painstakingly used the stencil set I brought (bought here now that Halloween has grown in popularity) and carved this cat.
Stacey spent the whole week of school exposing Luke to the idea of the Halloween parade at school of Friday. He didn't wear the Skylander costume but did accept Spiderman. He did the whole parade with his class. He also decorated a pumpkin using Mr Potato Head pieces (it's on the end of the row behind him to the right of his head).
Tim dressed as Spyro from Skylanders this year. At Trunk or Treat, he filled this pumpkin tub 2.5 times!
Luke spent most of his time at the carnival jumping here or sliding down the bouncy castle type slide. Tim joined him at first but once the candy collecting started, he was gone.
Trunk or Treat is organized chaos hosted by ACS. About 20 families decorate their cars in some kind of Halloween theme and dress up in elaborate costumes. The cost of a ticket is £5 plus 50 pieces of candy, which Tim got back double, I think. A Subway sandwhich is included. It's a great price for an evening of fun in a contained, safe environment. The boys won't eat the Subway, but going to the dining hall for the chips and drink that comes with it allows us a good view of the everyone's costumes as it's well lit. Luke is in love with Mario and Luigi right now. Two 11 year old girls were dressed as these characters and Luke went from being clingy to overly animated when he saw them. I let him go to them and he poked Mario in the belly and rubbed his face in Luigi's belly, saying their names over and over. The girls were sweet and told him that they would say hello to Princess Peach for him.
Paul went to work early so he could leave early and be part of it all. We met at a pub with a group of families before hand. It was a motley collection of fairies, knights, dragons and superheroes (and that was just the adults!).
