Dear Kiddos,
I threw in the towel this year on coordinated costumes. sigh. I love them and think they are awesome, but you guys had different ideas on what you wanted to be, I didn’t want to spend all the money and William needed to wear the dinosaur costume this year as it wouldn’t fit next year. So Lexi was Elsa, William was a green dinosaur and Kate was a piggy.
William had his Halloween party at his school on Tuesday and I was fortunate enough to be able to volunteer at it. We had two crafts, two games and a snack. I coordinated one of the crafts and we created cotton ball ghosts. You also painted a paper pumpkin, golfed into pumpkins and played pin the candy in the bucket. I loved being there and seeing how happy you were to have me there. Later that night, I asked what your favorite part of the day was and you said making ghosts with Mommy.
Then on actual Halloween, Lexi had a spooky lunch and party in the afternoon. Originally, I was not planning on attending, but after talking to my boss about it, she convinced me to go. I am so grateful to work for a company that supports family activities during the work week and a supportive boss. When I arrived in the cafeteria to surprise you, you were so shocked to see me as you didn’t think I was going to be there. It was so awesome to see how proud you were to have me there and SO worth it! For your spooky lunch, you had gobblin fingers (pizza slices with no sauce) and the cafeteria was decorated with purple and orange lights bat lights floating around on the walls and lit up pumpkins on each table.
After that, Daddy, Kate, Badge and Great Grandma arrived while you changed into your costume. Then, your class had a little parade to the older classrooms to show off your costumes and then had a party in your classroom for the rest of the day. So happy I was able to be there for it!
That evening, you guys all got dressed up and we headed out to trick or treat around 6:00. Near the end, William started to get pretty tired and needed me to carry his bucket as it was too heavy. We were home probably just after 7:15. The kids sorted and counted their candy, ate a couple pieces and then headed up to bed for the night.
Kate really didn’t like her costume at all and wanted the head off right away. She trick-or-treated to the neighbors house and then had fun waving to all of the trick-or-treaters at our house.
Another fun halloween in the books! Now to start thinking about Christmas!
Love,
Mama
They looked around in several of the stores and Lexi settled on a Minnie Mouse color changing pen and a Minnie Mouse autograph book that she was going to use to color. William picked a plastic Mickey Mouse figure that he could move his arms and legs. They picked out a stuffed Piglet for Kate and some cookie cutter/pancake molds for Grammy. Mommy got a Minnie hat and a christmas ornament. We also admired some of the Character villans that were on main street, that only come out at Halloween time.
Next up, we took some magic photos in front of the castle and then rode the Astro Orbiter Ride and made our way through Pixie Hollow to meet Tinkerbell.
After that, we waited in line for 20 minutes for the swinging Farris Wheel. William and I popped out quick and went to meet Woody, which was a big highlight.
The magic of Disney came through once again, and they allowed us to pop back in line with Daddy and Lexi so we could all ride together. I was not a huge fan of the ride. I didn’t like how the car slide and swung back and forth, but William was laughing and thought it was very fun.
Next up, we grabbed a Mickey pretzel for dinner, ate a couple of snacks and went to go on the Cars ride again. This time the wait was 60 minutes long for the FastPass, but the non-FastPass line was over 3 hours. William did better this time, but was still pretty scared.
By this time it was starting to get dark so we went to find a spot to watch Paint the Parade. Both kiddies feel asleep before we even found a spot to watch.
Again, it was out of this world. So good. I wish the kids could have seen it. After this, Daddy and I each took a turn riding the Incredicoaster again and Daddy wanted to try and beat his score on the Toy Story ride again. The park closed around 10 and Daddy and I walked back to the hotel. We were both exhausted. A full day of walking and adventure.
We also saw Goofy’s house and met Goofy too.
After that, we went to go ride Roger Rabbits Toon Spin. It broke about 3/4 of the way through the ride, and we were escorted out, which was probably a good thing as William wasn’t a huge fan.
After that, we headed over to Big Thunder Railroad mountain where Mommy and Lexi rode it. Lexi said she liked it, but didn’t want to ride again with Daddy.
Peanut Smiles 