Happy Halloween

We started the day with Mina's class party! Pappa and Miles came to join the fun. They had breakfast treats, played a number of games and acted out some fun Halloween poems. I helped with the "Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin".
Miles doing the pumpkin toss. He thinks that he's in kindergarten too.

Miles meeting the class witch.

Back at home, with our pumpkin collection. M&M drew several of the faces!

Our little bat getting ready to go out!

The bat and the dinosaur.

Miles out on the candy trail.

A cool pumpkin display in our neighbourhood. We aren't sure what that mark is on the top left of the picture. Spooky.

This year's favourite Halloween stories from school have been:

Jack Prelutsky’s “It’s Halloween” (a favourite of Mina's teacher)
Virginia Mueller’s “A Halloween Mask for Monster” (Mina can read this to Miles)
Kathi Appelt’s “Bat Jamboree”

HAPPY HALLOWEEN by Jack Prelultsky

It's late and we are sleepy,

The air is cold and still.

Our jack-o'-lantern grins at us

Upon the window sill.

We're stuffed with cake and candy

And we've had a lot of fun,

But now its time to go to bed

And dream of all we've done.

We'll dream of ghosts and goblins

And of witches that we've seen,

And we'll dream of trick-or-treating

On this happy Halloween.