Halloween Party

Last night we hosted a bunch of our friends, mostly from church for a Halloween party...over 15 adults and 25 children.

K is too old for costumes... but I did let him have this three dollar Jason mask, cause my kids have no clue who that is so it wasn't scary for them at all. We don't do scary or grotesque costumes.

 

Our house was all decorated with lights and spider webs.

I make no apologies for celebrating Halloween as a Christian...it is one of my favorite American traditions for kids.

 

We do choose to keep it clean though...no witches or devils, no evil, no death with skulls or bones or blood .

I made punch with orange sherbet and ginger ale. It was a big hit.

 

All of our friends brought a snack to share. 

There was more food than people!!

 

Check out the adorable spider webs our pastor's family brought.

Everyone loved these and gobbled up the whole platter of them.

 

These two brothers came as sushi and a sushi chef.

Next year I will get prizes for best costumes, cause this was greatness.

 

A sweet lioness.

Even Oscar got in on the costume action as a banana split:

 

The kids all brought flashlights and enjoyed running around the backyard.

When it was totally dark, we hid candy all around and they went on a flashlight hunt.

This provided hours of entertainment for all.

Inside we played Charlie Brown's, The Great Pumpkin over and over. It was great for some of the younger kids to get a break from the action.

A set of our church friends told me that she and her husband were not allowed to celebrate Halloween growing up. I asked her if she felt she missed out and she said she did, so they knew they would allow their child to participate. I loved having so many of our Christian friends at our Halloween party. We will spend time with them at our church outreach fall festival today at an apartment complex and will trick or treat with many of them next Wed. It is a blessing to have friends who are also family.

The memories all of our children will have growing up together and our shared celebrations is priceless to me.

Happy Halloween, Ya'll. :)