Halloween Party and Trick or Treating

 This years Halloween was so great. We had our annual family party, this year it was at Kendall's sisters house and they went all out.

The theme was Harry Potter and the kids started the night out with making their very own wands. They painted them, put on the clay handle and then baked them. They were really cool. 

After that, everyone got to be sorted into their houses by the Sorting Hat. Once the Houses were determined it was time for a fun game of Quitage. It was a little chilly out but all the kids had SO much fun.

Once  the game was over it was time for Potions class. The kids made their own potions out of ever creepy slimy ingredient you could imagine in the Harry Potter movies. Of course they were really gummy worms, pop rocks and jelly beans :-) It was all very cool. Then we had a delicious chili dinner and tons of appetizers and desserts.

Soon after dinner the Halloween Fun House was ready to go down stairs. Sean spent so much time on the haunted house and it turned out great! You had to walk through a dark maze, dimly lit by hanging candles. The Harry Potter theme music was playing and around every corner was a cool fun trick and decoration. The Chamber of Secrets was especially cool and the kids thought it was WICKEDLY COOL! Thanks Shanda and Sean for such a great night.

Trick or Treating was fun but cold. Yes like a complete idiot I wore my costume the entire night out. Every inch of everyone was red and icy. The kids made a haul and had a great night. The girls kept running from house to house saying "This is the best neighborhood ever!" They made the night fun for me ;-)

Sadee was Pricess Aurora, Noelle a butterfly princess,Christian a monkey obviously, Dylan decided to be Dora next year and didn't dress up. He went with a couple of friends and come home loaded, he was a happy camper :) Kendall and I were Heracles and Aphrodite.

After we decided to call it quits for the night we headed home, checkout the loot, made some hot apple cider, and sat by the fire place.

It was a great night and another memorable Halloween. We're looking forward to next year already.