Halloween & California Part one

We had such a fun Halloween week. It is funny though, at the end of every halloween, I am so sick of putting on the costumes! Friday was the girls halloween party and parade at their school. Claire kept asking "how many more sleeps until my party"...she was so jazzed. It was her first real halloween parade and party. I was in charge of Lilly's class party, and it turned out really fun. Her class is so low key, and there aren't a lot of kids in her class. We did a bingo game, a bean bag toss and a little craft. Claire had a combined party with the morning and afternoon classes, and her class got out a little earlier than normal so she was able to come into Lilly's class party for a while too. It was such a fun morning. After school, we went to go visit my granny and show her the girls costumes. She had a little treat for them. I love my little granny so much. We couldn't stay too long because we had to get to the airport to catch our plane to California! Such a crazy and fun day!

We arrived to California on Friday night, and met up with the Leonards the next morning to hit the beach! We couldn't get over the fact that we were in the water and playing on the beach on Halloween. The weather was perfect!! We spent most of the day at the beach, which was so much fun, then we went back to our condo to get ready for trick or treating. We grabbed pizza from one of our favorite pizza places in newport and had the Leonards over for dinner. We got the kids in their costumes - again! - and went to a little haunted house they had at the hotel and then took the kids trick-or-treating in Corona Del Mar. That was SO much fun. The homes there are absolutely to die for. I couldn't get over it! It was a halloween I will never forget...it was probably one of my favorite ones ever! We had so much fun with the Leonard family. We always love being with them, and our kids have so much fun together. There is always an abundance of laughs when we are with them!