In our house Halloween always seems to become an extended holiday. Sure, trick-or-treating officially takes place on one night, but that's not usually the end (or the beginning of it) for us. Like most families, it's tradition for us to carve pumpkins and indulge on roasted pumpkin seeds together.
I know it looks like the kids have big knives, but they are actually kid-friendly carving tools. Promise.
Lexi's school hosts a Halloween parade for all their Kindergartners to adorn their costumes and march across the baseball field for all the first graders and parents too. It was quite a site, watching 7 classes of kids brimming with excitement as they marched around the field. The 1st graders, remembering the day well from their participation just one year earlier, cheered as they paraded past them.
Below she makes her debut as Jazz-Man. Yes, that's how she pronounces it. You may have noticed that Lexi is making her way through each Disney princess for her Halloween costumes year by year. The funny thing about Jazz-Man, is that Lexi's actually never seen Aladdin. When she put on the costume, she pulled on the top and said, "mom, it's too short." I had to tell her that it was supposed to be that way, BUT that we would be wearing a shirt underneath. I'm not really ready for her to be showing her midriff.
After the parade, the parents were all invited to the classroom for Halloween treats and the children sang a song with a choreographed dance. Pretty cute and worth every moment.
More on our extended holiday next post.
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