Halloween 2012

Halloween started this year with another annual tradition of Pumpkin Decorating. I was slack this year though and did the carving of the pumpkin and not so much picture taking (insert sad face). The Cortes' opened their home again this year and we had a good time carving and painting our masterpieces! After we were happy with our creations, we even enjoyed some S'mores!

My pumpkin: Went for a Spiderman face and didn't exactly hit the mark....

Stryker, Faith & Rilee 2013 with their pumpkins





On Halloween afternoon, Stryker's class had their Halloween party. The Red 3's had been rehearsing their "THRILLER" dance for a few weeks now and it was the cutest thing! All the kiddos got to dress up before the party and everyone was all decked out in their costumes to show the parents. Ms Gail (aka Cruella de Vil) led our little zombies in their performance.

I like to call this collage: " A face in the crowd"... I wasn't sporting my best photog skills on this particular afternoon so we'll just pretend this is like Where's Waldo and you can make a game of spotting our Stryker :)

No good class party is complete without super yummy snacks! Our cute teachers came up with some really great Pintrest ideas for party foods! Aren't they just precious!

And of course Kelly & I can't leave any class party without snapping pictures of our little BFFs! Popeye & Zombie Batman are growing so fast :(  These yearly pictures are treasured so much!

 After our fair share of sugar and bidding our classmates goodbye, we headed home to get ready for the 3rd Annual Hearthstone Halloween Weenie Roast! We just LOVE LOVE LOVE this neighborhood tradition! The Reeds, The Faveros, The Grants & The Gehlken's have been enjoying this fun each year and we keep growing! This year, The Cortes family, The Hearne's and the Brandon Family joined us for hot dogs, s'mores and some trick or treating around the Ole Circle.

The first group shot of the night

Pirate Ethan (his 1st Halloween!), Chris & Courtney & Popeye Jarrett

Kendall & Stryker being sweet, Our littlest Gamecock Tanner (his 1st Halloween too!), Kendall & Mommy and Turner the Mobster

About to head out for the loot!

As per standard procedures, the women folk herded our little group of Trick or Treaters around the neighbor for massive amounts of packaged sugar and good fun! The men manned the driveway to hand out our candies to the other visitors that night. And, of course, it wouldn't be an annual Hearthstone Halloween Party without the burning of the pumpkins!

And just for fun... The cutest little Halloween socks! (PS Don't you just love the Lowcountry! It's the end of October and we're still in shorts!)