Hail Halloween!

Yes, hail! This morning was great Halloween weather. Warm enough not to need a jacket, but overcast and gray, like any Halloween should be. I was truly appreciating and enjoying the perfect Halloween day until, on my way home from story time w/ the munchkins (or the pirate and fairy princess), the slight drizzle turned into a hard rain and HAIL! Then I started thinking, OK - this is too much! Mother Nature must've overheard my thoughts, because by the time we got home, it had stopped raining, and I could see that the sky to the west was clear and bright. All this on a 12 minute drive from the library to my home. Amazing Missouri weather. :)

We finally did our pumpkins Wed. night! Here are some pics. Some were more enthusiastic about cleaning out the pumpkin guts than others. :) We did some painting, some carving, and some decorations you stick into the pumpkins. Quite a variety. :)

Yesterday was the last day of BMX for 2008. Damian did well - came in 2nd. We had a trunk-or-treat for the kids, too. Damian (and most of the racers) just wore their race clothes. The munchkins dressed up in their pirate and princess outfits, and Angel came straight from cheerleading practice, so she was a cheerleader. BMX will start again next April. It will be nice to have a break from twice/week races for a while.
As for me - I'm having fun with all the scrapbooking website's Halloween activities and looking forward to tomorrow's Digital Scrapbooking Day activities. Yay! Freebies galore! Today I'm doing the Sunshine Studio Scraps/Scrap Orchard blog hop. DSO has a Halloween mini-mega,
This afternoon we had Angel's parent-teacher conference. She has the same kindergarten teacher that Damian had, and this teacher is just wonderful. She truly loves teaching, she loves the children, and she really makes it fun for the kids. Angel loves school and is doing very well. During the conference, the word "perfect" was actually used by the teacher to describe Angel as a student! So of course I was beaming with motherly pride! :)
I'll be back tomorrow to post about Halloween. Everyone be safe! and have a good night. :)