All Saints

Happy All Saints Day!

This was actually "Halloween".

We did not take our picture until the end of the day,

thus the explanation for the enthusiasm.

 

At school, the kids have a half day of school and then have a "parade of saints" in which each grade presents their saint with 3 clues and the rest of the grades(k-6) guess. Followed by a carnival in the gym put on by the highschoolers, who plan different games for the kids to win candy.

Isabelle: St. Bernadette, Drew:St. Martin, Hannah: just wanted to wear what she had on!

I have to say I enjoyed making the kids costumes, it worked out well: a little apron and cloak for St. Bernadette (all out of old scraps I had) and Drew's 'toga' he looked the part even though he does not have his roman sandals on that we configured with brown ribbons. 

 

 For trick or treating we had to wait for Dad to get home from work so we just ran out the door and when we were done...came in for Chili and bread...and candy of course.

 

The next day when we really celebrated All Saints and dressed up in our costumes again,

and the kids re-enacted their Saints for the video camera in the basement.

I said after they did that we would have German Pancakes for lunch.