Getting Ready for Halloween & Boo at the Zoo

There has been lots of Halloween preparation going on at our house. Friday, Hayes and I made Halloween sugar cookies in the shapes of pumpkins, bats, cats, haunted houses, ghosts and witches. Hayes helped me decorate them with orange glaze and sprinkles and we enjoyed eating a few too! :)





Saturday we drove to Northern VA to visit with friends and to attend Boo at the Zoo at the National Zoo in Washington DC. Boo at the Zoo is an event where different companies sponsor booths at the zoo and you trick or treat around the zoo, while also seeing some of the animals. We all had a great time especially Hayes who loved seeing his old friend again.






And finally, today we carved our jack-o-lanterns. Hayes picked out 2 templates from a book, one that was a silly face and one that was a ghost. Hayes only stayed interested in the pumpkins for a few minutes, so Chris & I really are the ones who did all the carving. Here are our finished products.



Our Halloween celebrating isn't over yet. Tomorrow the boys and I will be attending a Halloween party for my Moms group, Tuesday Hayes has a Halloween parade and party at school and on Wednesday we will be doing some trick or treating at our neighborhoods shopping center with some friends, as well as trick or treating in our cul-de-sac.