SMOM Halloween Party

I am several posts behind in my blogging and desperately need to catch up. Life is so busy right now between my work, Steve's work, speech therapy appointments and school commitments. But with all the business, we are having a LOT of fun. Last weekend we attended the SMOM Halloween Party. The kids were EXTREMELY excited for this party, because it was the first event (of many to follow) where they were able to wear their Halloween costumes! This year Molly decided that she HAD to be a mermaid. So in an attempt to keep Garrett and Paige in "theme", they were a shark and a clown fish.


There were a few fun activities planned for the kids at the SMOM party. My kids loved the pumpkin decorating station and each took home a gourd decorated with foam stickers.


The highlight for Molly was having her face painted, which is pretty much her favorite thing to do in the entire world. She had a "My Little Pony" painted on her face.


Of course there was a lot of food and treats for the kids.


And after we got the kids all sugared up, we had the brilliant idea of taking a group picture. This is something we have NEVER attempted at a SMOM function because we figure it would be absolute chaos. And you know what... even after all the sugar they consumed, they all sat there nicely for about 5 minutes and allowed the parents to take pictures. It was a Halloween miracle.


Then it was off to "Trunk or Treating". Thirteen different families decorated the trunks of the vehicles with a theme and handed out treats to the kids. Our theme (considering the kids' costumes) was "Under the Sea". Steve set up the sun canopy and created an "aquarium" of streamers and paper fish that the kids walked through to find Steve (dressed in a shark mask), who was handing out treats to the theme song from the Little Mermaid. He gets big brownie points for his fabulous creation!


It was so much fun and we really appreciate all the effort the club members put into it to make it such a special event for our kids!