Halloween 2013... hoping this isn't the last year!

Halloween was a bit different this year with us not rushing home from school or somewhere to dress up and rushing through trick or treating to get in bed for school the next day. Whitney did trick or treating on the Saturday before so that helped but it also helped that we weren't wearing ourselves out because we could make our own schedule the next week :) 
When looking through pinterest for Gage a costume, I found the cutest Peter Pan one.  After I showed the kids, they decided they could be costumes that would go with his. So early in August we already knew Jaedyn and Mikah would be the Tinkerbells and Peyton would be Captain Hook.  At first Peyton didn't really want to go with that because Captain Hook was the "bad guy" but since he was Jake last year, he compromised! And he got to carry a sword, really that's all that mattered! 
So here are a few pics from that night!  I sure love that my kids love to just be kids... hoping we have a few more years of costumes.  I love them so!  Jaedyn's was made by Grama, of course, and was just beautiful! 

The kids favorite part was trick or treating and hanging out with Gage.  He was in rare form that night!  All hyped up.  Every time we would leave someone's house or get in the car, he would scream at the top of his lungs "Bye, Bye, Bye, Bye!"  and then break out into a hilarious belly laugh.  We all got a kick out of him!  He had a blast and so did we!

Our schooling is going well.  Making some changes, tweaking things, finding supplemental materials to make some of our concepts more fun. I want learning to be a journey and to be interesting and fun for my kids.  Trying to incorporate more of that into our day and the process of learning.  Not just memorization or learning one concept and then setting it aside.  It is our first year.  Lots of things to work through and try to make better and also knowing to let some things go.  Not everything that is out there that is "supposed" to be learned actually has meaning to each individual.  Learning lots about myself along the way...

God bless you this weekend!  I have been advised more than once this week.  Take time to enjoy and just breathe!