Since Sheldon, Julie and Jace moved to Orem for the second rotation of optometry school, Steve and I have had the opportunity to have Julie and Jace visit twice within a short amount of time. Both visits we sat down early in the week and planned something kid friendly for us to do for a few hours each day after I got home from school. We had lots of fun, but we had an especially fun time celebrating Halloween a few weeks before the actual holiday. I have always served soup for dinner on Halloween evening. I stuck with that less-than-original idea this year as well. After a nice warm bowl of homemade soup, we played a lot of fun games. We all dressed in costume and enjoyed the festivities and games as well. We played Bingo using Halloween pics. We also played musical chairs and carved pumpkins. We tied donuts on a string, and everyone had to bite their donut off the string in order to enjoy dessert. Around the chairs for dinner, I tied either an orange or black huge balloon. The kids were in heaven, and I would say that our holiday party was a huge success.
