On Friday I had to do the food for Monkey4's Halloween Party at Preschool. I was totally stressed out trying to get everything done, but she and the other kids had a blast and it all went very well, so definitely worth it in the end!
Here is Monkey4 at her Preschool party:
Then my parents and my sister came on Friday evening and my sister and I took the kids Trick or Treating around our neighborhood while my husband and my parents sat out on the front porch handing out candy, holding baby Gemma, and enjoying all the kids in costume coming by. It was really, really fun, which it always is. My parents and sister coming to do it with us is always what makes Halloween one of the most special days of the year.
For Halloween costumes, we had Monkey1 as "Samantha" the witch in "Bewitched" [the old show which she has recently discovered]. We had Monkey2 as "Qui Gon Gin" [a Jedi Master from Star Wars], Monkey3 as "Darth Vader", Monkey4 was a Ballerina, and Monkey5 was a Disney Princess Ballerina type thing. :) Gemma didn't get a costume this year because she was too tiny to fit into any costume I could find LOL!
Here they are in all their Halloween Cuteness:
Here is Monkey5 with our Jack-O-Lantern [It says "All Hallows Eve" across the top, but it didn't show up in the pic]:
And here is a shot of our whole family, the first pic ever of all 8 of us together!
Then on Saturday, All Saints Day, we went to a party at a local Catholic Church. Our children's Godparents put on this party every year and it was so fun! The kids processed in at the beginning of Mass, then after Mass we had a potluck and games and fun for the kids.
Monkey1 went as St. Lucy [those are St. Lucy's eyeballs on the plate....]:
Monkey2 went as St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows:
Monkey3 went as St. Agnes:
Monkey4 went as St. Elizabeth of Hungary:
Monkey5 went as St. Mary, Mother of God, with Baby Jesus:
Today is All Souls Day. Normally we go with our homeschool group to the Cemetery to pray a Rosary for the Souls of the Faithful Departed today. But, alas, I have contracted some illness and feel yucky today, so we won't be going. [Which makes me very sad - this is one of my favorite things that we do every year]. But, we will pray a family Rosary for the Holy Souls here at home none the less.
Today I will especially pray for the souls of my grandparents, two of my cousins, and several of my friends who have died.
May the Souls of the faithful departed, through the Mercy of God, rest in peace!
God Bless you!
5 comments:
Kelly,
I hope you're feeling better soon. Today's Mass was amazing. A real requium feeling and the priest wore black and gold vestments. I am hoping to visit my parents grave this week to remember them and obtain a plenary indulgence for some soul in purgatory.
Hope you will be feeling better lickety-split! Offer it up and you might get a thank you from a released soul. ;-)
I was hoping you would post the monkeys costumes this year. And my goodness are they cute!
God Bless.
Oh boy, they just keep getting cuter and cuter and bigger and bigger. That pic of all of you together is overwhelming! Could you ever have imagined you'd be so blessed? I am in awe when I see pictures of my whole family together. I think when you're in the middle of it all, it doesn't seem so crazy but smooshed all together like that...!
LOVE the Mary with baby Jesus. Oh man, she is such a doll!
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What an amazing photo of your entire family together! That would be a great one for your Christmas cards! And, what a touching idea that you go to the cemetary on All Souls' Day. Your family is very special! :-)
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