Marie had originally asked to dress up as Padre Pio for the All Saints Fest, but settled on St. Therese of Lisieux (thankfully!). Joey on the other hand didn't really have much to say about what saint he wanted to be. He just knew he'd need to dress up if he wanted to go to and participate in the festival at Marie's school. So, it was decided that I would make him a basic Franciscan robe and we'd go from there. It seemed like a natural extension to grab a couple of stuffed animals and go as St. Francis.
The day of the festival was a busy one. I dropped Marie off at school and stayed for daily Mass. Afterward, there was a Saints parade in the gym. It was neat to see all the different costumes! Afterward, I went home and picked up Joey before going back to school to help with lunch duty. Joey and I stuck around for the festival later that afternoon. There were 10-12 stations set up in the gym with games for all the kids, bowling, fishing, golf, basketball, pin the wings on the angels, etc. By the time the hour was over, both Marie and Joey had a full bag of treats! It was nice to get to know some of the other parents and match more faces with names of Marie's classmates.
The actual day of Halloween, we had arranged to meet up with our friends the Roberts' family. We have gone trick-or-treating with them the last couple of years in Northville. We reused a couple of costumes from years past, Joey was a cowboy and Stevie was a tiger, which was especially cute since Leo who is about the same age as Stevie was a lion. Marie got a "new"costume this time around...she was a firefighter (notice the reflective tape in the pictures!).
Northville is known for their trick-or-treating and it is always a busy place. It took a lot of vigilance on the part of the parents to keep track of our six kids ages 5 and under. Thankfully, the kids were happy to just hit a few houses and then head over to Aubrey's for pizza. It was a fun, memorable, and yes tiring evening!
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